Robert Kiyosaki

When emotion goes up, intelligence goes down.

“My brain gets stronger every day because I exercise it. The stronger it gets, the more money I can make.”

We did odd jobs occasionally and earned a few dollars here and there, but we did that only to keep food in our stomachs and gas in the car. Those few extra dollars were only fuel to keep us going toward our singular goal. I must admit that during moments of deep personal doubt, the idea of a safe, secure job with a paycheck was appealing.

But because job security wasn’t what we were looking for, we kept pushing on, living day to day, on the brink of the financial abyss.

That year, 1985, was the worst of our lives as well as one of the longest. Anyone who says that money isn’t important obviously has not been without it for long. Kim and I fought and argued often. Fear, uncertainty, and hunger shortens the human emotional fu

We kept our situation quiet. For the most part, Kim and I looked quite normal on the surface. When friends and family were informed of our plight, the first question was always, “Why don’t you get a job?”

after job security. We wanted financial freedom.

By 1989, we were millionaires. Although financially successful in some people’s eyes, we still hadn’t reached our goal of true financial freedom. That took until 1994. By then, we never had to work again for the rest of our lives. Barring any unforeseen financi

, “The love of money is the root of all evil.” The other, “The lack of money is the root of all evil

the “entitlement” mentality and how it was creating weak and financially needy people.

, “You'd best change your point of view. Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser.

Thinking that a job will make you feel secure is lying to yourself. That's cruel, and that's the trap I want you to avoid, if possible.