Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

To be rich you have to know what it is to be poor. Getting financially literate is part of the price you have to pay to become rich

Selling is the most important skill as an entrepreneur. I'm not talking so much about selling a product so much as selling yourself, team, and deals.

Rich dad went on to explain that the world was filled with different types of entrepreneurs. There are entrepreneurs who are big and small, rich and poor, honest and crooked, for-profit and not-for-profit, saint and sinner, small town and international, and successes and failures. He said, "The word entrepreneur is a big word and it means different things to different people."

A man is not a financial plan.

It is not much different from a person who goes to the gym to exercise on a regular basis versus someone who sits on the couch watching television. Proper physical exercise increases your chances of health, and proper mental exercise increases your chances for wealth. Laziness decreases both health and wealth.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.