Robert Kiyosaki is an American businessman, investor and the author of the best personal finance book of all time, "Rich Dad Poor Dad". Through this book and 26 other he has the changed the way people think about money.
Here are some of the best quotes from him
These quotes would be more helpful and beneficial for you if you not just read them but also take your time to think about them and try to understand what the authors wants to say. So let's start,
1. Winners are not afraid of losing but losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.
People who are successful are the ones who see the failure as an opportunity to learn. Many successful people today credits the failures in their life for their success.
2. If you want to go somewhere,it is best to find someone who has already been there.
Choosing a mentor takes you a step forward. But you have to choose your mentors wisely.
Kiyosaki explains this through an example, he says if you decide you are going to climb Mount Everest next year, obviously you'd seek advice from someone who had climbed the Mountain before. However, when it comes to climbing financial mountains, most people ask advice from people who are also personally stuck in financial problems.
3. Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask how to afford it.
"I can't afford it" shut down your brain. It didn't have to think anymore.
"How can I afford it?" Opened up the brain. Force it to think and search for answers.
Robert also says, "I can't afford it" brings up sadness and helplessness. " How can I afford it" opens up possibilities, excitement and dreams.
4. The trouble with school is they give you the answer,then they give the exam. That's not life.
This is one of the flaw among many others that are in the current education system.
Robert Kiyosaki has presented his unique thinking and ways to improve the current educational system in his book "If you want to be rich and happy, don't go School".
I would highly recommend you reading this book to get a new perspective about education system and life in general.
5. The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire,the size of your dreams; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Handling disappointment is a part of the process of success. We all feel upset and disappointed when things do not go our way.
Robert advises to be prepared for the disappointment.
By being emotionally prepared,you can act with calm and dignity when things do not go your way. If you're calm, you can think better.
6. The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth.
Robert here is talking about the importance of financial intelligence which includes expertise in the areas such as accounting, investing, understanding markets and law.
7. 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.
8. The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They 're always growing. They're always pushing.
When we were young child, we always use to ask questions about everything and we learn and grow faster but as we grow, we stop asking questions and pretend to know everything or start thinking about what would others say about me and therefore we stops our own growth and learning.
9. Your future is created by what you do today, not Tomorrow.
Robert emphasize a lot of importance to taking action today. He recommends taking small baby steps everyday for achieving long term goals.
10. The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner.
Robert says Selling is a very important skill for an Entrepreneur.
The ability to sell not only a product, but your vision, your team and yourself to the potential partners and investors is an important skill in business.
11. The love of money is not the root of all evil. The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Robert Kiyosaki gave people a very different idea about money in his book "Rich dad Poor Dad" and changed the way people think about money.
12. When you are young, work to learn,not to earn.
Robert in his book"Rich dad Poor Dad" suggests that its better to acquire skills by working before Choosing a specific profession and getting trapped in the rat race.
He says that once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they won't be able to learn something new and therefore stops their growth and progress in life.
13. Most people never get wealthy simply because they are not trained to recognize opportunities right in front of them.
As Robert says, " Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind".
14. The primary difference between Rich people and Poor people is how they handle fear of losing money.
Robert Kiyosaki in his book "Rich dad Poor Dad" says everyone has a fear of losing money. But the poor people simply avoid the issue, refusing to discuss the subject. The rich people learn from loses. They get inspired by loses to become better.
15. If you want to be rich, don't allow yourself the luxury of excuses.
That's what excuses are- luxury. But a short term luxury to avoid a long term problem.
16. If you're the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you're that kind of person,you'll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then,you die a boring a old man.
Here Kiyosaki is talking about people who are terrified of taking risks. They want to win but their fear of losing is greater than the excitement of winning.
17. I find so many people struggling often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were, they resist change.
I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses and they blame technology or the economy or their boss. Sadly they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability. It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while the ides or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.
18. The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
Kiyosaki says that people don't educate themselves on the subject of money so they keep working for money (working on a 9-5 job).
The rich who understands money knows the power of money and thus make it work for them (Business or Investing).
19. An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
Here Robert is saying that the business owner must know how to organize smart people.
20. If you realize that you are the problem then you can change yourself,learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change but themselves.
It's easier to change yourself than everyone else. Robert encourages people to ask themselves " what will solve the problems?" instead of just blaming other people for the problems.
21. Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.
Kiyosaki says to be an observer, asking yourself questions " What is causing the emotion?" People usually react to their emotions instead of thinking what is causing the emotions.
By reacting to their emotions, they are letting the emotions do their thinking.
22. The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time.
The average rich person uses his spare time in reading self-development books,learning new skills, attending seminars etc.
The average poor person uses his spare time for his entertainment.
23. Success is a poor teacher, we learn the most about ourselves when we fail... so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure. So unsuccessful people are people who never fail.
24. You can always quit.... so why quit now?
Personally, this sentence have always encouraged me in my hard times or when I was on the verge of quitting. You also can use this sentence for your inspiration in hard times.
25. The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.
And often the poor don't have anything left for Investing after spending their money.
These were the 25 quotes from Robert Kiyosaki.
