The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 book by George S. The little time you invest will leave you with some messages worth remembering throughout entire life!

And give how short it is, I cannot help but recommend that this should be read by everyone, irrespective of the reading preferences. 'Thy desires must be strong and definite. Again, though it might seem trivial, the author's subtle way of drawing the reader's attention towards the importance and methodologies are very effective in my opinion. The core principle moves around each person paying himself/ herself at least one tenth of monthly earnings as a means to ensure future happiness. While it might seem too simple to warrant writing an entire book about it, I think this would be a nice eye-opener for many. And that underlying concept here is the basic financial management. The Riches Man in Babylon is of those books like Alchemist: A simple story is being narrated with the aim of delivering a strong underlying idea (but unlike Alchemist, there's no multiple interpretations here). 'No man's family can fully enjoy life unless they do have a plot of ground wherein children can play in the clean earth.' Turns out, this is actually a fantastic read! The only reason I finally picked this up was to catchup with my non-fiction reading goals.

The Richest Man in Babylon is one of those books that has been on my TBR forever. 'Wealth that comes quickly goeth the same way.' The hounds of consumerism will put out an equally persuasive message which will financially pull in the other direction and it will be back to potentially suffering from Aflatoxin poisoning while eating dry cat food to knock out this month's rent.

Richest Man in Babylon combines a simple premise with a mysterious title to drag the reader through 150 pages of drudgery that could be summed up in a couple of sentences:ĭespite George Clason's (the author) best, somewhat self serving, intentions America has clever and deeper pocketed interests such as Capital One Master Card, Retailers, Payday Loan Centers, and the Brick and Mortar of the American Economy, Capitalism and Consumerism that are determined in showing us that being broke and having things is better than being the Richest man in Babylon and suffering our old acquaintances showing up at high school reunions in fancier cars than our mid 90's Toyota 4Runner.įor those that find Richest Man in Babylon persuasive, putting forward novel concepts that will motivate them to straighten out their finances, I've got bad news. There is too much money to be made in writing them. Books like Richest Man in Babylon, Rich Dad Poor Dad, the Millionaire next door will never go away unfortunately.

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