Today's Dilbert comic strip (from 8/24/08) reminds me of many investment or real estate seminars...they sound good at the surface, but when you dig deeper into the details, you find that the only person getting rich from the seminar is the speaker/promoter.



As Proverbs 28:20 (NIV) reads, "A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished."

Trying to get rich too quickly can cause great failure.  Typically, for most people, this involves chasing the latest hot stock or asset class.  In the early part of this decade, the hot money was chasing internet stocks.  A few years ago, the "guaranteed" wealth was in real estate.  Recently, commodities were all the rage.

Successfully building wealth usually involves time for compound interest to work its magic.  It's like the story "The Tortoise and the Hare".  The rabbit (or get rich quick scheme) promises to deliver a quick victory, but in the end, the tortoise (or diligent saver) wins the race.