Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, 1997
Economics & business Self-developmentContemporary fiction
The book that sold a generation on the idea that a salary is a trap — blunt lessons on assets, risk and who really pays whom.
Feels like curiosity and unease. About power.
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The quiet arithmetic that decides what your work is worth.
Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won’t quit. Robert T. Kiyosaki.Before writing about money, Kiyosaki flew Marine Corps helicopter gunships in Vietnam, then worked sales for Xerox.
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- Feels like curiosity and unease. About power.
- What should I read after Rich Dad Poor Dad?
- If you liked Rich Dad Poor Dad, try The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel), Start with Why (Simon Sinek) and Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell).
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The expensive thing is rarely the thing you're actually buying.
Be nicer and less flashy. No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are. You might think you want a fancy car or a nice watch. But what you probably want is respect and admiration. And you’re more likely to gain those things through kindness and humility than horsepower and chrome.
The Psychology of Money · Morgan Housel
Motivation cannot be installed after hiring; it has to walk in.
Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and you’ll be stuck with whoever’s left.
Start with Why · Simon Sinek
Being brilliant is not the same as being in the right room.
The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth. We look at the young Bill Gates and marvel that our world allowed that thirteen-year-old to become a fabulously successful entrepreneur. But that’s the wrong lesson. Our world only allowed one thirteen-year-old unlimited access to a time sharing terminal in 1968. If a million teenagers had been given the same opportunity, how many more Microsofts would we have today?
Outliers · Malcolm Gladwell
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