https://summaryshelf.app/authors/george-s.-clason/Recent content in George S. Clason on SummaryShelfHugoen-usWed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/richest-man-in-babylon/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/richest-man-in-babylon/<p>A part of all you earn is yours to keep. That one sentence holds the whole book. Most people believe everything they earn belongs to the butcher, the landlord, the sandal-maker, the tax collector, and that whatever is left over is theirs. Clason flips this. The first claim on your income should be your own future, paid before anyone else gets a coin. Set aside no less than a tenth of what you earn, keep it, and put it to work. Do that consistently and wealth follows as surely as a tree grows from a seed. The parables in this book, all set in ancient Babylon, exist to drive that single truth home from every angle.</p>