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It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!
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Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.
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In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.
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Youโ€™re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. Youโ€™ve done something.
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The love of money is the root of all evil." The lack of money is the root of all evil.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!)
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Iโ€™d rather welcome change than cling to the past.
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The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant.
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Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word 'emotion' stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself.
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If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.
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Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.
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If youโ€™re the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If youโ€™re that kind of person, youโ€™ll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then, you die a boring old man.
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As 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.
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To know a little about a lot.
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There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.
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FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Successful
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Why We Want You To Be Rich)
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Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.
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There are those who make things happen, there are those who watch things happen and there are those who say 'what happened?
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Success is a poor teacher
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom)
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We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt. It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-confidence.
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Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.
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Most people fail to realize that in life, itโ€™s not how much money you make, itโ€™s how much money you keep.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not)
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Whenever you feel โ€˜shortโ€™ or in โ€˜needโ€™ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want.
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I am concerned that too many people are focused too much on money and not on their greatest wealth, which is their education. If people are prepared to be flexible, keep an open mind and learn, they will grow richer and richer through the changes. If they think money will solve the problems, I am afraid those people will have a rough ride. Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.
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It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
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What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself ...
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom)
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An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
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People who avoid failure also avoid success.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not)
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The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs a genius of their brilliance, causes rich people to think poorly, and limits the achievements of that great person living inside us all.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's Who Took My Money?: Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins!)
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In the real world outside of academics, something more than just grades is required. I have heard it called "guts," "chutzpah," "balls," "audacity," "bravado," "cunning," "daring," "tenacity" and "brilliance." This factor, whatever it is labeled, ultimately decides one's future much more than school grades.
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Money is just an idea.
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The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way
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Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.
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Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.
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Leadership is what you need to learn next
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The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
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If fear is too strong, the genius is suppressed
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Just know that itโ€™s 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. Thatโ€™s the price of studying to learn a profession or trade, and then working for money. Most people become a slave to moneyโ€ฆ and then get angry at their boss.
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There is always risk, so learn to manage risk instead of avoiding it.
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I find so many people struggling, often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were; they resist change. I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses, and they blame technology or the economy or their boss. Sadly they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability. It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while that idea or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.
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Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by choosing our thoughts.
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I 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.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Moneyยฟthat the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!)
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ุฃู†ูŠ ุงู„ุดุฆ ุงู„ุฃุตุนุจ ููŠ ุชูƒูˆูŠู† ุซูˆุฑุฉ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฃู…ุงู†ุฉ ู…ุน ุงู„ู†ูุณุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฑุบุจุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุชุญุฑุฑ ู…ู† ู…ุชุงุจุนุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุทูŠุน.
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Today, wealth is in information. And the person who has the most timely information owns the wealth.
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You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's CASHFLOW QUADRANT)
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They get up every day and go work for money, not taking the time to ask the question, โ€˜Is there another way?
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I like Texas and Texans. In Texas, everything is bigger. When Texans win, they win big. And when they lose, it's spectacular. If you really want to learn the attitude of how to handle risk, losing and failure, go to San Antonio and visit the Alamo. The Alamo is a great story of brave people who chose to fight, knowing there was no hope of success against overwhelming odds. They chose to die instead of surrendering. It's an inspiring story worthy of study; nonetheless, it's still a tragic military defeat. They got their butts kicked. A failure if you will. They lost. So how do Texans handle failure? They still shout, "Remember the Alamo!" That's why I like Texans so much. They took a great failure and turned it into a tourist destination that makes them millions. Texans don't bury their failures. They get inspired by them. They take their failures and turn them into rallying cries. Failure inspires Texans to become winners. But that formula is not just the formula for Texans. It is formula for all winners.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!)
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Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Why We Want You To Be Rich)
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At the point the money hits your hands, you have the power to determine your financial future.
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Cynics criticize, and winners analyze
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Balanced people go nowhere. They stay in one spot.
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Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.
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We only memorize historical dates and names, not the lesson.
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Accounting is possibly the most confusing, boring subject in the world, but if you want to be rich long-term, it could be the most important subject.
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Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.
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Know a little about a lot.
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In todayโ€™s fast-changing world, itโ€™s not so much what you know anymore that counts, because often what you know is old. It is how fast you learn.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad)
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Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the standard profile.
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Itโ€™s not how much money you make. Itโ€™s how much money you keep.
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Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions.
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An asset is something that puts money in my pocket. A liability is something that takes money out of my pocket.
