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Rich dad and poor dad book summary in English

Rich Dad Poor Dad is about Robert Kiyosaki (author) and his two dads—his real father (poor dad) and the father of his best friend (rich dad)—and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you do not need to earn a high income to become rich.

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00:00if you were to stop working imagine this to yourself how long can you survive on
00:09your remaining savings what I just asked you was the definition of wealth here is
00:17a man named Robert Kiyosaki an American investor businessman author motivational
00:23speaker and financial commentator who became well known in the recent years who
00:28has an estimated net worth of 80 million dollars want to know something
00:33interesting oh he wasn't raised in a wealthy background in fact his family was
00:39like most people who work but didn't have the best financial education and
00:44oftentimes struggled with money so then how did Robert become rich today let's
00:51take a look as he explains in one of his bestsellers called rich dad poor dad
00:58Robert Kiyosaki was born in Hilo Hawaii in April 1947 in 1957 at age 9 years old
01:13little Robert was attending the same public school where the rich people sent
01:17their children for his town had lots of doctors business owners and bankers Robert
01:22saw that the rich kids would separate themselves from him for his family wasn't
01:27able to afford the newest collections of toys and bikes like them so one day
01:32Robert asked his father who had a PhD and completed multiple universities with
01:37excellent degrees dad can you tell me how to get rich unfortunately his dad didn't
01:42know the right answer because he was a rich himself so he responded with well use
01:47your head son stay in school get good grades so you could find a safe and secure job his
01:53real dad is what he'll be referred to as poor dad he wasn't poor during this time
01:58in fact he was making lots of money but in the end this man's financial life takes a
02:03turn for the worst now little Robert has a friend named Mike in which Mike's father
02:09would be referred as rich dad who started mentoring Robert and his son Mike
02:14about how to really become rich at this point in time rich dad wasn't really rich
02:19yet but soon became to be one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii so then what did
02:24rich dad teach Robert rich dad poured a strong financial foundation into these
02:29kids minds of many important principles to start off the first lesson you need to
02:34know is you must know the difference between an asset and a liability and that
02:39you need to buy assets if you want to be rich this is all you really need to know
02:44and understand the most you see the rich acquire assets and the poor and middle
02:49class acquire liabilities but sometimes they think they are assets the primary
02:54cause of financial struggle is simply not knowing the difference between an
02:58asset and a liability oh oh right you even know what an asset and a liability is
03:05don't you an asset is something that puts money in my pocket a liability is
03:13something that takes money out of my pocket for instance let's draw a cash flow
03:18pattern of a normal individual this person right here earns his income from a job
03:27and his expenses are things like food clothes entertainment and transportation
03:32unfortunately he doesn't have assets but sure does have liabilities that
03:38constantly takes money out of his pocket because things like mortgages taxes
03:42credit cards loans and believe it or not the house now let's take a look how to
03:51cash flow pattern really works for the rich instead of looking to earn more money
03:55from their normal job as the only source of income they buy and own assets that
04:01brings money into their pockets as a form of passive income passive income is
04:05something that earns money that doesn't require you to trade your time for it so in
04:10other words you would be earning money even as you're sleeping examples of assets are
04:15businesses that doesn't require your presence stocks bonds mutual funds income
04:22generating real estate royalties notes and anything else that has value that
04:29produces income as mentioned before poor dad was making quite a lot of money from
04:35his job but his expenses seem to always keep up with his income never allowing him
04:40to invest in assets as a result his liability such as his mortgages and credit
04:45card debts grew greater over time and this is the fault of having income equals
04:51expense and assets is less than liabilities and sadly this is what drove poor
04:56dad into debt even after he passed away on the other hand rich dad's personal
05:01financial statement reflects the result of a life dedicated to investing and
05:06minimizing liabilities so he has income that is greater than expense because of
05:12assets is greater than liabilities this is practically why the rich are getting
05:18richer
05:19their assets generate more than enough income to cover expenses with the balance
05:27reinvested into the asset column the asset column continues to grow and therefore the
05:33income grows with it you see both that's worked hard but they have opposing
05:38attitudes and thoughts one dad recommended study hard so you can find a
05:43good company to work for the other recommended study hard so you can find a
05:48good job to buy one dad said the reason I'm not rich is because I have kids the
05:53other said the reason I must be rich is because I have you kids one said when it
05:58comes to money played safe and don't take risk the other said learn to manage
06:04your risk one said I can't afford that the other said how can I afford that
06:10although both men had tremendous respect for education and learning they
06:15disagreed and what they thought was important to learn Robert learned from
06:18rich dad that the truth about the general population their lives are run
06:23forever by two emotions fear and greed that keeps them stuck in a pattern of
06:29get up go to work pay bills get up go to work and pay bills fear has them in this
06:36trap of working earning money working earning money and hoping fear will go
06:42away of not having money instead of confronting the fear the react
06:46emotionally instead of using their heads the other emotion which is desire
06:51some call it greed is a second reason why people also work for money they
06:56desire money for the joy that they think it could buy but the joy that the
07:01money brings is often short-lived and soon needs more money for more joy more
07:06pleasure more comfort and more security you see that same fear and desire is
07:12what makes a lot of people be so fanatical about going to school for
07:17better chance of a high-paying job but don't be discouraged an education and a
07:22job are important but it won't exactly handle that fear to handle that fear you
07:27need to learn the power of money not be afraid of it
07:31unfortunately most schools don't teach about this and if you don't learn it
07:38you'll become a slave to money ignorance of money can cause so much
07:42greed and so much fear that can lead you into life's biggest trap of
07:47constantly working rich dad said learn to use your emotions to think not think
07:53with your emotions examples of emotional thinking are like I need to get
07:58another job I deserve a race I want this job because it is secured instead of
08:04clearly thinking like is there something I'm missing here this is our
08:08reality for most people your profession is your income the rich your assets is
08:14your income apply these lessons to your life for if I were to ask you about the
08:18definition of your wealth if you would stop working today how long can you
08:23survive you might laugh at me and say I no longer work for money money works for me
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