Chanakya and the Art of Getting Rich - Deepstash
Sleep Better

Learn more about books with this collection

The benefits of a bedtime routine

How to improve your sleep quality

How to create a relaxing sleep environment

Sleep Better

Discover 41 similar ideas in

It takes just

5 mins to read

Portfolio

The author Radhakrishnan Pillai has excellent research on Chanakya's Arthshaastra, the book of economics and management from 4th century B.C.

159

2.08K reads

Introduction

Becoming rich may be a desire as living poor is not a choice but circumstances. Gone are days when only kings and ministers can become rich, today with the knowledge and right mentorship, anyone can fulfill their dream of becoming rich.

154

1.8K reads

Introduction

Chanakya, also known as Vishnugupta or Kautilya was known as a strategic, diplomat, politician, economist and a sharp thinker. His ideas of waelth and management is immortal.

155

1.54K reads

Introduction

The king Chandragupta was a student of Chanakya. Although he came from lower-cast village of that time, with right training from Chanaya, he became a worthy king. Alexander the great was also defeated against Chanakya's intellect and couldn't extend their empire to India.

151

1.34K reads

Introduction

Chanakya's Arthshaastra, written 2400 years ago, composed of 6000 sutras Or aphorisms, was based on economic policy, political governance and military strategy. It talked about wealth identification, wealth creation, wealth management and wealth distribution.

154

1.25K reads

Understanding Aanvikshiki

The method of aanvikshiki is the science and art of thinking. In Sanskrit, anu means atom or the smallest particle and ikshiki means one who wants to know. Chanakya explained aanvikshiki in Arthshaastra as constituents of Sankhya (concept of Shiva and Shakti and relating to numbers or mathematical thinking), Yoga (ability to keep our mind steady and firm under stress), Lokayata (worldview of people, who believes in data and the reality). In essence, clear thinking is necessary to earn money and run a business.

162

1.16K reads

Thinking Your Way to Prosperity

One can only earn big money through right and legal process. Who become rich through shortcuts are bound to have troubles in the long run. The Vedas has guided us about the ethics and dilemmas of good and bad. It is better to ask the experts of the field before taking such ethical decisions. Studying the business plan by experts, government policies, annual budgets of the government, SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat) analysis etc can help.

The real principle of wealth is to give

164

999 reads

Thinking Your Way to Prosperity

A steady mind is required to have better clarity in thinking. You become whatever you think. Therefore, think before you act. Also, be mindful of your duties and respectful of laws of the land.

163

978 reads

Stages Of Wealth

There exists common patterns that we can learn from wealthy people to become rich.

They love their work, committed to it and don't show off stuffs to look rich, instead they are rich.

They do social work, charity and contribute to the welfare of the people.

There are 4 stages of wealth that have been observed for long time

165

865 reads

...

Wealth identification : Idea + application = money. What is the one thing with which you can make money? Identify your natural talents and the skills that you can gain from practice.

Wealth creation : talent + hard work + being active + intellectual property rights and patent

Wealth management : saving + invest, also investment > saving.

Wealth distribution : for social norm among rich, for the love of donating and helping the poor.

187

822 reads

Accounting System

Keeping tracks of money coming and going out is very important. There are various accounting systems that one can follow. The financial health depends on this accounting. Few examples of accounting systems are the balance sheet and profit-and-loss (P&L) statements, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) etc.

One should never be dependent on any one source of income.

Defining accounting requirements and reviewing the accounts are important. This can be done from daily to yearly basis.

161

685 reads

Your Richness Guru

It is mandatory to have a mentor for teaching you the methods and the way towards your goal. Your mentor should be himself expert in your field, here the finance and management, should be rich enough, genuine background, integrity towards moral values.

Chanakya says it is better to have upto third opinion from 3 different experts but not more than them, non-expert opinions should be avoided.

Age and maturity are not synonymous. Maturity comes from knowledge and deep thinking.

165

610 reads

Three principles of becoming rich:

1. Be trustworthy,

2. Don't break promises,

3. Repay any debts or loans with interest and when giving money, don't belittle them for taking money from you.

Chanakya also mentioned about partnering with other firms to do a part of the business which otherwise takes lot of effort and time. 

171

677 reads

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life- think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscle, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

176

683 reads

Becoming A Rich Leader

Generalizing all the rich people as selfish or demeaning towards everyone won't help you becoming rich. You have to identify the good ones among them, follow their footprint and learn from them. The rich leaders stands out among the rich individuals and they can make people around them rich as well. The rich leaders started alone, didn't give up to the atrocities and in the path of his glory, he picked everyone around him rise up the ladde

159

570 reads

Thinking Makes A Person A Leader

Think from different dimensions

  1. Directly seeing and understanding: just looking around for opportunity
  2. The unseen: by consulting with experts and listening to their ideas
  3. Inference: conclusion from logical thinking of association, intuition

Do research on trends. Think deep and wide, analyse, infer, develop own insight and foresight.

