"The Seven Cures of a Lean Purse" - Part 1 of 7

An excerpt from: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

_{This might be a new topic following my travel posts, but this is also my first post in relation to financial literacy and at the same time book reviews. May you find this helpful and useful.}

Have you ever wondered why there are successful people and not successful people? Or why there are people who are rich and not? Cause I did wonder. And in my quest of finding out the answer, I came across with the idea that I am sure it's not accident. It's no accident to become successful and it's no accident to become rich. I am not talking about shaky success and shaky riches, I am talking about those steady and well-built wealth.

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"One may not condemn a man for succeeding because he knows how. Neither may one with justice take away from a man what he has fairly earned, to give to men of less ability."
-Arkad, The Richest Man in Babylon

You see, I realized that at some point, life is not unfair. Life will just give us in proportion to what we have given. We just need to know how to have what we wanted. How to be successful? How to be rich or wealthy? Or even, how to attract money?

In the pages of our history, Babylon is the most glamorous city in which the name itself conjures vision of wealth and splendor. But do you know what made Babylon as mentioned? It's not about the resources it possessed because it only possessed fertile soil and water in the river. Its people made Babylon the richest in the world.

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The question is, how? Well, it all started with Arkad, the richest man in Babylon who had accepted the responsibility to educate his fellow citizens with the things he knew about money. But let me clarify, he may be the richest man in Babylon but he was not born with silver spoon, all the way from being a scribe in the hall of records, he learned the ways on how to accumulate gold and became rich and prosperous. He labored for it. He sought every remedy for a lean purse and found seven.

"It is just practical. That which one man knows can be taught to others." - Arkad

Allow me to share to you the First of the SEVEN Cures of a Lean Purse:

▪️Start thy purse to fattening
For every ten coins thou placest within thy purse, take out for use but nine.

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This is where the idea of "Pay Yourself First" came from. Before paying others, like the bills which we are responsible of, we have to pay ourselves first. It can also mean the 10% that would go to either our savings/investments. Let us fatten our purse, and once it will start to fatten, it will feel good and bring satisfaction to our soul. It may be hard in the beginning, but at the long run, if we'd take it seriously... we can manage.

_{Disclaimer: Me sharing to you these doesn't mean that I have successfully followed it all, but I am applying it. Well, it doesn't work over night and it won't. It entails sacrifice and discipline. Believing and following these are all up to you.}

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