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If you want to be a leader of people, then you need to be a master of words.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's CASHFLOW QUADRANT)
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An important distinction is that rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.
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There is an old clichรฉ that goes: โ€œJob is an acronym for โ€˜Just Over Broke.
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Life is much like going to the gym. The most painful part is deciding to go. Once you get past that, itโ€™s easy.
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Wealth is a personโ€™s ability to survive so many number of days forward โ€” or, if I stopped working today, how long could I survive?
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Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's CASHFLOW QUADRANT)
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Many people will not head down the street until all the lights are green. That is why they don't go anywhere.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's CASHFLOW QUADRANT)
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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.
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ุฎูˆู ุงู„ู…ุฑุก ู…ู† ุฃู† ูŠุตูŠุฑ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุงุŒ ู‡ูˆ ู…ุงูŠู†ู…ุน ุบุงู„ุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุนู† ุณุจู„ ุฌุฏูŠุฏู‡ ู„ุญู„ ู…ุดุงูƒู„ู‡ู….
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ุฏุงุฆู…ุง ู…ุงูŠุฑุฏุฏ ุฑุงูƒุจูˆ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงุฌ"ู‡ู†ุงู„ูƒ ุฏูˆู…ุง ู…ูˆุฌุฉ ุชุงู„ูŠู‡" ูˆู„ูƒู† ู…ุงู„ู… ุชู‡ุฑุน ุตูˆุจ ุงู„ู…ูˆุฌู‡ ูˆุชุญุชู„ ู…ุชู†ู‡ุง ุฃูˆู„ุงุŒ ูุณูˆู ูŠุชู… ุชู†ุญูŠุชูƒ ุฌุงู†ุจุง.
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Often in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.
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Rich dad thought it best to go broke before 30. "You still have time to recover".
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Rule #1: 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 number one. 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. โ€œRich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets, โ€œ said rich dad.
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Most people go along with the crowd. They do things because everybody else does it.
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It is that same fear, the fear of ostracism that causes people to conform and not question commonly accepted opinions or popular trends.
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Leverage can come in many forms. Leverage can be your thoughts.people who win are careful with their thoughts, not saying "I can't do that." Or "it's too rosky." Or "I can't afford it." Instead they say "How can i do that?" Or how can I reduce my risk?" Or "How can I afford it?
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Why We Want You To Be Rich)
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In todayโ€™s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.
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Asking for advice means, "Tell me what to do." Seeking education means, "Tell me what to study so I can learn what I need to do.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Why "a" Students Work for "c" Students and Why "b" Students Work for the Government: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Education for Parents)
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Don't work for the money let the money work for you.
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Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. But have fun. Most people never win because theyโ€™re more afraid of losing.
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Winston Churchill once said: "Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
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How can I afford it?โ€ opened up the brain and forced it to think and search for answers.
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When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.
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Th e three most important management skills necessary to start your own business are management of: 1. Cash flow 2. People 3. Personal time
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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ุงุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ุชู†ุชุธุฑ ุงู† ุชุชุญุณู† ุงู„ุฃูˆุถุงุน ู„ู„ุชุญุฑูƒ ูุงู†ุช ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠู†ุชุธุฑ ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฅุดุงุฑุงุช ุงู…ุงู…ู‡ ู„ุชุตุจุญ ุฎุถุฑุงุก ู‚ุจู„ ุงู† ูŠุจุฏุฃ ู…ุดูˆุงุฑู‡ ุงู„ุทูˆูŠู„
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We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You can't have success without failure.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad's CASHFLOW QUADRANT)
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I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn. Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the Rat Race.
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ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุชูุฑู‚ ุงู†ูƒ ูƒู„ู…ุง ุนู„ู…ุช ุจู…ุฌุฑูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุฑ ู…ุจูƒุฑุงุŒ ุชุญุณู†ุช ูุฑุตุชูƒ ููŠ ุชุญู‚ูŠู‚ ุฑุจุญ ุฃุนู„ู‰ ูˆุฎูˆุถ ู…ุฎุงุทุฑู‡ ุฃู‚ู„ " ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ูุงุฆุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฃุตุฏุงู‚ุงุก ูˆุฐุงูƒ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฐูƒุงุก ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠ".
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The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.