166

640 reads

Teaching By Example

Once a businessman met Chanakya when he was working under a lamp. After finishing his work, he turned off that lamp and lit another one to discuss with the businessman. When asked why he didn't use the same lamp, Chanakya said that the first lamp was given to him for his official work only and the second one was his personal. He never mixed up his official belonging to personal benefits. He taught us that self regulation is more important than being regulated by the government, you can cheat the world, but you can not cheat yourself.

166

568 reads

Teaching By Example

Chanakya emphasized on filling the treasury before serving the country. The food for the labourers and the armies for their work should not be exhausted. He made sure the corrupt officials get punished and the genuine and devoted workers get rewards and promotions.

Chanakya made regulations for textile industries to give economic freedom and financial empowerment to women. He personally interrogated any problems women in these days faced and took appropy actions against atrocities.

"Empower a woman and you can be sure her family will be empowered too."

154

560 reads

The Importance Of Kosha

Wealth should free us from worldly challenges. Instead, most of the time, wealth and money get us more and more entangled in them.

Money should give us not just comforts, but dignity to ourselves and to others.

Kosha Or treasury is the fund that is required to run the state. It is extremely important to keep our financial situation strong and steady.

The 4 steps in finance in a project are creation, completion, maintenance and sustainability.

162

605 reads

Questions To Contempl

The author had listed few questions to develop one's financial status.

  1. What is your current financial status?
  2. What are your financial goals?
  3. Who are your financial mentors and gurus?
  4. What modern knowledge of finance do you lack?
  5. Why do you want to become rich?
  6. What is stopping you from becoming rich?
  7. What will you do with all the extra wealth you have?
  8. What is your idea of spirituality and wealth?
  9. If you were to decide the financial policies of the country, what would you suggest?
  10. What would you like to teach others about wealth and money

189

591 reads

CURATED BY

santanuborah

Learner, thinker, dreamer

CURATOR'S NOTE

The book has changed and rewrite my thinking about becoming rich and its emphasis on thinking itself make me share the knowledge of the book.

More like this

The Art of War

12 ideas

The Art of War

6 ideas

Wake Up and Get Rich

8 ideas

Wake Up and Get Rich

Godfrey Esoh Nji

stash-superman-illustration

Explore the World’s

Best Ideas

200,000+ ideas on pretty much any topic. Created by the smartest people around & well-organized so you can explore at will.

An Idea for Everything

Explore the biggest library of insights. And we've infused it with powerful filtering tools so you can easily find what you need.

Knowledge Library

Powerful Saving & Organizational Tools

Save ideas for later reading, for personalized stashes, or for remembering it later.

# Personal Growth

Take Your Ideas

Anywhere

Organize your ideas & listen on the go. And with Pro, there are no limits.

Listen on the go

Just press play and we take care of the words.

Never worry about spotty connections

No Internet access? No problem. Within the mobile app, all your ideas are available, even when offline.

Get Organized with Stashes

Ideas for your next work project? Quotes that inspire you? Put them in the right place so you never lose them.

Join

2 Million Stashers

4.8

5,740 Reviews

App Store

4.7

72,690 Reviews

Google Play

Sean Green

Great interesting short snippets of informative articles. Highly recommended to anyone who loves information and lacks patience.

samz905

Don’t look further if you love learning new things. A refreshing concept that provides quick ideas for busy thought leaders.

Shankul Varada

Best app ever! You heard it right. This app has helped me get back on my quest to get things done while equipping myself with knowledge everyday.

Ashley Anthony

This app is LOADED with RELEVANT, HELPFUL, AND EDUCATIONAL material. It is creatively intellectual, yet minimal enough to not overstimulate and create a learning block. I am exceptionally impressed with this app!

Ghazala Begum

Even five minutes a day will improve your thinking. I've come across new ideas and learnt to improve existing ways to become more motivated, confident and happier.

Giovanna Scalzone

Brilliant. It feels fresh and encouraging. So many interesting pieces of information that are just enough to absorb and apply. So happy I found this.

Laetitia Berton

I have only been using it for a few days now, but I have found answers to questions I had never consciously formulated, or to problems I face everyday at work or at home. I wish I had found this earlier, highly recommended!

Jamyson Haug

Great for quick bits of information and interesting ideas around whatever topics you are interested in. Visually, it looks great as well.

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving & library

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Personalized recommendations

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates