When you think of finances, does it make you squirm or do you find it interesting? Do you own your own business or are you an employee of someone else’s company? Thinking in terms of being Rich and being Poor do you consider yourself to have made or in the process of making financially independent decisions? Taking lessons or being mentored to make money work for you, to avoid spending your whole life working for money, should be your number one priority. There is a huge contrast between Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad and his Poor Dad. Can you fault either one of them? No, certainly not. Rich dad did absolutely anything and everything he had to in order to be able to be financially free. He in turn made it possible for his employees to have a job and be able to support their families. Poor dad went to college, works hard for his money and is a good employee. But, he dies poor. The level that both of these fathers comprehended money and their own financial situations is very different.

If both of these men were still around and able to see what has happened in Robert Kiyosaki’s life, and how their own lives played out, don’t you think there would be a little tweaking of their plans and their financial goals? Even the Rich dad I am sure would find ways to improve upon the decisions he made. Poor dad was under the impression that having schooling was his ticket to being financially well off. What he didn’t understand is that education was a huge benefit, and one that would improve the life of anyone who had been persistent and as capapble as he was. The problem here is that Poor dad didn’t understand money. Poor dad never learned to handle money, instead he depended on the government (his employer) for support. Rich dad was totally dependent on himself, as were his employees who looked to him for financial support.

Rich dad and Poor dad both had a major influence on Robert Kiyosaki’s life. Both men influenced key decisions in Kiyosaki’s life. But, each dad had a different way of teaching their sons.

What value do you place on financial intelligence? Do you believe as Robert does, that wealth is measured as the number of days the income from your assets will sustain you, and financial independence is achieved when your monthly income from assets exceeds your monthly? Do you know how to use a corporation as an entity to help move yourself forward financially? Would you define your thoughts and actions as Robert Kiyosaki says, ” the rich think differently in how they define simple words like assets and wealth, and how they fund their luxuries. He explains that he defines an asset as any item which produces income (such as rental property,stocks or bonds), and a liability as anything which produces expense (such as one’s own home, new widescreen TV, exercise machine, new garden tractor, processed foods, swing sets, barbecue grill, tools, letting your property rundown and a new car every two years) expenses. The Poor usually think that their liabilities, to some degree, will help them financially, in the long run.

You won’t find very many people who will disagree that the rich buy income producing assets, when the poor do the complete opposite. Don’t be as Robert Kiyosaki says, that the poor buy worthless items that they think are assets, which clearly do not earn anything, and may have no market value. By using your financial intelligence, attraction marketing know how, and your list building techniques, you can in a very short amount of time find yourself in the same position Robert found himself in…owning the system or means of production, rather than being an employee of someone else.