How to Get Rich

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You will be too busy keeping the sea from washing away the sand you have spent so long collecting at such terrible cost to your health and your sanity and your relationships with others. This genre of literature is nonfiction business as it shares the advice of a multi millionaire, while at the same time explores the many philosophical incentives of being rich. This last factor is crucial, because the ability to live with and embrace risk is what sets apart the financial winners and losers in the world. In fact, he gives his example how he got rich through magazines industry which he was/is in but did not give any tip to HOW TO GET RICH but he definitely gives tips on HOW TO REMAIN RICH. Perhaps, if I am lucky enough to become old, I will accumulate something else: the courage to give it all away before I die.

But the author does not seem to realise that it is his greatest talent, notably described on Pages 180/213 and other places. You can own equity in a product or a piece of intellectual property (IP) like a book, script, or other artwork. I recommend that anyone who has thought about becoming an entrepreneur or is simply curious on ideologies correlating with wealth, read this book. But the heart of the book is in one injunction - applicable whether you are creator (like him) or creative (like GoodReads people) - face fear and make it work for you.In terms of having a voice, this book is one of the most forceful, and enjoyable books I've read for a long time. So while it’s important to act smartly, it’s better to simply act and learn as you go to avoid getting caught in the cycle of paralysis by analysis. The irony of Felix’s book, How To Get Rich, is that he spends the first half trying to convince you not to try.

What are riches anyway, compared to health or the peace of mind that even a modicum of contentment brings in its wake? Not so thick as to blind you to well-constructed criticism and advice, especially from those you trust. It is especially useful for young people who are just beginning in business, so that they can be aware of the challenges ahead of them and the sacrifices they will likely have to make as their careers advance. Most share options (usually nothing more than the promise of chickenfeed to salaried employees, and a promise broken half the time, too), don’t count.

Page 105 is also pretty daft when the author suggests that replacing Pete Best with Ringo Starr in The Beatles, all those years ago, was almost unnecessary. Should you succeed in stealing a great deal of money, you will then spend many years looking over your shoulder in fear of discovery. Far better ruthlessly analyze what your particular aptitudes are and act upon them rather than attempt to graft an oak tree onto a dandelion. Month after month I soldiered on, while “the new ploughed fields smelt dank as the grave; and I wished I were dead. Chances come to everyone in life, in all shapes and sizes, often disguised, and more often radiating risk and potential humiliation.