A successful business is created before there is a business.

Before there is a business, a successful entrepreneur is designing this type of business in his or her mind's eye. According to my rich dad, this is the job of a true entrepreneur.

If you aren’t practicing and playing to be first, then maybe you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.

If you want to be rich, don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.

Giving a poor person money keeps them poorer longer...often forever; give them knowledge instead.

Complaining about your current position in life is worthless. Have a spine and do something about it instead.

One method of staying ahead of rising asset prices and the declining dollar is to think bigger and come up with better plans. As important as financial and business planning is a plan for personal development and self-improvement. I'm often asked to invest in people's business plans, and one of the reasons I turn many of them down is because a big plan requires a big person who's spent time on personal development. In a lot of cases, a business plan is far bigger than the person with the plan - that is, the dream is bigger than the dreamer.