Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki
action what I had learned. That is where most people stop. For three years, while working for
Xerox, I spent my spare time learning to master the art of buying foreclosures. I've made
several million dollars using that formula, but today, it's too slow and too many other people are
doing it.
So after I mastered that formula, I went in search of other formulas. For many of the classes, I
did not use the information I learned directly, 'i| but I always learned something new.
I have attended classes designed for only derivative traders, also a class for commodity option
traders and a class for Chaologists. I was way out of my league, being in a room full of people
with doctorates in nuclear physics and space science. Yet, I learned a lot that made my stock
and real estate investing more meaningful and lucrative. Most junior colleges and community
colleges have classes on financial planning and buying of traditional investments. They are great
places to start.
So I always search for a faster formula. That is why, on a fairly regular basis, I make more in a
day than many people will make in their lifetime.
Another side note. In today's fast-changing world, it's not so much what you know anymore that
counts, because often what you know is old. It is how fast you learn. That skill is priceless. It's
priceless in finding faster formulas-recipes, if you will, for making dough. Working hard for
money is an old formula born in the day of cave men.
5. PAY YOURSELF FIRST: The power of self-discipline. If you cannot get control of yourself,
do not try to get rich. You might first want to join the Marine Corps or some religious order so
you can get control of yourself. It makes no sense to invest, make money and blow it. It is the
lack of self-discipline that causes most lottery winners to go broke soon after winning millions. It
is the lack of self-discipline that causes people who get a raise to immediately go out and buy a
new car or take a cruise.
It is difficult to say which of the ten steps is the most important. But of all the steps, this step is
probably the most difficult to master if it is not already a part of your makeup. I would venture to
say that it is the lack of personal self-discipline that is the No. 1 delineating factor between the
rich, the poor and the middle class.
Simply put, people who have low self-esteem and low tolerance for financial pressure can
never, and I mean never, be rich. As I have said, a lesson learned from my rich dad was that
“the world will push you around.” The world pushes people around not because other people
are bullies, but because the individual lacks internal control and discipline. People who lack
internal fortitude often become victims of those who have self-discipline.
In the entrepreneur classes I teach, I constantly remind people to not focus on their product,
service or widget, but to focus on developing management skills. The three most important
management skills necessary to start your own business are:
1. Management of cash flow.
2. Management of people.
3. Management of personal time.
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