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

Assets
BALANCE SHEET
Liabilities
Income
Expenses
INCOME STATEMENT

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maintain your wealth, it’s important to be financially literate, in words 
as well as numbers.
The arrows in the diagrams represent the flow of cash, or “cash 
flow.” Numbers alone mean little, just as words out of context 
mean little. It’s the story that counts. In financial reporting, reading 
numbers is looking for the plot, the story of where the cash is flowing. 
In 80 percent of most families, the financial story paints a picture of
hard work to get ahead. However, this effort is for naught because
they spend their lives buying liabilities instead of assets.
This is the cash-flow pattern of a poor person:
Assets
BALANCE SHEET
Liabilities
Income
Expenses
INCOME STATEMENT
Taxes
Rent
Food
Transportation
Clothes 
Job
Salary

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This is the cash-flow pattern of a person in the middle class:
Job
Assets
Income
INCOME STATEMENT
BALANCE SHEET
Expenses
Liabilities
Salary
Taxes
Mortgage Payment
Car Payment
Credit Card Payment
School Loan Payment
Mortgage
Car Loans 
Credit Card Debt
School Loans

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This is the cash-flow pattern of a rich person: