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Ryan Holiday Quote on Questions and How The Best Questions Lead To The Best Answers

    “Tim Ferriss always seems to ask the best questions: What would this look like if it were easy? How will you know if you don’t experiment? What would less be like? The one that hit me the hardest, when I was maybe 25, was, ‘What do you do with your money?’ My answer at the time was ‘Nothing, really.’ Okay, so why try so hard to earn lots more of it?”

    Ryan Holiday, Medium

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    The first and last questions listed above were the ones that hit me the hardest: “What would this look like if it were easy?” and “What do you do with your money?” The thing about asking better questions is that they lead to better answers. When you can become the person who asks “the best questions” then you’ll inevitably start getting the best answers—answers that never occur to most people because their minds aren’t even looking in the right places. And the people with the best answers are the ones who almost always get the best results.

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      “No one dogged by creditors is free. Living outside your means is not glamorous. Behind the appearances, it’s exhausting. It’s also dangerous. The person who is afraid to lose their stuff, who has their identity wrapped up in their things, gives their enemies an opening. They make themselves extra vulnerable to fate.”

      Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 209)

        More does nothing for the one who feels less than, who cannot see the wealth that was given to them at birth, that they have accumulated in their relationships and experiences. Solving your problem of poverty is an achievable goal and can be fixed by earning and saving money. No one could seriously claim otherwise. The issue is when we think these activities can address spiritual poverty.

        Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 124)

          “So much of what makes us wealthy is free.  The secret to wealth is gratitude.  It’s not just what we achieve or accomplish.  It’s what we appreciate.  It’s not just the adventure of a cruise.  It’s what we take the time to enjoy.  You can find an adventure and joy in those you love, in the dancing eyes of your children, or the joyous faces fo those you love.  There are jackpots everywhere if you wake up to the beauty of your life today.  So don’t vow to someday get beyond scarcity; start beyond it.  Realize how lucky you are and all the wealth you possess in love, joy, opportunities, health, friends, and family.  Don’t get rich. Start rich.” ~ Tony Robbins, Money: Master the Game

            “You can be rich by having more than you need, or by needing less than you have.” ~ Jim Mott, via Money: Master the Game

              “If you want to be rich, start rich.  What can you be grateful for today?  Who can you be grateful for today?  Could you even be grateful for some of the problems and the pain that you’ve been through in your life?  What if you took on the new belief that everything in life happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you?  What if you believed in your heart of hearts that life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you?  That every step along the way is helping strengthen you so that you can become more, enjoy more, and give more.  If you’ll start from that place, money won’t be the source of your pleasure and your pain.  Making money will just be a fun journey of mastery, and wealth a great vehicle to achieve what matters most in life.” ~ Tony Robbins, Money: Master the Game

                “Is it true that money cannot buy happiness? Yes, it is true.  Money cannot buy happiness—but it makes misery more comfortable.  That’s why I am not against money—I am all for it.  It is better to be comfortably miserable than uncomfortably miserable.  I have lived in poverty and I have lived in richness, and believe me: Richness is far better than poverty.  I want you to be rich in every possible way—material, psychological, spiritual.  I want you to live the richest life that has ever been lived on the earth.” ~ Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

                  “Have you ever seen a bird poor?  Animals in the forest—nobody is poor, nobody is rich.  In fact, you don’t even see fat birds and thin birds.  All the crows are almost identical; you cannot even recognize which is which.  Why?  They enjoy; they don’t hoard.” ~ Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

                    “Money has yet to make anyone rich.” ~ Seneca

                      "No-one has ever become poor by giving." ~ Anne Frank

                        “It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

                          The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.

                          The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.

                            “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

                              “Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.”

                              Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad (Page 7)

                                "Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person." ~ Robert Kiyosaki

                                “Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person.” ~ Robert Kiyosaki

                                  “If you continue to think about how poor you are, you will become rich with poor thoughts.” ~ Byron Buchannan

                                  Rich Dad, Poor Dad [Book]

                                    Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

                                    By: Robert Kiyosaki

                                    From this Book:  13 Quotes

                                    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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