The Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients by george s. clason

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April 25,2025

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George S. Clason published a series of pamphlets beginning in 1926 with financial advice couched in Babylonian parables, which were later combined in book form and given the title, The Richest Man in Babylon. Very basic advice and somewhat dated and repetitious, but I can't help thinking that these 'rules' he put forth should be taught in schools as good advice for beginner's handling money.

Our financial advisor gave us two copies of this slim book for our daughters and their husbands and I slipped them into their Christmas stockings this past year. One read it and is following the advice closely, crediting it for their improved financial situation, while the other hasn't yet bothered to read it.

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stealthy_tokyo

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April 25,2025

Unele dorințe rămân doar dorințe, până găsești modalitatea de a le îndeplini. Des cea mai mare dorință a omului este de a se îmbogăți.
Însă dacă provii dintr-o familie săracă, medie sau lucrezi la stat, se consideră că ar fi imposibil să te îmbogățești. Sau că este posibil doar dacă furi sau obții prin noroc banii. De parcă nu mai există alte metode de a face bani.
Această carte te învață înțelepciunea financiară sub formă de pilde fictive actuale și astăzi încă de pe timpul Babilonului.
În carte se explică cum să muncești pentru realizarea dorinței, să devină ceva real și e scris într-o manieră hazlie. Cum să te transformi dintr-un consumator, într-un investitor (nu în sens direct).
Povestea Zeiței Norocului te învață că trebuie să fii mereu pregătit pentru oportunități, pentru că norocul răsplătește oamenii care acționează.
Mi-a plăcut foarte mult modalitatea autorului de a scăpa de datorii, o metodă ușor de aplicat.
" Dacă există hotărâre, soluţiile pot fi găsite."

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PrettyOhana

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April 25,2025

This tiny book is a classic. It is a classic because it tells you a classic story about the most important thing anybody should know about finance ie The Golden Rule of Saving.

The language is biblical yet so easy to understand. Excellent read.

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Cantor_Johnsy

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April 25,2025

The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason

The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 book by George S. Clason that dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables in ancient Babylon.

تاریخ نخستین خوان: سال 1997میلادی

عنوان: ثروتمندترین مرد بابل؛ ن‍ویسنده‌: ج‍ورج‌ اس ک‍لاس‍ون‌؛ مت‍رج‍م: م‍ه‍دی‌ م‍ج‍ردزاده‌ ک‍رم‍ان‍ی‌؛ 1374؛ در 167ص؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، راه بین، 1375؛ در 167ص؛ چاپ چهارم 1378؛ شابک 9646276172؛ چاپ پنجم 1380؛ چاپ ششم 1381؛ چاپ هشتم و نهم 1384؛ چاپ دهم 1386؛ چاپ هجدهم 1392؛ شابک 9789646276178؛ موضوع: اخلاق کسب و کار از نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20م

سرفصلها: مردی در آرزوی طلا؛ ثروتمندترین مرد بابل؛ هفت راه برای رفع مشکلات مالی؛ به پر کردن کیسه خود آغاز کنید؛ مخارج خود را تنظیم کنید؛ اندوخته خود را چند برابر کنید؛ از گنجینه خود حفاظت کنید؛ سرمایه گذاری در زمینه مسکن؛ تامین آتیه؛ توانایی خود را برای کسب درآمد افزایش دهید؛ دیدار با فرشته خوشبختی؛ پنج قانون طلایی؛ صراف بابلی؛ دیوارهای بابل؛ شتر فروش شهر بابل؛ لوحه های گلی بابلی؛ خوشبخت ترین مرد بابل؛ تاریخچه شهر بابل

راهنمای درک مسائل مالی ست هدف واقعی آن ایجاد بینشی ست تا علاقمندان به موفقیتهای مالی به یاری بینشی که در این کتاب است، ثروتمند شوند و از ثروت خود نگهداری کنند، و از محل درآمدهای ناشی از آن ثروت نیز، ثروت بیشتری بیندوزند

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 09/07/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

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GhoulCurSaga

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April 25,2025

Books like Richest Man in Babylon, Rich Dad Poor Dad, the Millionaire next door will never go away unfortunately. There is too much money to be made in writing them. 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:

1. Save 10% of everything you make.
2. Be smart not dumb
3. Invest the money you save.

Despite 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.

For 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. 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.

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jonatganofficial

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April 25,2025

I don't know why people like this. No offense ment if you do. Ehhh, maybe a little offense.

This seemed to me a decidedly mediocre set of advice, couched in stupid faux classical language. The result is that you have to work harder to read and understand the nonsense than if they had just come out and said "hey, save money" and "invest in land." A real quote from this is “Where the determination is, the way can be found,” it's not wrong, just generic surface level Instagram hustler shit. Really, the majority of the advice is basic and generic, not really helpful beyond what you might encounter in like a Dave Ramsey podcast or blog post. Someone else here compared it to Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and that seems accurate. Both use fake parables to impart mediocre 'wisdom' and both seem kind of self serving in the process.

There's a specific flavor to this book that I think parallels with a sort of weird hyper-independant "I'm going to get mine" ethos that was romanticized in the late 1900's. I can't quite put my finger on it. But my perception is that it woefully ignores global impacts of our behavior in favor of personal independence and personal gratification.

As such, this book is kind of a whitewashing of greed and avarice, a textual Wall Street "greed is good (if it helps your family)"ethos. And while I think my views are evolving, I'm beginning to see this whole genre as sort of harmful in that way. Not that I think someone reads this and says "oh fuck yea, let's outsource a factory to Indonesia" or "hell yeah brother, lets collatoralize some risky mortgages" but it supports that ecosystem in a way. It brings and personifies a sort of narcissism that allows people to ignore the larger effects of their actions. How what they do on a micro scale perpetuates pain and suffering on a global scale. Head down. Focused on getting mine. Damn the externalities.

So while the book itself is just kind of annoying and obtuse, I think the larger implications of its existence are troubling. I see it as a symptom of a sickness in society.

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Torisunanohokori

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April 25,2025

كتاب جميل ومفيد

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Goldenshadow177

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April 25,2025

I have always found books on personal finance exceptionally boring and have avoided reading them because of this.

This book however takes the form of stories from Babylonian citizens each touching on an aspect of personal finance (save 10% of your earnings, don’t rent but rather own property and invest your money wisely so it may grow etc etc)

None of this is new to me however sometimes you need a reminder to jolt you out of bad financial habits.
I can highly recommend this and will be buying it as a Christmas present for a few people this year.

Thanks for the recommendation Linda

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