All by Mark Reinert

The fifth cure for a lean purse…

“Guard thy treasure from loss” instructed Arkad.  The wealthy sage in George Clason’s “The Richest Man in Babylon” had previously been sharing his lessons on building and keeping wealth for a group of not so successful people who were constantly struggling financially.

The fourth cure for a lean purse…

“Make thy gold multiply” implored Arkad, the wealthy sage in George Clason’s wonderful story “The Richest Man in Babylon.”  This was the third of seven cures for a lean purse and suggested that merely saving money is not enough; one must invest and hopefully earn a return on it as well.

The third cure for a lean purse…

Picking up where we left Arkad, the wealthy subject of George Clason’s “The Richest Man in Babylon,” the second of “The 7 cures for a lean purse” was described as the need to control your expenses and live on “nine-tenths of thy earnings.”