Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich: Final Takeaways After Reading the Whole Book
Previous: Book Closing Remarks
I finished Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich. Sixteen expert chapters, one intro, one closing letter. Here’s what stuck after reading the whole thing.
Personal finance
Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich Closing Remarks: Free ECourses and What's Next
Previous: Finance a World Trip
The book ends where the introduction began: with the publisher’s ecosystem. Short chapter. Mostly logistics for readers who want more than the essays.
More Money or Better Life? How to Finance a Trip Around the World
Previous: Securities Speculation Basics
The last full essay before closing remarks asks a fun question. What if the goal isn’t more money in a portfolio but more life in your years?
Securities Speculation Basics: Stocks, Bubbles, and Why Germans Avoid Shares
Previous: Hamster Wheel and Ego
Judith Engst and Rolf Morrien deliver the book’s longest finance explainer. It’s half macro economics, half stock market history, half retirement wake-up call. (Yes, that’s three halves. The chapter is big.)
Burnout and Your Own Ego: Why an Empty Inbox Feels Worse Than a Full One
Previous: Hamster Wheel Success
Simone Janson returns with a sharp essay. Work overload isn’t always about bad bosses or evil technology. Sometimes it’s your ego demanding proof you matter.
Escaping the Hamster Wheel: Simon Hofer and the 95/5 Success Formula
Previous: Kiyosaki on Work and Wealth
Simon Hofer’s chapter is part memoir, part self-help. He went from a hot attic apartment, 45 kg overweight, broke, and lonely to asking why 5% of people seem to win at everything while 95% struggle.
Robert Kiyosaki: Work Is Not the Solution to Getting Rich
Previous: Procrastination vs. Laziness
Robert Kiyosaki’s chapter is classic Rich Dad material. If you want wealth, copy how rich people think. Not how schools teach you to think.
Procrastination or Laziness: When Doing Nothing Actually Helps
Previous: Stock Tips for Newbies
Simone Janson tackles the book’s central tension head-on. Can laziness make you productive? Sort of. But not if you use it as an excuse to dodge hard calls forever.
Stocks for Newbies: Holger Jungclaus on Living Gold and Dividend Patience
Holger Jungclaus packs an entire beginner stock course into one chapter. He calls stocks “living gold.” Gold sits there. Stocks pay dividends and adapt with the economy.
3 Efficiency Myths That Make You Busy Without Making You Rich
Previous: The Power of Saying No
After two heavy investing chapters, Simone Janson pivots to daily work habits. Her question: does efficiency actually make you productive? Or does it just fill your calendar?
Why Saying No Makes You More Money on the Stock Market
Elsässer’s second chapter doubles down. The word “no” is how most real money gets made. Not yes to every headline, tip, or panic sell.
Get Rich in a Sleeping Car: Dr. Markus Elsässer on Long-Term Stock Investing
Dr. Markus Elsässer’s first investing chapter is the book’s thesis in pure form. Wealth comes from long-term strategy and patience. Not from checking prices and trading constantly.
Money From the Forest? 5 Ways Nature Boosts Your Financial Decisions
Previous: Self-Determined Finances
Jörg Romstötter’s chapter has the wildest title in the book: “money from the forest?” It sounds like a wellness meme. But the argument is about mental exhaustion in cities and how nature resets the brain for better financial choices.
Self-Determined Finances: Passive Income Without the Hype
Sebastian Kühn’s chapter comes from his digital nomad handbook. It’s about money as an anchor on freedom. Not abstract wealth. Concrete levers on income and expenses.
12 Negotiation Tips That Actually Get You More Money
Previous: Billionaire Entrepreneur Lessons
Dr. Cornelia Topf’s chapter is short and punchy. Her thesis: good performance alone won’t max your income. You have to negotiate. And most people, especially women in her coaching experience, say yes too fast.
How Billionaire Entrepreneurs Think: Lessons From Skuli Mogensen and Jon Oringer
Simone Janson’s opening essay asks a blunt question: how do you actually become a billionaire? She pulls from interviews with Skuli Mogensen (OZ Communications, WOW air) and Jon Oringer (Shutterstock). Then she pivots to a gondola line in Whistler and Reinhold Messner’s mountaineering teams.
Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich Introduction: Compact Tips, Contradictions, and Free Add-Ons
The introduction to Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich is part welcome letter, part sales pitch, part table of contents. Editor Simone Janson sets the tone before the expert chapters begin.
Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich: A Blog Series on Smart Money and Less Hustle
I’m working through Be Lazy but Get & Stay Rich, edited by Simone Janson and published by Best of HR - Berufebilder.de®. This post kicks off a chapter-by-chapter retelling with my honest reactions.