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

Education Is a Process
In 1973, I returned home from the Vietnam War. I had one year 
left on my military contract, and I was looking forward to the next 
direction my life would take.
In 1973, I was 26 years old, a college graduate with two 
professional licenses: one as a third mate on oil tankers sailing for 
Standard Oil, and the second as a pilot, flying for the U.S. Marine
Corps. Although both professions could be high-paying with job 
security, I did not want to either sail or fly.
When I asked my poor dad for advice, he recommended that I 
follow in his footsteps, which would be to go back to school, get my 
master’s degree, get my PhD, and then get a job with the government.
In this book you will learn how to think, act, and do business 
globally. There is a world of opportunity today—but not for those 
who think only about the tree they are clinging to.
The Most Exciting Decade in History
The next 10 years, the decade from 2010 to 2020, will prove to be 
the most exciting decade in world history.
The next 10 years will mark the end of the American Empire. The 
U.S. dollar will prove to be a fraud, and a whole new world economy 
will emerge. This borderless world, powered by low-cost technology, 
will unleash the world’s genius and reveal the massive ignorance that 
ran the old world economy.
For those who are financially educated, prepared, flexible, and 
adaptable, the next 10 years will be the best of times.
For those who are waiting for the happy days of the past to 
return, the next 10 years will be the worst of times.
Trapped by Going to School
The key to the new world is education. The problem is that the 
current school system is trapped in the tar pit of the Industrial Age.
In the Information Age, a person’s education and lifelong learning 
is more important than ever before. Unfortunately, going to school 
alone will not prepare you financially for a rapidly evolving and 
expanding world. Simply said, schools change too slowly, and the 
world is changing too rapidly.
In the Industrial Age, all it took to be successful was the following 
two types of education:
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Academic education: The ability to read, write, and solve
basic mathematical problems.
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Professional education: Education to earn money by being a 
productive member of society. For example, medical doctors 
go to medical school, lawyers go to law school, pilots go to 
flight school, chefs to go cooking school, and so on.

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Introduction
Unfair Advantage
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Monkeys don’t question why they stuck their hands in a hole 
in a tree. Most people do not question going to school to get a 
job and become an employee.
An intelligent person would ask, “What if I don’t want to be
an employee?”