If you liked the article then share it with your friend who is struggling in life and need some motivation and inspiration to keep going.
Here are some of the best quotes from him
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These quotes would be more helpful and beneficial for you if you not just read them but also take your time to think about them and try to understand what the authors wants to say. So let's start,
1. Winners are not afraid of losing but losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.
People who are successful are the ones who see the failure as an opportunity to learn. Many successful people today credits the failures in their life for their success.
2. If you want to go somewhere,it is best to find someone who has already been there.
Choosing a mentor takes you a step forward. But you have to choose your mentors wisely.
Kiyosaki explains this through an example, he says if you decide you are going to climb Mount Everest next year, obviously you'd seek advice from someone who had climbed the Mountain before. However, when it comes to climbing financial mountains, most people ask advice from people who are also personally stuck in financial problems.
3. Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask how to afford it.
"I can't afford it" shut down your brain. It didn't have to think anymore.
"How can I afford it?" Opened up the brain. Force it to think and search for answers.
Robert also says, "I can't afford it" brings up sadness and helplessness. " How can I afford it" opens up possibilities, excitement and dreams.
4. The trouble with school is they give you the answer,then they give the exam. That's not life.
This is one of the flaw among many others that are in the current education system.
Robert Kiyosaki has presented his unique thinking and ways to improve the current educational system in his book "If you want to be rich and happy, don't go School".
I would highly recommend you reading this book to get a new perspective about education system and life in general.
5. The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire,the size of your dreams; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Handling disappointment is a part of the process of success. We all feel upset and disappointed when things do not go our way.
Robert advises to be prepared for the disappointment.
By being emotionally prepared,you can act with calm and dignity when things do not go your way. If you're calm, you can think better.
6. The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth.
Robert here is talking about the importance of financial intelligence which includes expertise in the areas such as accounting, investing, understanding markets and law.
7. 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.
8. The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They 're always growing. They're always pushing.
When we were young child, we always use to ask questions about everything and we learn and grow faster but as we grow, we stop asking questions and pretend to know everything or start thinking about what would others say about me and therefore we stops our own growth and learning.
9. Your future is created by what you do today, not Tomorrow.
Robert emphasize a lot of importance to taking action today. He recommends taking small baby steps everyday for achieving long term goals.
10. The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner.
Robert says Selling is a very important skill for an Entrepreneur.
The ability to sell not only a product, but your vision, your team and yourself to the potential partners and investors is an important skill in business.
11. The love of money is not the root of all evil. The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Robert Kiyosaki gave people a very different idea about money in his book "Rich dad Poor Dad" and changed the way people think about money.
12. When you are young, work to learn,not to earn.
Robert in his book"Rich dad Poor Dad" suggests that its better to acquire skills by working before Choosing a specific profession and getting trapped in the rat race.
He says that once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they won't be able to learn something new and therefore stops their growth and progress in life.
13. Most people never get wealthy simply because they are not trained to recognize opportunities right in front of them.
As Robert says, " Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind".
14. The primary difference between Rich people and Poor people is how they handle fear of losing money.
Robert Kiyosaki in his book "Rich dad Poor Dad" says everyone has a fear of losing money. But the poor people simply avoid the issue, refusing to discuss the subject. The rich people learn from loses. They get inspired by loses to become better.
15. If you want to be rich, don't allow yourself the luxury of excuses.
That's what excuses are- luxury. But a short term luxury to avoid a long term problem.
16. If you're the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you're that kind of person,you'll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then,you die a boring a old man.
Here Kiyosaki is talking about people who are terrified of taking risks. They want to win but their fear of losing is greater than the excitement of winning.
17. I find so many people struggling often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were, they resist change.
I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses and they blame technology or the economy or their boss. Sadly they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability. It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while the ides or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.
18. The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
Kiyosaki says that people don't educate themselves on the subject of money so they keep working for money (working on a 9-5 job).
The rich who understands money knows the power of money and thus make it work for them (Business or Investing).
19. An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
Here Robert is saying that the business owner must know how to organize smart people.
20. If you realize that you are the problem then you can change yourself,learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change but themselves.
It's easier to change yourself than everyone else. Robert encourages people to ask themselves " what will solve the problems?" instead of just blaming other people for the problems.
21. Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.
Kiyosaki says to be an observer, asking yourself questions " What is causing the emotion?" People usually react to their emotions instead of thinking what is causing the emotions.
By reacting to their emotions, they are letting the emotions do their thinking.
22. The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time.
The average rich person uses his spare time in reading self-development books,learning new skills, attending seminars etc.
The average poor person uses his spare time for his entertainment.
23. Success is a poor teacher, we learn the most about ourselves when we fail... so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure. So unsuccessful people are people who never fail.
24. You can always quit.... so why quit now?
Personally, this sentence have always encouraged me in my hard times or when I was on the verge of quitting. You also can use this sentence for your inspiration in hard times.
25. The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.
And often the poor don't have anything left for Investing after spending their money.
These were the 25 quotes from Robert Kiyosaki.
If you liked the article then share it with your friend who is struggling in life and need some motivation and inspiration to keep going.
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