What Schools Will Never Teach You About Money By Robert T. Kiyosaki

Bonus FAQ #4: How Do I Start?
FAQ
How do I start? I don’t have much money.
Short Answer
Do something. Take action.
Explanation
When I was young, I was taught: “God helps those who help themselves.”
Too many people want help, but are unwilling to help themselves or 
others. Too many people allow the excuse, “I don’t have any money,”
to stop them. 
It takes no special talent to say, “I don’t have any money.” Anyone can 
do it and millions of people do. In the real world of money, ambition 
is far more important than your education. The primary reasons 
people lack money are first, the lack of ambition, and second, the lack 
of education. If you cannot find the ambition to make some money, 
financial education will probably not help you.
In Hawaii, there is a 15-year-old boy who rides his bike after school 
to the bus stop, loads his bike on the bus and rides an hour to 
town. When he arrives, he unloads his bike and rides to where his 
CASHFLOW club meets. After the meeting, he rides his bike back to 
the bus stop, loads his bike on the bus, and rides an hour to the bus 
stop nearest his home where he unloads his bike and rides home.
I have no doubt this young man will be successful in anything he does 
in life.

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Bonus FAQs
Unfair Advantage
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If I had said to the Marine Corps, “I want to fly fighter jets the first day 
of flight school,” I would have been released immediately for mental and 
emotional delusion. The same is true for business. Many people get so 
caught up in the idea of starting a business (“being my own boss”) that 
they forget the critical need for formal training. Small wonder that nine 
out of 10 new businesses fail within the first five years.
It was only after I was awarded my wings that I was allowed to choose 
the aircraft I wanted to fly. I knew I was not cut out to be a fighter 
pilot or a transport pilot. I chose helicopter gunships. It was one of 
the smartest decisions of my life. Once I knew how to fly, I then knew 
what I wanted to fly.
The gunship fit my personality. I wanted an unfair advantage: air versus 
ground… a helicopter-gunship pilot versus a soldier on the ground.