I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job.
Robert KiyosakiChanging quadrants is often a change at the core of who you are, how you think, and how you look at the world. The change is easier for some people than for others simply because some people welcome change and others fight it.
Robert KiyosakiCommodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's religion, but he'll accept his gold.
Robert KiyosakiThe philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.
Robert KiyosakiCorporate America is a 20th-century dinosaur, trembling on the edge of extinction, and the only way for you to have a genuinely secure future is for you to take control of that future.
Robert KiyosakiThe fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.
Robert KiyosakiIf the investor is uneducated, anything he or she invests in will be risky. So it's not the investment that is risky. It's the investor.
Robert KiyosakiIf you took all of my money away, I would have it right back. I don't really care about money. I mean I do but why worry about it because I can make my own money all the time.
Robert KiyosakiI can't afford it' shut down your brain. it didn't have to think anymore. besides, it also brings up sadness. a helplessness that leads to despondency and often depression. 'How can I afford it?' opened up the brain. forced it to think and search fro answers. it also opens up possibilities, excitement and dreams and created a stronger mind and dynamic spirit.
Robert KiyosakiIf you had seen me back in high school, there's no way you would have ever said I would become an author or teacher because I was a horrible student.
Robert KiyosakiThe greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they are not afraid of losing.
Robert KiyosakiAs I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't, but it wasn't hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard.
Robert KiyosakiCritics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it's just noise that can be a distraction.
Robert KiyosakiOne 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.
Robert KiyosakiRule One. You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. If you want to be rich, this is all you need to know. It is Rule No. 1. It is the only rule. This may sound absurdly simple, but most people have no idea how profound this rule is. Most people struggle financially because they do not know the difference between an asset and a liability.
Robert KiyosakiThere is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.
Robert KiyosakiAlways remember that no matter what anyone is saying to you from the outside, the most important conversation is the one you are having with yourself on the inside.
Robert KiyosakiPeople with leverage have dominance over people with less leverage. In other words, just as humans gained advantages over animals by creating leveraged tools, similarly, humans who use these tools of leverage have more power over humans that do not. Saying it more simply, 'leverage is power'.
Robert KiyosakiOne of the best skills of an entrepreneur is the ability to question. By asking new questions, new answers are found.
Robert KiyosakiMost people never get wealthy simply because they are not trained financially to recognize opportunities right in front of them. The rich have learned to recognize opportunities as well as how to create them
Robert KiyosakiBe sure to have friends who demand more of you rather than tell you why you cannot do what you want to do.
Robert KiyosakiTo be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.
Robert KiyosakiThe world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.
Robert KiyosakiI'm often asked how to start investing with little or no money. Please hear this as this is the hardest thing for people to understand: you do NOT invest with money! You invest with your mind! No matter what the field, your biggest asset is your mind. Once you have knowledge, you find deals, find your team and use other peopleโs money. You sell the deal and your team to get investment money.
Robert KiyosakiTo gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Robert KiyosakiI don't like medicine. There's an old Irish proverb that goes, "If I knew where I was going to die, I wouldn't go there." I suspect that I'm going to die in a hospital, so every time I go past one, I drive really quickly to get away from those things. So I spend a lot of money on health: gyms, I go to naturopaths, acupuncturists; anybody else who's almost the alternative to medicine. I think by the time you need medicine, it's too late. That's my belief.
Robert KiyosakiFinding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.
Robert KiyosakiIf you want to retire young and retire rich, it is very important that your money be like a bird dog, going out every day and bringing home more and more assets.
Robert KiyosakiIf you want to be rich, be friends with people who have the same mindset as you, or who at least won't try to change your mindset to be more like theirs. Life is too short to spend time with people who don't help you move forward.
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