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10.2 · Personal Finance Mechanics

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The Richest Man in Babylon

~100 pages of parables. Pay yourself first, make gold work, guard against loss. No market-specific advice to translate — universally applicable, readable in a weekend.
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The Millionaire Next Door

Wealth is what you don’t spend. Aimed squarely at lifestyle inflation, which I named as my own weakness. Note: the underlying survey data is from 1990s America — the behavioural finding travels, the specific figures don’t.
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Excellent automation philosophy attached to heavily US-specific accounts. Take the system, replace every product.
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