Rich Dad Poor Dad is a starting point for anyone looking to gain control of their financial future

Overcoming Arrogance 
“What I know makes me money. What I don’t know loses me 
money. Every time I have been arrogant, I have lost money. Because 
when I’m arrogant, I truly believe that what I don’t know is not
important,” rich dad would often tell me.
I have found that many people use arrogance to try to hide their own 
ignorance. It often happens when I am discussing financial statements 
with accountants or even other investors.
They try to bluster their way through the discussion. It is clear to me 
that they don’t know what they’re talking about. They’re not lying, but 
they are not telling the truth.
There are many people in the world of money, finances, and
investments who have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about.
Most people in the money industry are just spouting off sales pitches
like used-car salesmen. When you know you are ignorant in a subject, 
start educating yourself by finding an expert in the field or a book on
the subject.

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There is gold everywhere.
Most people are not trained to see it. 
I wish I could say acquiring wealth was easy for me, but it wasn’t.
So in response to the question “How do I start?” I offer the thought 
process I go through on a day-to-day basis. It really is easy to find 
great deals. I promise you that. It’s just like riding a bike. After a little 
wobbling, it’s a piece of cake. But when it comes to money, it takes 
determination to get through the wobbling. That’s a personal thing.
To find million-dollar “deals of a lifetime” requires us to call on our 
financial genius. I believe that each of us has a financial genius within us. 
The problem is that our financial genius lies asleep, waiting to be called 
upon. It lies asleep because our culture has educated us into believing that 
the love of money is the root of all evil. It has encouraged us to learn a 
profession so we can work for money, but failed to teach us how to have 
money work for us. It taught us not to worry about our financial future 
because our company or the government would take care of us when 
our working days are over. However, it is our children, educated in the 
same school system, who will end up paying for this absence of financial 
education. The message is still to work hard, earn money, and spend it, 
and when we run short, we can always borrow more.
Unfortunately, 90 percent of the Western world subscribes to the 
above dogma, simply because it’s easier to find a job and work for 
money. If you are not one of the masses, I offer you the following
10 steps to awaken your financial genius. I simply offer you the steps

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I have personally followed. If you want to follow some of them, great.
If you don’t, make up your own. Your financial genius is smart enough 
to develop its own list.
While in Peru, I asked a gold miner of 45 years how he was so
confident about finding a gold mine. He replied, “There is gold
everywhere. Most people are not trained to see it.”
And I would say that is true. In real estate, I can go out and 
in a day come up with four or five great potential deals, while the 
average person will go out and find nothing, even looking in the same 
neighborhood. The reason is that they have not taken the time to 
develop their financial genius.
I offer you the following 10 steps as a process to develop your
God-given powers, powers over which only you have control.