When someone walks away mumbling about the price, I can hear my rich dad saying, “If you
want to be rich, you must know what kind of income to work hard for, how to keep it, and
how to protect it from loss. That is the key to great wealth.” Rich dad would also say, “If
you do not understand the differences in those three incomes and do not learn the skills on
how to acquire and protect those incomes, you will probably spend your life earning less
than you could and working harder than you should.”
My poor dad thought a good education, a good job, and years of hard work were all you
needed to be successful. My rich dad also thought a good education was important. But to
him it was also important that Mike and I know the differences in the three incomes and what
kind of income to work hard for. To him, that was basic financial education. Knowing the
differences in the three incomes and learning the investment skills of how to acquire the
different incomes is basic education for anyone who strives to acquire great wealth and
achieve financial freedom—a special kind of freedom that only a few will ever know. As
rich dad states in lesson number one, “The rich do not work for money. They know how to
have money work hard for them.” Rich dad said, “Earned income is money you work for,
and passive and portfolio income is money working for you.” Knowing that little difference
has been significant in my life. Or, as Robert Frost ends his poem, “And that has made all
the difference.”
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