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Many of us make New Year's resolutions because this is a great time to commit to making positive changes in our lives. Whatever you do to improve is a good thing, whether your resolutions are related to personal issues, health, or finance. Please take a moment to tell us what some of your resolutions are. By taking the time to share, you may inspire and motivate someone else, and wouldn't that be a great way to start the New Year?
Jackie
Most people think that you solve money problems with money. But just having more money won’t fix your money problems if you don’t have financial intelligence. That’s why it’s not unusual for people who win lotteries to end up bankrupt in spite of their windfall (or maybe even because of it). The point is: you solve money problems with education. Educate yourself about money—how to make it, manage it, keep it, grow it.
A point Robert Kiyosaki and other Rich Dad Education™ instructors often make is this:
It’s okay to ask other people for the answer.
We tend to think we have to figure things out for ourselves because of what we learned as part of a traditional education. As a youngster in school, you were taught that asking another student for an answer on a test was cheating. That’s certainly correct, and it’s important to learn integrity.
But that’s school. In real life, everything you do is essentially a test—but asking for help figuring out the answer is called collaboration. It’s a positive thing and will probably put you in a stronger position than if you had tried to deal with things by yourself.
In the real world, don’t cheat—but certainly collaborate.
Our students often tell us they want to become rich because they want to have the resources to help others. That’s an admirable goal we support. Remember that you need to create wealth for yourself before you can start using your money to help others. Wealth gives you the resources to turn your altruistic dreams into reality. Let us help you do that.
Some wealthy people made their money by inheriting it or getting it as a gift or windfall in some other way. Many wealthy people learned how to make money from someone. Someone taught them the knowledge and skills they needed to reach their financial goals.
You can learn how to make money the exact same way: from someone who knows how to do it and is willing to share that information. You really can learn to be rich, and you can learn to be rich through the training offered by Rich Dad Education™.