The Richest Man in Babylon
Hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth, The Richest Man in Babylon is a timeless classic that holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. Through entertaining stories about the herdsmen, merchants, and tradesmen of ancient Babylon, George S. Clason provides concrete advice for creating, growing, and preserving wealth. Beloved by millions, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of, and a solution to, your personal financial problems. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money and making more.
Financial principles covered in this book include:
- Pay yourself first.
- Don't trust a bricklayer to buy jewels. (Don't get caught up in other people's excitement. Go seek the experts instead.)
- Don't put all your eggs in a single basket. (Diversify your portfolio.)
- Control thy expenses. (Even the richest man has a time constraint on his life. Do what you enjoy, but don't overdo it.)
- Increase your ability to earn.
Keeping these core principles in mind will help you through economic hard times and put you on the road to riches.
Reviews (188)
This specific edition is not the full book. Avoid it
This edition of the book only has 57% on the book. The rest of it leads into a training program. Included in this review is a photo of the edition of the book I am writing about.
Not the full version
Conflicted about what rating to give this because the right book is great, but I bought this for my girlfriend and when I got it I found out it only had about half the stories in it. It was missing: The Man who desired Gold The Gold Lender of Babylon The Walls of Babylon (though it's a stupid chapter anyway) The Camel Trader of Babylon The Luckiest Man in Babylon My suggestion is to buy a different version that actually has everything. I was very disappointed with this one.
Fantastic
An eye-opening book that i didnt expect much from. Most of the books i have read on financial freedom/literacy usually entails something like “law of attraction” and not much more than also being a decent, and generous human being (which isn't bad but not very specific). This book, however, is different, a quick read but a book i will forever come back to for a refresher. It genuinely tells you what you should do and why. Give this book to your kids before rushing them out to college or to work fulltime at 18 years old. School doesn’t teach the necessary skills that i’ve learned and read in this book.
A very enjoyable read for this interested in this genre and well presented
Very good read for this interested in this genre and would like further information on this topic. The author expresses themselves very well throughout this literature. I would recommend this book to those who like to have a better understanding or those who already have an appreciation of this and would like to immerse themselves more on this topic. Highly recommend this book / author and seller. Shipping and handling arrived new and without defects and well presented packaging.
Awesome
I like this book a lot.. The writting is 100% not to small.. Idk how people see that it is? But its like most books far as font size. I strongly recommend this book mainly to teenagers and anyone new to saving and investing money.. Far as people who have the money game down pat I dont think this book would help a lot.. But the stories are interesting and you may enjoy them as I did Con: it put the study guide in the back which tells you not to read all the stories at one time... Should of been up front... For this I give it 4 stars
Great read for those wanting to grow financially
This book was totally awesome. I highly recommend it for those that want to fenture and progress out on their own. The value in this book is everything most people know but overlook it daily. It has great stories one the topics and explains thing beautifully for most ages. I even gave to my 12 year and it changed his mentally with money almost instantly. Highly recommended. I am a motivational speaker of 11 years and it is in my top 3 recommended books. However I constantly loan it out and end up buying another copy time and time again. I like to refresh up on it atleast once a year.
Great Financial Advice
Excellent personal finance advice delivered in an entertaining and easy to understand way. I’m sure I’ll be reading it again and again
Inspirational and helpful
Y’all. This book. It was a page turner. There’s a reason why these principles are still relevant—because they work. Great stories to portray success in finances.
okay book, bought for school
teacher required to buy this book for school. it’s eh to me, it’s about teaching you how to save, invest and make money. i guess it’s useful for younger kids but adults don’t really need it? not sure.
Buy it!
Amazing book, it can be a little hard to understand at the beginning since the English is old but you will understand it all later, read carefully.
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