The way to financial freedom

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The Path to Financial Freedom is a non-fiction book from 1998 that was first published by Campus Verlag . It describes strategies for wealth accumulation and gives advice on dealing with money, saving, investing and beliefs on the subject of "getting rich".

The book became a bestseller, introduced the German author and speaker Bodo Schäfer and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

content

The book has 309 pages and is divided into an initial part with analysis, two main parts and an outlook.

Main part I ("Basics"):

  • What do you really want?
  • What does responsibility mean?
  • Is a million a miracle?
  • Why aren't more people wealthy?
  • What do you really think about money?

Main part II ("The practical guide to the first million"):

  • Debt
  • How to Increase Your Income
  • Save - Pay yourself
  • The miracle of compound interest
  • Why you need to grow money
  • The principles for investors and investors
  • Financial protection, financial security and financial freedom
  • The coach and the network of experts
  • You can sow money

Edition

In 2002 the German-language edition had a circulation of 2.5 million copies. The book was also published in other languages.

After the book was published, the author published other books such as A Dog Called Money (Lentz Verlag) , Wohlstand ohne Stress (Campus Verlag) or The Laws of Winners (Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch), which also achieved a large circulation.

reception

In the discourse-defining book Generation Golf , the book is characterized as the "ultimate bestseller of our generation".

The FAZ ascribes a pioneering role to the author and the book: "Everyone copied it and prayed it from the only legitimate master of mice: from Bodo Schäfer. With his bestseller The Path to Financial Freedom , he advanced to the undisputed prophet Mammons." The book is also rated: " The way to financial freedom from financial coach Bodo Schäfer gives useful tips. Without brainwashing, however, no success."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Non-fiction books . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 2000 ( online - 4 September 2000 ).
  2. ↑ PA_FOC: Economy: ECONOMIC BESTSELLER AUGUST 99. In: Focus Online . September 13, 1999, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ FOCUS Online: Crisis? Simply earn more! In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Careers: The Human Trainers . In: Der Spiegel . tape 51 , December 16, 2002 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  5. ↑ a b Christiane Götz: What managers should read . In: THE WORLD . December 8, 2001 ( welt.de [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  6. ↑ With links and fun to small fortunes . In: THE WORLD . November 29, 2002 ( welt.de [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  7. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Review: Non-fiction book: Children, asks the rich Uncle Bodo . In: FAZ.NET . July 3, 2000, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Florian Illies: Generation Golf. Argon Verlag; Page 140.
  10. ↑ Review: Non-fiction book: Children, asks the rich Uncle Bodo . In: FAZ.NET . July 3, 2000, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 24, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Review: How to Multiply Your Best . In: FAZ.NET . February 16, 2001, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed December 24, 2017]).