How to be rich

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I saw this book when Paul Buchheit shared his amazon history, haven't read it. How to Be Rich by J Paul Getty . Also, read this, http://blogmaverick.com/2006/01/02/my-investment-advice-for-... & this http://blogmaverick.com/2008/10/04/how-to-get-rich/

You might enjoy the book "How To Be Rich" by J. Paul Getty; he touches on the subject a little bit.

I read this book a couple of years ago and it wasn't quite what I expected - it was better. Felix drags you in with the "how to be rich" message but actually ends up convincing you that you really don't want to be megarich at all and that there are far more important things in life to focus on or give priority to. He says he'd give anything to be young again and that no matter how much money he has, he'll never get time back.

Found it. It's from "How to be Rich" which I finished last week (after getting a recommendation from another HN'er -- good book!) (Regarding the May, 1962 Crash) "I told them quite frankly that, while I sympathized wholeheartedly with anyone who had lost money because of market developments, I saw little if any reason for alarm and absoutely none for panic....I said I felt that the stock market was in a much healthier and certainly in a much more realistic position because of the long-needed adjustment in prices. As for what I was doing, the answer was simple. I was buying stocks...Most seasoned investors are doubtless doing much the same thing. They're snapping up the fine stock bargains available as a result of the emotionally inspired selling wave." [page 152] Perhaps there's some difference this time around, but I doubt it. I imagine …

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…n nuggets of wisdom you can learn from. There are a lot of people who can help themselves, and the first step is often realizing that other people know stuff they don't. How To Win Friends and Influence People is a sterling example of a good self-help book. Also, How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty sort of changed my life. The main concept was that to become rich, you have to work for yourself. Otherwise someone is essentially taking a cut from the profits of your labor.

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