The Richest Man in Babylon

Three of the ideas you’ll keep

The Clif summary of The Richest Man in Babylon pulls out 7 insights. Here are the first three.

1. Pay yourself first: before any other expense, keep at least 10% of everything you earn, this single habit is the seed of all wealth.
2. A 'want' will always expand to swallow your whole income; budget deliberately so your necessities cost no more than 70% of what you make.
3. Put your savings to work so they earn more gold while you sleep, money that compounds becomes an army of earners laboring on your behalf.

The other 4 — and the full 10-minute summary — are in the app.

What’s inside: 10 chapters

The whole summary runs about 10 minutes, read or listened to.

1. The Man Who Desired Gold
2. The Richest Man in Babylon
3. The Seven Cures for a Lean Purse
4. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck
5. The Five Laws of Gold
6. The Gold Lender of Babylon
7. The Walls of Babylon
8. The Camel Trader of Babylon
9. The Clay Tablets from Babylon
10. The Luckiest Man in Babylon