Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Toru Kiyosakiis an American businessman, investor, self-help author, educator, motivational speaker, financial literacy activist, financial commentator, and radio personality. Kiyosaki is the founder of the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal financial and business education to people through books, videos, games, seminars, blogs, coaching, and workshops. He is also the creator of the Cashflow board and software games to educate adults and children business and financial concepts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 April 1947
CityHilo, HI
CountryUnited States of America
If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.
There are people who are not wealthy because they want to be comfortable.
If I have cash and I can't figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.
Just as a fisherman must watch the ebb and flow of the tides, an investor and businessperson must be keenly aware of the subtle shifts in cash flow.
No one cares about it more than you. Give it the attention it needs.
Just know that 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. 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.
The idea that success can happen overnight is crippling the financial future of generations. You have to work for it.
Entrepreneurship is a process, not a job or profession. So be faithful to the process and remember that even when times are bad, the process will give you a glimpse of the future that lies ahead.
An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.
Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell you exactly which stock or mutual fund is a great investment, they tell you to buy a bunch of them.
Any time an investment company has to spend heavily on advertising, it's probably a bad business in which to invest.
People with leverage have dominance over people with less leverage. In other words, just as humans gained advantages over animals by creating leveraged tools, similarly, humans who use these tools of leverage have more power over humans that do not. Saying it more simply, 'leverage is power'.
Rich don't work for money. They work for assets.