The document provides information about the book "The Richest Man in Babylon" by George S. Clason. It describes that the book is a collection of Babylonian parables conveying clear messages about financial planning and personal wealth. Each story highlights principles like earning money, protecting savings, and ensuring future income. The book advocates saving 10% of earnings and investing the rest wisely. It has been found to provide practical guidance that readers can apply to improve their financial situation.

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The Richest Man In Babylon
By
George S. Clason

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:-
 George Samuel Clason
 Born : Louisiana, Missouri, November 1874
 Attended the University Of Nebraska
 Served in the U.S Army
 Founded The Clason Map Company, of Denver , Colorado,
• Published the 1st Road Atlas of US and Canada.
 1926 He wrote his 1st famous serious of pamphlets on financial success using
parables.

4. About The Book…

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About the Book
 ‘Financial Classic’ Pg.194 (cover-to-cover)
 Category : Personal Finance Book
 Financial planning, and personal wealth
 Is a Collection of Stories Babylonian parables each conveying a very clear message
(Collection of Wisdom) all set in the Ancient times of Babylon
 Money = Gold (Back Then)
Style, Theme &Reading experience
It gives it’s reader the feeling to have discovered a book which got lost in time
with it’s ancient wisdom and proverbial style of writing

6. A
Brief
layout
of the book…

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About the book cont...
List of stories:-
1. The Richest Man In Babylon (Arkad)
2. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck
3. The Gold Lender Of Babylon
4. The walls of Babylon
5. The camel trader of Babylon
6. The luckiest man in Babylon

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Messages from each story
“If you have failed to acquire wealth over all the years of your
life, it’s because you either have failed to learn the laws that
govern the building of wealth, or you do not observe them.”
List of stories:-
1. The Richest Man In Babylon
2. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck
3. The Gold Lender Of Babylon
4. The walls of Babylon
5. The camel trader of Babylon
6. The luckiest man in Babylon
Message:-
1. Part of all you earn is yours to keep
2. Men of action are favored by the Goddess of good luck
3. Better a little caution than a great amount of regret
4. We cannot afford to be without adequate protection
5. Where the determination is the way can be found
6. Work hard and you will have plenty

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The seven cure to a lean purse
1. Start Thy Purse to fatten
2. Control thy expenses
3. Make thy gold multiply
4. Guard Thy Treasure from loss
5. Make of Thy dwelling a profitable investment
6. Insure a future income
7. Increase thy ability to earn

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The five laws of gold…
Left for the discovery of all those who desire gold…..

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Learnings
 Work, Give , Sow , Save & Spend all within your means
 Teaches the reader how to handle there gold a.k.a money
 How to make it grow
 how your gold should work for you
 Importance of protecting it
 The importance of investing it correctly
 How to make proper use of ones wealth
 How to Handle debt

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Learnings
10%
10%
20%
60%

14. Critical Analysis &
Recommendations

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‘If thou have been in search of gold; then thou haseth found it.’
Should be added to our college library
Critical Analysis & Recommendations
Should not be followed blindly and must be modified as per situations

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Does the age old wisdom actually work??
THE CLAY TABLETS FROM BABYLON
 St Swithin’s College
 British Scientific Expedition
 Received clay tablets in 1934
 Ill managed finances, drowned in debt
 Observed the 5 laws of gold and were able to come out of debt in 2yrs, by 1936
 Banks, financial advisers, financial planners etc.
Have found practical applications

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Summary…
There are a very few book that have books written about them, ‘the
Richest Man in Babylon’ is one such book, to the casual reader it may
seem as a collection of fictitious stories, but if one is able to perceive
the quite wisdom behind each of these stories it could leave the reader
with -lessons for life.
NAME OF BOOKS
1. By Karen Mccreadil
2. By Fred Siegel

18. Book Review
Presented by
Dean Mandis