Everyday is Saturday

The first book I ever read about how to become financially free was Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It was the summer of 2002 and I was attending my first real estate boot camp held in Cincinnati, OH. The event went from Friday through Sunday and was loaded with tips on how to use real estate as a vehicle to retire young and retire rich.

I took notes like I had a gun to my head because the discussions and techniques were so new and by the way, so awesome! After our final break of the day, the instructor taught the last hour or so about mindset and how it is the first place you need to start if you want to truly experience the life you love.

He recommended a few books for us to read over the weekend to get our mind in the proper mindset to begin our real estate investing career. One of those books was Rich Dad Poor Dad. I remember stopping at the bookstore on the way home and buying the book. I began reading it that night and finished by the end of the day Sunday. People who know me laugh when they hear that story because I was the furthest thing from a voracious reader at the time. Besides the sports section, I had not sat down to read much of anything.

I couldn’t put the book down. Kiyosaki described his two dad’s in the book. One was his real dad who worked for the state of Hawaii as a teacher, well-educated and full of book smarts. His other dad was his rich dad who was not well-educated but was very wealthy.

Kiyosaki described the huge differences between the two which all began with their mindset. Paraphrasing one of the excerpts from the book: ” My poor dad taught me to get a good education so I could work for a good company. My rich dad taught me to learn about business and the power of money so I could buy the comapny of my choice. Two completely different angles on how to live the life you love. Spend $150K on a college education and go work for the next 40 years or invest in yourself, learn how to buy a business and earn profits instead of wages.

I tell people everywhere how Rich Dad Poor Dad changed my thinking and subsequently my life. I was off to the races on exiting the worst race of all - the rat race- by the age of 40. I no longer would settle for the status quo and listen to broke people trying to give me financial advice. I bought my first rental property a month later with a credit card and the rest is history.

You can change your circumstances right now if you really want to, the problem is most will not even try because of fear. Sir Isaac Newton’s principle that “a body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion” is so true. Once you take the first step towards your dream you have begun the process. I recommend personal development for the mind because I know how powerful is was for me. You have to begin with the six inches between your ears, your brain needs to be programmed away from all the negativity that’s been pumped into it all these years.

You are a champion.

Sam

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