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    Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, had two main influential
    fathers in his life.
    Poor Dad was Kiyosaki’s biological father, a man who was highly intelligent and very
    well educated. Poor Dad believed in studying hard and getting good grades, then
    finding a well-paying job. Yet, despite these seemingly positive attributes, Poor Dad
    didn’t do well financially.
    Rich Dad was the father of Kiyosaki’s best friend. He had a similar work ethic to
    Kiyosaki’s real dad, but with a twist. Rich Dad believed in financial education,
    learning how money works, and understanding how to make money work for you.
    Although he was an eighth-grade dropout, Rich Dad eventually became a millionaire
    by putting the power of money to work for him.
    The book is written from Kiyosaki’s perspective of how Rich Dad went about making
    money and the mistakes that Poor Dad made. The first six chapters of Rich Dad Poor
    Dad make up about two-thirds of the book and discuss the six lessons that Kiyosaki
    learned from his Rich Dad.
    Oftentimes people misunderstand the title of this chapter, and mistakenly believe that
    it means the rich don’t work. In fact, the complete opposite is true.
    Instead of reading the chapter title as “The Rich Don’t Work for Money”, what
    Kiyosaki means to say is that “The Rich Don’t Work for Money.” Note that by putting
    the emphasis on the word “money” this section takes on an entirely different meaning.
    The truth is that the majority of rich people do work very hard, but they go about it
    differently than most people do. Rich people – and people who want to become rich –
    work and learn every day how to put money to work for them. As Rich Dad says,
    “The poor and middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
    Kiyosaki also notes that having a regular job is just a short-term solution to the long-
    term problem (or challenge) of creating wealth and financial freedom:
    “It’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, and the fear of starting over.
    That’s the price of studying to learn a profession or trade, and then working for
    money. Most people become a slave to money – and then get angry at their boss.”

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