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Summary: Not at all what I was expecting!
Review: I was thinking that this would be a "wise grandfather's guide to financial success" type of book, and I could not have been more wrong. It is rather a story of hard working men in ancient Babylon going to a rich friend and that rich friend (The richest man in Babylon) explains how to do so. It is remarkably clever and a truly timeless piece of literature. As applicable here in the 21st century as it was in 1920 when it was wrote.A short, extremely satisfying read. You should definetly buy this to achieve wise advice on finances from a man who knew what he was talking about. While many of us know the basics on saving, constantly achieving more net worth, and attempting to live within our means, this book is a refresher and gives you new confidence when dealing with your money, and will certainly leave you with a good feeling after you have read it. 5 stars and worth every copper penny!
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Summary: Not for the sophisticated...But,
Review: How are the sophisticated doing financially? By sophisticated, I mean the affluent, high income earners who spend most of what they make...Richest Man in Bablyon is timeless like Think and Grow Rich but written in a style like the very popular Rich Dad, Poor Dad series.An easy read. Informative and entertaining.I suspect that this book hit a nerve with the 1 star reviewers. Living a little bit too high? Then read this book.
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Summary: Profound and timeless financial advice
Review: This book uses parables to convey simple but profound financial advice. The ancient setting is excellent in showing the timelessness of this advice. The use of parables is a very entertaining way to convey information. While the advice offered in this book is not earthshattering or new, it is useful and true. The true value of this book, however, is not in its advice; it is in its motivational power. It will inspire you to do what you already know you should be doing. The characters are easily identifiable with, and despite it's ancient setting, the conversations are easy to follow and enlightening. This is one of my favorite presents to give to new graduates, and I frequently use it myself as a reminder to attend to my savings program.
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Summary: Great read for EVERYONE!!!
Review: Someone let me borrow this book a few months ago. I truly enjoyed reading it. The things stated are so eye-opening that you want to read it again and again. It's almost like a grandfather passing on wisdom he's learned over the years. A must for new graduates!!!! (I'm now buying a copy of my own)!!!
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Summary: A Classic to Read Once
Review: This book is a classic and one that everyone should read once, but I found it's ideas to be too simple and too repetitive to ever deserve a second read... which is my personal idea of a truly great, classic book. Told as a story... a set of parables, I found it to be only mildly entertaining as it slowly revealed it's 10 or so success principles. This book is a short and easy read, yet I still, about halfway through, wanted it to speed up and give me more "meat". I guess my main problem with the book, although it does have important, timeless financial information... is that it is not short and easy enough. The ideas one actually walks away with could have been written on one page instead of the 140+ pages used.
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Summary: very good but shiping too long
Review: the book was very good but the shiping took forever I waited for the book for 2 weeks.
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Summary: This is a BOOK that can CHange your life.
Review: This book has changed my life. I followed the instructions, and it has made a remarkable impact on my life. On a scale of 0 to 5. I rate it a 10! Absolutely STELLAR!
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant
Review: This is a fantastic book. I loved the old English style of writing. It is a must read for anyone who does not pay themselves first. The concepts in this book are timeless. The book of Proverbs also has a fair amount of wisdom on money. You would do well to read both. The stories presented in this book are both entertaining and educational and I would highly recommend this book to anyone open to changing their mindset about money. This would be a terrific gift for a college or high school student who is not well versed on how the proper or improper use of money can determine your financial fate
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Summary: Measured and found wanting..........
Review: Rev 17:5
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
KJV
Babylon had a lot going for it, especially prosperity, however I find that the mighty city did not have God and to me that is a very disapointing issue. I found this book a great resource in proverbs and insights into monetary principles. I measured this book against "The Greatest Salesman in the World" and found it wanting. I did pick up a handful of insights and for that I would reccomend the book at fair market value. I believe the Christian would find more information on Godly wealth in Proverbs. ~Job 36:11
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
KJV
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Summary: A primer on personal economics.
Review: This is an interesting book. To begin with, I believe than any book, even a bad book, has some useful truth that will benefit anyone. However, this book is a good book, despite its rater offish title. For non-Christians “Babylon” is a Biblical term for worldliness and all things evil. But that one objection aside, I think that this book on finances is useful for anyone. This book is written in a pseudo-scripture, or pseudo-ancient text approach that Nietzsche used in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.” The benefit of this approach is that it gives the truths an air of mystique, so you pay attention. Clason even uses some of the awkward Elizabethan phrase constructions and Hebraisms found in the King James Version of the Bible. SO expect the reading to be a little different than say, Idiots guide to personal Finances, or the Motley Fool money guides. But if you can get caught up in the mystique and mythic feel of the book, then you can go ahead. Yes, this book covers a lot of basics that may be common sense to some people. But our economic education in this country is substandard that some people do not even know the basics. Shakespeare pointed out in Sonnet 66 that simple truth at times is miscalled simplicity, and I hope the simple truths in this book are not overlooked because they may be basic. Indeed this book is a primer on basic personal economics—say Economics 99. But you need to start somewhere, and this book provides a basic plan for anyone new to managing money correctly. There are some pieces missing, such as resisting the temptation to buy on credit, or worldliness in general, or how to invest wisely in the stock market, but the basics are covered here. Get this book for your teenagers, and have them memorize the seven “Rules of Acquisition” on the fly page. Then have them outline every chapter, to engrain the principles in your heart and minds. They will thank you later on, when their friends have $20,000 in credit card debt.
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