Itโs not about the money. Its about creating a business out of your lifeโs purpose and mission.
Robert KiyosakiWorkers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.
Robert KiyosakiBuilding your own business is the best way to become rich. Then you can begin investing in other assets.
Robert KiyosakiEmployees pay the highest percentage of taxes. Big business and investors pay the least.
Robert KiyosakiYou cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try something new and risk making mistakes and learning from them
Robert KiyosakiIf you are the kind of person who is waiting for the 'right' thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It's like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.
Robert KiyosakiMoney is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it's a subject below their social standing.
Robert KiyosakiMaking money has always been pretty easy for me, but today I don't need any more money. I still work, because money is important, but my work is more important than the money, now. And that's a very big difference. I just work because I enjoy my work.
Robert KiyosakiJust know that itโs fear that keeps most people working at a job. The fear of not paying their bills. The fear of being fired. The fear of not having enough money. the fear of starting over. Thatโs the price of studying to learn a profession or trade, and then working for money. Most people become a slave to moneyโฆ and then get angry at their boss.
Robert KiyosakiThe primary reason people seek job security is because that is what they are taught to seek, at home and at school..then with debt loads, they must cling even tighter to a job, or professional security, just to pay the bills.
Robert KiyosakiRich 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."
Robert KiyosakiIf you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.
Robert KiyosakiTo me, a spouse should be a life partner AND a business partner. Just like any good partner, her strengths must make up for my weaknesses and vice versa.
Robert KiyosakiThe richest people in the world build networks. Everyone else is trained to look for work, that's why there are two types of people today. Those who build their own dreams and those who build someone else dreams.
Robert KiyosakiMoney 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.
Robert KiyosakiDonโt just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.
Robert KiyosakiI believe in taking care of myself and teaching other people who want to learn. I don't believe in just printing money and giving money. I'm willing to teach those who are willing to learn. If you're not willing to learn, then go vote for Obama. I'm not Republican or Democrat, so don't get me wrong.
Robert KiyosakiAs long as you blame someone or something else - something outside you that's bigger than you are - as the source of your problems, the problems won't get solved.
Robert KiyosakiThere are three sides to every coin (Heads, Tails, and The Edge). Your ability to understand contrasting points of view and your ability to glean what information you believe to be valuable from each side is a crucial skill.
Robert KiyosakiA network marketing business is based upon the leaders pulling people up, while a traditional corporate or government business is based upon only promoting a few and keeping the masses of employees content with a steady paycheck.
Robert KiyosakiA LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT INVEST IN BUSINESS.. THEY INVEST IN BUSY-NESS (They Purchase A Job)
Robert KiyosakiThroughout history, every government that's printed money, the money has eventually gone to its ultimate value which is zero. Remember? The confederate dollar went to zero. The continental went to zero. That's what happens when you have a bank that's allowed to print as much money as it wants to.
Robert KiyosakiSo if you think America's politicians and citizens are willing to make the changes necessary to strengthen the U.S. dollar, then don't buy silver. But if you're like me and don't expect us, as a nation, to take our medicine, then short the dollar - and the way you short the currency is by going long on gold and silver.
Robert KiyosakiBe worried if no one is criticizing you. Your job in life is to ignore the 33% who will never like you and do your best to convince the 33% who don't care either way to join the 33% who love you
Robert KiyosakiSales = income. The reason so many people have low incomes is that they are poor at selling.
Robert KiyosakiIn most cases, when people make more money, they get deeper in debt. This is why money alone does not make you rich.
Robert KiyosakiMoney is not the goal. Money has no value. The value comes from the dreams money helps achieve.
Robert KiyosakiMy company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
Robert KiyosakiTrue passion attracts. If you have passion in your business, the right people will be attracted to your team.
Robert KiyosakiInside each of you is a rich person, a poor person & a middle class person. It is up to you to decide which person you become.
Robert KiyosakiIn the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.
Robert KiyosakiThe primary reason I'm in real estate, oil, gold, and silver is because the U.S. dollar has become the peso the world. It's becoming more and more worthless as the U.S. is the world's biggest debtor nation.
Robert KiyosakiIn school, you are given the lesson first. On the street, you're given the mistake first and then it's up to you to find the lesson, if you ever find it.
Robert KiyosakiIf 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.
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