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A Logical Guide to Getting Rich

By Jesse Potter, published Jun 28, 2007
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Many people are constantly in search of get rich quick schemes. Some people even dedicate hundreds of hours trying to find a way to get rich quick. There is one very easy way to get rich quickly, and it is so simple that anyone with a job can do it.

In order to get rich you simply have to earn more money per month than you spend. Over time, the money that you have not spent will start earning interest, and this interest will then compound with the interest that it is already earned. Eventually, this will make you rich.

This way of getting rich may sound incredibly simple, but it is in fact no easy task. In order to earn more money than you spend you need to control spending by keeping track of every little thing that you buy; even the little things. This can mean collecting a bundle of receipts every day, and then depositing them in a central location. However, it would be much easier to make most of your purchased with a debit card or credit card. This would then automatically create an electronic record of your purchases. Most banks even offer a downloadable spreadsheet with the items purchased on the card.

The next step is to find an investment that will continue to earn you money. This investment can be as simple as a savings account or as complex as a hedge fund. The key here is not to get in over your head. Some investments are risky and have the possibility of earning negative interest. A savings account would be a good start here.

It is generally a good idea to aim for a continual amount of money being saved as opposed to spent. There are several ways to accomplish that. One of them would be to constantly decrease what you spend, this however is a horrible idea that will only lead to unhappiness. The other route is to constantly increase what you earn. This may seem self explanatory, but there are some tricks involved to help you get rich.

If you want to get rich quicker then you could wait until you got a raise, and then when you got the raise you could put all of the extra money directly into your interest earning account. This way you never have to downsize your lifestyle in order to maintain a healthy financial status.

A Logical Guide to Getting Rich

What you save when you calculate the time value of money.

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