Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About MoneyThat the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Chapter Four The Three Kinds of Business Systems
Chapter Five The Five Levels of Investors
Chapter Six You Cannot See Money with Your Eyes
PART TWO BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOU
Chapter Seven Becoming Who You Are
Chapter Eight How Do I Get Rich?
Chapter Nine Be the Bank, Not the Banker
PART THREE HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL B AND I
Chapter Ten Take Baby Steps
THE SEVEN STEPS TO FINDING YOUR FINANCIAL FAST
TRACK
Chapter Eleven Step 1: It’s Time to Mind Your Own Business

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Chapter Twelve Step 2: Take Control of Your Cash Flow
Chapter Thirteen Step 3: Know the Difference Between Risk and Risky
Chapter Fourteen Step 4: Decide What Kind of Investor You Want to Be
Chapter Fifteen Step 5: Seek Mentors
Chapter Sixteen Step 6: Make Disappointment Your Strength
Chapter Seventeen Step 7: The Power of Faith
Chapter Eighteen In Summary

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Preface
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S GOAL?
“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?”
The answer is found in the simple, yet profound, statement by a
Vietnamese monk, Thich Naht Hahn: “The path is the goal.” In other words,
finding your path in life is your goal in life. Your path is not your

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profession, how much money you make, your title, or your successes and
failures.
Finding your path means finding out what you were put here on this
earth to do. What is your life’s purpose? Why were you given this gift
called life? And what is the gift you give back to life?
Looking back, I know going to school was not about finding my life’s
path. I spent four years in military school, studying and training to be a
ship’s officer. If I had made a career sailing for Standard Oil on their oil
tankers, I would never have found my life’s path. If I had stayed in the
Marines or had gone to fly for the airlines, I would never have found my
life’s path.
Had I continued on as a ship’s officer or become an airline pilot, I
would never have become an international best-selling author, been a guest
on the Oprah show, written a book with Donald Trump, or started an
international education company that teaches entrepreneurship and
investing throughout the world.