The Richest Man in Babylon Paperback – January 1, 2002

Change your life and be happy

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enigma-2

February 25, 2018

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Looking back on the last 50 years of my life, one of best things that ever happened to me was my wife's uncle telling me to buy and read this book. That was a year before I shipped out for Vietnam.

A few years after I returned, I remembered his words when we found out he had passed and I bought the book. We had two kids, paycheck to paycheck, and no savings. I read the book and it hit home; hard. Slowly, week-by-week, we started to build savings. Now, we have a good retirement, well off and secure. This book started it off.

Easy to read and understand, timeless message. This book should be required reading for all school kids. It doesn't espouse greed like Think and Grow Rich. It simply teaches that you already have the ability to grow your prosperity from what you already have.

READ THIS BOOK and change your life forever.

35 people found this helpful

Tithe to yourself - BEST ADVICE EVER

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Debby with a Y

May 27, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I read this book years ago. As a result I listened to one piece of advice and now will have a comfortable retirement.
Because I was a Christian I believed that I should tithe 10% of my income. I was tithing on my net income, not my gross. In my heart I knew that I should be tithing on my gross iincome. After reading this book, I decided that I should tithe on my gross, but in addition I should tithe (10%) to myself as well. That retirement is what got me through the crash in 2008 and has allowed me to purchase a small retirement property.

42 people found this helpful

DON'T BUY THIS NOW REVISED & UPDATED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY VERSION!!! PLEASE!!!

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Amazon Customer

December 18, 2016

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Just thought I should write this review as a warning to others. The Richest Man in Babylon is one of my favorite books. It's a great "back to the basics" look at finances. When I'm off with my finances, I dig out my copy of this book. I thought about doing a study group with some members of my church. So, I wanted to check this one out because the "Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century" part of the title led me to believe that it would be a more modern version maybe removing the thee's and thou's... kinda like an NIV vs KJV of the Bible. I WAS MISTAKEN!!!

It's both taller and wider than my current beat up version but the font they used is soooo small that I couldn't bring myself to make a detailed comparison- unlike the cover and back cover which are huge in comparison. They jammed 160 pages into 88 POORLY!!! I've never sent a book back before, but this one must go back!!!

So get the book, but not this version!!!

83 people found this helpful

overcoming poor habits, such as procrastination

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tech_books_movies

February 9, 2016

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

This book is deserving of its well-regarded status of one of the classics of personal finance. It teaches the values of saving, overcoming poor habits, such as procrastination, and being able to take advantage of opportunities. This book really opened my eyes to finances and has changed the way I deal with them. Thus, I recommend it to anyone who ever uses money. One of the biggest things this book teaches is that no matter what size your income is, ten percent of it is yours to keep. Another is that debt is an enemy to conquer, not a necessary evil. If you don't have problems with spending too much money no need to read it. If you have tons of money and it's not a problem, no need to read it.

7 people found this helpful

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February 18, 2013

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Yes, the premise is simple. Yes, we've heard it over and over again. Save your money. Invest your money. Own real estate (maybe not right now:). Yada, yada, yada...but this is not a negative review. I gave it 4 stars for reason. Some of us need to hear these laws of gold more than once in creative ways to internalize them. Maybe we've had conflicting messages from what we felt were credible sources all our life: messages like, live now...or you can't take with you.

And then there are some of us who get it right away, for some reason, maybe never having to read about or go to an event to manage money properly.

I digress! In The Richest...the same message is delivered in an interesting and unique way, that really makes more common sense (not too common these days) than anything. Some of us need nudging. Some of us need a reminder about balance, the cost of immediate gratification and the laws of gold. Some of us need a cheerleader to get us back in the game again.

This book is another one of those. I don't believe in a magic bullet, only adhering to some good words of wisdom to combat the negative voices that bombard and plague us during these times, and these are clearly words a wisdom, and not too high a price to pay for them.

John Darryl Winston

9 people found this helpful

Good read + simple and easy investment ideas

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Matt

June 27, 2016

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I really enjoyed this book and the stories in it. If you are looking for simple saving and investing concepts that are portrayed through great stories in the times of Babylon then you'll really enjoy this book. If you want to get someone thinking about investing and ease them into it this would also be a good book to start with.

5 people found this helpful

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August 1, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I really enjoyed the simplicity of the lessons the writer was trying to convey. I did have to use more effort to read the speech of the characters, as its written with phrases such as "thou hast" and "thy." Overall, the lessons are probably ones we learn growing up, but the stories make it work the read. Each chapter is like a short story, this makes it great for short reads while on breaks at work. There are minor grammatical errors, but I'm not bothered by these. I would definitely recommend to all wanting to enrich themselves.

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EASY read, Great advice for ALL

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