Rich Dad Poor Dad is a starting point for anyone looking to gain control of their financial future

If you work for money, 
you give the power to 
you employer. 
If money works for you, 
you keep the power and
control it.

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Chapter Four: Lesson 4
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best lesson to me was: “Be smart and you won’t be pushed around as 
much.” He knew the law because he was a law-abiding citizen and 
because it was expensive to not know the law. “If you know you’re 
right, you’re not afraid of fighting back.” Even if you are taking on 
Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men.
My highly educated dad always encouraged me to land a good job 
with a strong corporation. He spoke of the virtues of “working your 
way up the corporate ladder.” He didn’t understand that, by relying 
solely on a paycheck from a corporate employer, I would be a docile 
cow ready for milking.
When I told my rich dad of my father’s advice, he only chuckled.
“Why not own the ladder?” was all he said.
As a young boy, I did not understand what rich dad meant by 
owning my own corporation. It was an idea that seemed impossible 
and intimidating. Although I was excited by the idea, my inexperience 
wouldn’t let me envision the possibility that grown-ups would someday 
work for a company I would own.
The point is that, if not for my rich 
dad, I would have probably followed 
my educated dad’s advice. It was merely 
the occasional reminder of my rich 
dad that kept the idea of owning my 
own corporation alive and kept me 
on a different path. By the time I was 
15 or 16, I knew I wasn’t going to 
continue down the path my educated 
dad recommended. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I was 
determined not to head in the direction most of my classmates were 
heading. That decision changed my life.
It was not until my mid-twenties that my rich dad’s advice began 
to make more sense to me. I was just out of the Marine Corps and 
working for Xerox. I was making a lot of money, but every time I 
looked at my paycheck, I was disappointed. The deductions were so 
large and, the more I worked, the greater they became. As I became