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More Steps to Riches from Ancient Times

March 14th, 2010 24 comments

Did you like the first four steps to Become the Richest person in your city from George Clason in The Richest Man in Babylon?  I hope you did because there are more steps to create wealth that are still as applicable today as in ancient times.

As you may recall, here are the prerequisite and steps one to four:
(Feel free to refer to the post How to Become the Richest Man or Woman in Your City for more detail on the prerequisite and Steps 1 – 4)

The Prerequisite – A burning desire to create wealth along with the willingness to take the required action steps.

Step 1Start your wallet or purse to fattening by with 10% of your earnings that is yours to keep.

Step 2Control your expenditures to live comfortably on the remaining 90%.

Step 3Make your gold (money) multiply by investing the 10%.

Step 4 – Guard your treasures (money) from loss.

Now let’s learn the details of steps five through Read more…

How to Become the Richest Man or Woman in Your City

March 10th, 2010 53 comments

Jim Rohn had repeatedly recommended the book “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Clason, written in 1926.  I can now say that I have read it and I’m so glad I did.  In one of Jim’s many audios, Challenge to Succeed, he says that only 3% of his audiences every go out and get the book and read it.  When I heard his comment again recently, I decided to join the 3% crowd by getting the book (a used one at a great price) and reading it.  It’s not a long book and its fun to read since it is written in the way they would have spoken in ancient times in Babylon.

Today I want to let you know the initial steps that were used by the Richest Man in Babylon that allowed him to become so very rich.  First though, I need to mention the prerequisite that I did not mention in my video.  That all important prerequisite is to have a burning desire to become rich and wealthy.  Without that, any set of steps will fail because the desire is not strong enough. That strong desire will make you seek out the knowledge and take the required actions.

The Richest Man in Babylon’s first step to wealth began Read more…

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