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Owen Rascovitch

πŸ‘€ Speaker
1951 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

And that's about it.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So I've been over Apple Pay, Twitter.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

I do – I'm going to get to some more investment-related stuff in a minute, but yeah, there's a whole host of things which we'll go over quickly.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

But some of the books, so –

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

The Richest Man in Babylon.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So this is a book that was based, I think it was written by George Classen.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

And you read the first chapter and you're like, what the heck is this?

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

Why has this sold a bazillion copies?

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

Who actually reads this junk?

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

Well, actually, once you get through the first chapter, it is amazing.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So I'm pretty sure that every single finance book ever written is based on this book.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

Right.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

The reason why is that the book draws its lessons.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So like save 10% of your income, pay down your debts to your family and all that sort of stuff.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

This book is based on things that were written on stones in Babylon.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So like, I don't know, I'm going to say thousands of years ago, it was actually written on stones and they found some of these stones and then they've translated them and they made it into a book, which was written about a hundred years ago or more.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

It hasn't changed.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

These principles haven't changed.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

So if someone comes up to me and says, this is the greatest, finest book ever written.

Australian Finance Podcast
The Investing Apps & Finance Tools/Accounts Kate & Owen Use

Well, I'd be like, well, I'd probably got all of its ideas from this book, which got his ideas from stones before they had paper.