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He would cover himself by saying, "There is a difference between being poor and being broke- Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal My poor dad would also say, "I'm not interested in money," or "Money doesn't matter My rich dad always said, "Money is power The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy to be aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myselfI noticed that my poor dad was poor not because of the amount of money he earned, which was significant, but because of his thoughts and actionsAs a young boy, having two fathers, I became acutely aware of being careful which thoughts I chose to adopt as my ownWhom should I listen to-my rich dad or my poor dad? Although both men had tremendous respect for education and learning, they disagreed in what they thought was important to learnOne wanted me to study hard, earn a degree and get a good job to work for moneyHe wanted me to study to become a professional, an attorney or an accountant or to go to business school for my MBAThe other chanel purse knock offs encouraged me to study to be rich, to understand how money works and to learn how to have it work for me"I don't work for money!" were words he would repeat over and over, "Money works for me!" At the age of 9, I decided to listen to and learn from my rich dad about moneyIn doing so, I chose not to listen to my poor dad, even though he was the one with all the college degrees
A Lesson From Robert Frost
Robert Frost is my favourite poetAlthough I love many of his poems, my favorite is The Road Not TakenI use its lesson almost daily:
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads gucci replica onto way, I doubted if I should ever come back I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference Robert Frost(1916)
And that made all the difference Over the years, I have often reflected upon Robert Frost's poemChoosing not to listen to my highly educated dad's advice and attitude about money was a painful decision, but it was a decision that shaped the rest of my life Once I made up my mind whom to listen to, my education about money beganMy rich dad taught me over a period of 30 years, until I was age 39He stopped once he realized that I knew and fully understood what he had been trying to drum into my often thick skull Money is one form of powerBut what is more powerful is financial educationMoney comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealthThe reason positive thinking alone does not work is because most people went to school and never learned how money chloe works, so they spend their lives working for money Because I was only 9 years old when I started, the lessons my rich dad taught me were simpleAnd when it was all said and done, there were only six main lessons, repeated over 30 yearsThis book is about those six lessons, put as simply as possible as my rich dad put forth those lessons to meThe lessons are not meant to be answers but guidepostsGuideposts that will assist you and your children to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty
Lesson #1 The Rich Don't Work for Money Lesson #2 Why Teach Financial Literacy? Lesson #3 Mind Your own Business Lesson #4 The History of Taxes and the Power of Corporations Lesson #5 The Rich Invent Money Lesson #6 Work to Learn Don't Work for Money
CHAPTER TWO Lesson One: The Rich Don't Work For Money
"Dad, Can You Tell Me How to Get Rich?" My dad put down the evening paper"Why do you want to get rich, son?" "Because today Jimmy's mom drove up in their new Cadillac, and they were going to their beach house for chanel purse for cheap the weekendHe took three of his friends, but Mike and I weren't invitedThey told us we weren't invited because we were `poor kids' "They did?" my dad asked incredulously I replied in a hurt tone My dad silently shook his head, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and went back to reading the paperI stood waiting for an answerBy some twist of fate, I attended the same public school where the rich people sent their kidsWe were primarily a sugar plantation townThe managers of the plantation and the other affluent people of the town, such as doctors, business owners, and bankers, sent their children to this school, grades 1 to 6After grade 6, their children were generally sent off to private schoolsBecause my family lived on one side of the street, I went to this schoolHad I lived on the other side of the street, I would have gone to a different school, with kids from families more like mineAfter grade 6,these kids and I would go on to the public intermediate and high schoolThere was no private school for them or for me My dad finally put down the balenciaga bag replica pa