No. 093
Những Quy Tắc Để Giàu Có (The Rules of Wealth: A Personal Code for Prosperity)
Richard Templar
Những Quy Tắc Để Giàu Có is the Vietnamese edition of Richard Templar's The Rules of Wealth, part of his widely translated "Rules" series that also includes books on management, work, and life. Rather than a conventional investing manual with specific financial instruments and strategies, the book is organized as a collection of roughly 100 short, standalone "rules" — practical principles about mindset, habit, and behavior around money — grouped into five sequential parts that trace a rough life-cycle arc: thinking rich, becoming rich, becoming richer, staying rich, and sharing wealth.
The book's central premise, laid out early, is that no single rule guarantees financial success, but that consistently applying many small, individually modest rules compounds into a meaningfully better set of odds over time — turning the reader, in Templar's own framing, into "the house" that wins consistently rather than a gambler relying on any single lucky break. This positions the book explicitly against get-rich-quick thinking; Templar is direct that the rules won't make anyone wealthy overnight, but are intended to steadily increase the reader's "edge" in building and keeping wealth.
The first part, on thinking rich, addresses the psychological and habitual starting point Templar considers foundational — how a person's internal relationship with money, including specific mental habits and self-talk, shapes financial behavior more than most people realize. The middle parts move into becoming and then becoming richer, addressing the practical behaviors of building wealth once the underlying mindset is in place, including specific principles about risk management (never risking everything on one bet), simplicity in living below one's means, and building varied income sources rather than relying on one.
The book's later material, on staying rich and sharing wealth, distinguishes it from many wealth-building guides that stop at accumulation: Templar treats the discipline of protecting and maintaining wealth once acquired as a distinct skill from building it, and closes with material on generosity and sharing wealth, explicitly tying financial success to ethical behavior and personal integrity rather than presenting wealth-building as separate from a person's character. Throughout, the tone is conversational, practical, and often wry rather than academic, consistent with the broader "Rules" series' format of short, digestible, standalone principles.
Who This Is For
Readers earlier in their financial journey who want an accessible, mindset-and-habits-focused introduction to wealth-building principles, rather than a technical investing guide.
When To Read This
When you're working on your basic financial habits and mindset around money, rather than when you need specific technical investment or tax guidance.