Excerpt: These quotes from Rich Dad, Poor Dad will open your eyes to the importance of investing in yourself and why you should never stop learning!
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Introduction: Never Assume You Know Enough
“In today’s fast-changing world, it’s not so much what you know anymore that counts, because often what you know is old. It is how fast you learn. That skill is priceless.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 212)
And even more important than the speed in which you learn is whether or not you are actually still learning. The world is changing at an incredible pace and as Kiyosaki points out, more often than not, what you know from what you’ve been taught is likely outdated and old. Thankfully with the internet, we don’t have to worry about memorizing new material or having access to the latest ideas—they are readily available to us with a couple thumb taps. But with that access and organization still comes responsibility on our part.
Learning isn’t just memorization and it certainly isn’t just knowing you could tap your thumbs whenever you wanted to for answers… Learning is a constant and never-ending quest to grow your understanding of yourself and your world so that you can live your best life and contribute to it in the most sophisticated way(s) you can. The less you learn, the more outdated your understanding of the world will be and the more distant you will be from your best self (and greatest potential contributions).
Below, you will find our list of 17 quotes from Rich Dad, Poor Dad that will open your eyes to the importance of ongoing self-education and why YOU will always be your best financial investment. More than anything else, this book served as a firm reminder that the more time you spend on your education and, in this case, your financial education, the more financially successful you’ll likely become. Duh, right? But, common sense isn’t always common practice.
How much time and energy do you invest in your financial education? How many books do you read? How many podcasts do you listen to? How many people have you reached out to for advice? Your life is in your hands. Nobody is coming to save you. Nobody is coming to give you a financially free life. Nobody is going to build the life of your dreams for you. You become what you study; study what you want to become.
It’s time to properly invest in yourself (your greatest investment) and challenge some of the commonplace financial beliefs that might be holding you back—like trading your time for an hourly wage. “Don’t ask yourself how you can work for more money,” Kiyosaki points out, “Ask yourself how you can get money to work for you.” Explore other ideas like how can you 10x your typical results; how can you scale your influence and add exponential value to the marketplace; what skills could you learn that would put you in the best position to do so? These are the types of questions that the rich grapple with that the poor never get around to.
Explore these ideas and more in this powerful collection of quotes from Rich Dad, Poor Dad below and take some time after to immediately invest in your financial education and financial future when you’re done. It could end up being one of the most liberating investments you ever make. Good luck!
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The List: 17 Robert Kiyosaki Quotes From Rich Dad, Poor Dad on Education and Financial Freedom
“Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 7)
“Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 168)
“It’s what’s in your head that determines what’s in your hands.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 244)
“Often in the real world, it’s not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 127)
“Unfortunately for many people school is the end, not the beginning.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 49)
“Once a person stops searching for information and self-knowledge, ignorance sets in.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 49)
“I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 232)
“I’ve learned that, without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 204)
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“The most common form of laziness? Laziness by staying busy.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 192)
“Today, I often meet people who are too busy to take care of their wealth. And there are people too busy to take care of their health. The cause is the same. They’re busy, and they stay busy as a way of avoiding something they do not want to face.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 192)
“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.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad
“Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That’s because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 207)
“Failure inspires winners. And failure defeats losers. It is the biggest secret of winners. It’s the secret that losers do not know. The greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they’re not afraid of losing.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 182)
“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.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 126)
“…one dad had a habit of saying, ‘I can’t afford it.‘ The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I ask, ‘How can I afford it?‘ One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 4)
“You’d best change your point of view. Stop blaming me and 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.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 29)
“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.”
Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad
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If you enjoyed these quotes from Rich Dad, Poor Dad then you should definitely check out Robert Kiyosaki’s book in full. More info below:
Book Overview: Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence, and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education.
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