Let’s start with a story about a 9-year-old boy named Robert Kiyosaki in the 1950s. He and his friend, Mike, wanted to become rich when they grew up, but they didn’t know how. After a failed attempt to make money from melted toothpaste tubes, they asked their dads for advice on how to get rich. Robert’s “poor dad” told him to go to school, study hard, and find a good job. But this advice isn’t very helpful because you end up working hard for your whole life, and most of the money goes to other people like the government and bill collectors. In other words, Robert’s poor dad was basically saying, “Join the rat race, work for everyone else, and never get ahead.”

Many people still follow this advice because they’re afraid of going against society’s expectations. They believe that a good job leads to wealth, so they study hard and work even harder, but they don’t become wealthier. But there are people who know how to create, grow, and keep money – rich people like Mike’s dad, who became a mentor to both boys. So, what did Mike’s dad do? At first, he didn’t teach them anything. He made a deal with Robert, offering to teach him about money in exchange for working at a very low wage.

Robert agreed, but after a few weeks of being underpaid, he was frustrated and ready to quit. He told his “rich” dad that he hadn’t learned anything about money. That’s when he received his first lesson – that life can be tough, and working for money doesn’t make you rich. Rich people don’t work for money. So, you might wonder, if the rich don’t work for money, how do they become wealthy? Do they steal or win the lottery?