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In the words of Albert Einstein: "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Why "a" Students Work for "c" Students and Why "b" Students Work for the Government: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Education for Parents)
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Your mind is infinite, it's your doubts that are limiting.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (The Business of the 21st Century)
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ูƒู„ู…ุง ุงุดุนุฑ ุจุฃู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุชูˆู‚ูุช ุนู† ุงู„ุงุจุชุณุงู… ููŠ ูˆุฌู‡ูŠุŒ ุจุงุฏุฑุช ุฃู†ุง ุจุงู„ุชุจุณู… ููŠ ูˆุฌูˆู‡ู‡ู… ูˆุชุญูŠุชู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆูƒู…ุง ุงู„ุณุญุฑุŒ ุชู†ุชุดุฑ ุงู„ุงุจุชุณุงู…ุงุช ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ูƒุงู† ุญูˆู„ูŠุŒ ูุตุญูŠุญ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ ุจุฃู† ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู…ุงู‡ูˆ ุฅู„ุง ู…ุฑุขุฉ ู„ูƒ.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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ุฃู† ู„ู… ุชูƒู† ุตู„ุจุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ุŒ ูุณูŠุชุญูƒู… ุจูƒ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู…ู† ุญูˆู„ูƒ.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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The rich does not work for money, but money work for them...., While the poor work for money.Illiteracy, both in word and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle....,Wealth is a person's ability to survive so many number of days forward... or if i stopped working today, how could i survive?...,Wealth is the measure of cash flow from to asset column compared with the expense column...,
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Retire Young, Retire Rich ('Fu ba ba, ti zao xiang shou cai fu (1)', in traditional Chinese, NOT in English))
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The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth seemingly instantaneously. An untrained mind can also create extreme poverty that can crush a family for generations.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad)
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One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not in school. Most of us learn about money from our parents. So what can a poor parent tell their child about money? They simply say "Stay in school and study hard." The child may graduate with excellent grades but with a poor person's financial programming and mind-set. It was learned while the child was young.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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If your financial intelligence is low, money will run all over you. It will be smarter than you. If money is smarter than you, you will work for it all your life. To be the master of money, you need to be smarter than it. Then money will do as it is told. It will obey you. Instead of being a slave to it, you will be the master of it. That is financial intelligence.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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Most people have a price. And they have a price because of human emotions named fear and greed. First, the fear of being without money motivates us to work hard, and then once we get that paycheck, greed or desire starts us thinking about all the wonderful things money can buy. A pattern is then set: get up, go to work, pay bills, get up, go to work, pay bills... Their lives are then run forever by two emotions, fear and greed. Offer them more money, and they continue the cycle by also increasing their spending. This is what I call the Rat Race.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad)
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The idea that โ€œit takes money to make moneyโ€ is the thinking of financially unsophisticated people. It does not mean that theyโ€™re not intelligent. They have simply not learned the science of money making money. Money is only an idea. If you want more money, simply change your thinking. Every self-made person started small with an idea, and then turned it into something big. The same applies to investing. It takes only a few dollars to start and grow it into something big. I meet so many people who spend their lives chasing the big deal, or trying to amass a lot of money to get into a big deal, but to me that is foolish. Too often I have seen unsophisticated investors put their large nest egg into one deal and lose most of it rapidly. They may have been good workers, but they were not good investors. Education and wisdom about money are important. Start early. Buy a book. Go to a seminar. Practice. Start small. I turned $5,000 cash into a one-million-dollar asset producing $5,000 a month cash flow in less than six years. But I started learning as a kid. I encourage you to learn, because itโ€™s not that hard. In fact, itโ€™s pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I think I have made my message clear. Itโ€™s what is in your head that determines what is in your hands. Money is only an idea. There is a great book called Think and Grow Rich. The title is not Work Hard and Grow Rich. Learn to have money work hard for you, and your life will be easier and happier. Today, donโ€™t play it safe. Play it smart.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad)
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Whenever you feel short or need of something, give what you want first, and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love or friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may do, but it has always worked for me. I trust that the principle of prosperity is true, and I give what I want. I want money, so I give money, and it comes back in multiples. I want sales, so I help someone else sell something, so sales come to me. I want contacts, and I help someone else get contacts. Like magic, contacts come to me. I heard a saying years ago that went: god does not need to receive, but humans need to give. My rich dad would often say: poor people are more greedy than rich people. He would explain that if a person is rich, that person is providing something that other people wanted...whenever I think people aren't smiling at me, I simply began smiling and saying hello. Like magic, the next thing I know: I'm surrounded by smiling people. It is true that you world is only a mirror of you. So that's why I say, teach and you shall receive.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad)