[2022 Reading Review] The Rich Man’s Bowl

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These days, I want to read a variety of books, so I'm trying to read twice a month using the Kyobo Bookstore Sam subscription. I've been running a book club for about a year and a half, and it's because I don't have the solidarity or time constraints of a group, so I end up reading less books.

I don't usually read books like How to Become Rich, but what are sam's recommended books? It was a book that was posted on the main page of the license, and I chose it by chance because I thought I would read it after seeing the introduction in the details.

The story is mainly developed in a conversational format, and the author's actual experiences are told as if he had experienced them in the guise of a middle-aged person. And it leads to wise advice given by an old man who listens to the story. This was a book that made me feel like I was listening to a middle-aged person's story from the perspective of an old person, so as not to get a little bored with this kind of development.

To put it briefly, it is a text that talks about how the main character started a business, the process of starting and expanding the business, and how it later failed.

Of course, there seems to be more behind the scenes than just the stories in the book, but in my opinion, the cause of business failure was a lack of ownership. While running a restaurant, they overlooked the main ingredient of providing 'freshly cooked warm rice', which was the basic image of the business, and changed the sales method according to the chef's words. And I think I may have been swayed by what people around me said about unreasonable business expansion.

However, if I were in that position, it wouldn't be easy and each of my choices might not be right. This is because it will not be easy to easily reject various concerns and the opinions of people you think are more expert and stick to your position.

There are memorable phrases from the book, the four phrases below are:

When people have time to spare, they become calm and avoid making mistakes.

The power of leisure is truly great. As the saying goes, if you have some spare time, you can look at the problem leisurely, know better, and solve the problem. When you are psychologically anxious, your mental horizons seem to narrow. So ultimately, mistakes increase. It was the same when working. Rather, you need to take your time because if you only think about the deadline, you won't be able to get things done properly. In order to do that, confidence is needed, and it was a passage that made me think once again that success experience and skills are important supports.

It was a moment when I acutely realized that once the gears start to shift, destruction is really instantaneous.

I finally understood the true meaning of the saying, ‘I was so controlled by money that I lost sight of my surroundings.’

“It is someone else who brings you money, not necessarily yourself,” he said. Money is only sent to trustworthy people. And the higher your credit, the more money approaches you with the face of ‘opportunity’.

It was an article that taught the lesson that money should be approached as a flow that comes and goes, rather than being owned, and that one should be humble. This is a good book to read at least once for those who are interested in or are currently running a business. It's easy to read and may sound like something you've heard a lot, but I think it's easier to approach if you think of it as a light reading of someone's life story.