“What do you want to be when you grow up?” That is a question
most of us have been asked.
I had many interests as a kid, and it was easy to choose. If it
sounded
exciting and glamorous, I wanted to do it. I wanted to be a
marine biologist, an astronaut,
a Marine, a ship’s officer, a pilot, and
a professional football player.
I was fortunate enough to achieve three of those goals: a Marine
Corps officer, a ship’s officer, and a pilot.
I knew I did not want to become a teacher, a writer, or an accountant.
I did not want to be a teacher because I did not like school. I did not want
to be a writer because I failed English twice.
And I dropped out of my
MBA program because I could not stand accounting.
Ironically, now that I have grown up, I have become everything
I never wanted to become. Although I disliked school,
today I own an
education company. I personally teach around the world because I love
teaching. Although I failed English twice because I could not write,
today I am best known as an author. My book,
Rich Dad Poor Dad, was
on the
New York Times best-sellers list for over seven years and is one of
the top three best-selling books in the United States. The only books
ahead of it are
The Joy of Sex and
The Road Less Traveled. Adding one
more irony,
Rich Dad Poor Dad and my
CASHFLOW® board game are
a book and a game about accounting, another subject I struggled with.
So what does this have to do with the question: “What
is your goal
in life?”
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