Book Review: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

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The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review of the book, The Richest Man In Babylon

Author: George S.Clason
First Published: January 1, 1926
Genre: Classic, Self-help, Finance, Personal Development.

Sir George Clason has written this book in simple language. First, you will encounter a brief description of Babylon in the book how it rose, how it became a visually utopian city and what techniques the people there used to grow their wealth and which are relevant to date, you will find those techniques which will help you to not just how to increase your wealth but also how to maintain your saving?

As I mentioned above it is written in a simple language however I do find it difficult to read in the first place as it contains so many words like thou, thee, thy, doth canst, hast, nought, wert etc. Because of this, it was kind of frustrating for me but as I proceed further chapters I become okay with it.

The techniques used in the book are as follows,
•How to control your expenses?
•How to protect your wealth from loss?
•How to make a profitable income?
•How to invest from savings?
•How to increase the ways of earning?
•To whom lend your money and to whom not to do so (My favourite)

As you would think that this is a self-help book this would be kind of boring to read. But, you are wrong here because this book contains stories about the people who know the techniques used to maintain their wealth, about the people who taught these techniques to others which helped Babylon to grow far more and about Babylon itself which makes this book interesting.

It is a short book, easy to read and I recommend everyone try it.
Love you all. 

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