If you want to be financially-free, you need to become a different person than you are today and let go of whatever has held you back in the past.

Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It's too easy to settle.

Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.

Be careful who you get advice from. I get advice from people who are where I want to be.

Sometimes, what is right for you at the beginning of your life is not the right thing for you at the end of your life.

Money is not worth dying for. I know, because years ago, while nearly a million dollars in debt, suicide was an option. Rather than run, rich dad suggested I write down all the mistakes I made and then seek help. If I made accounting mistakes, I talked to an accountant. If there was a legal mistake, I talked to an attorney. That was my way out. That is how I got smarter.

Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we're now deep in the Information Age, many people are studying for, or working at, or clinging to the Industrial Age idea of a safe, secure job.