Was able to read and review after all after a glitch allowed me to read it after archive date.

I liked that this book is about ethical financial growth, and talks about lot about from a spiritual point of view of giving back wherever possible.

However, I felt some of the information in the book was only applicable to US readers - such as having a 401k, which we don’t have in Canada.

So whilst I can look for an equivalent, some of the policies and procedures etc aren’t the same across the board in other countries. It has a lot of great information, and I also felt is hard in some cases to be applicable to the lower class - some of whom, for circumstances outside of their control, are doing their absolute best and are still struggling to get ahead, and simply aren’t able to implement the strategies in this book due to their wages not being raised to match inflation. To be fair, the author does acknowledge that there are people in worse than these circumstances, such as those who are born in impoverished countries, and whilst the problems do not look outwardly fixable, he, like me, also wishes for a better world where that is not the case.

Otherwise, this was fairly well researched and did have some great suggestions. Just would have been nice if it was applicable to all social classes. But I also bear in mind that simply may not be possible. Was also written with a lot of humility, compassion, integrity, and honesty with relevant and interesting stories of those who have previously both well managed and mismanaged their funds as both inspiration and warning stories.

Also includes great advice I wouldn’t have expected in the book on how to protect yourself from every possible kind of scam. Very well written.

Buchholz shares simple rules of getting wealthy with long term patience. He compares different indices and their performanace and makes you understand the concepts of timeline, volatility and how it depends on your life stage and what you should be in it for and how long.