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Tomorrow there will only be another carrot for the donkey
"You mean the moment I began to picture a new baseball glove, candy and toys, that's like a carrot to a donkey?" Mike askedAnd as you get older, your toys get more expensiveA new car, a boat and a big house to impress your friends," said rich dad with a smile"Fear pushes you out the door, and desire calls to youEnticing you toward the rocks
"So what's the answer," Mike asked
"What intensifies fear and desire is ignoranceThat is why rich people with lots of money often have more fear the richer they getMoney is the carrot, the illusionIf the donkey could see the whole picture, it might rethink its choice to chase the carrot
Rich dad went on to explain that a human's life is a struggle between ignorance and illumination
He explained that once a person stops searching for information and knowledge of one's self, ignorance sets inThat struggle is a moment-to-moment decision-to learn to open or close one's mind
"Look, school is very, very importantYou go to school to learn a skill or profession so as to be a balenciaga fashion bag contributing member of societyEvery culture needs teachers, doctors, mechanics, artists, cooks, business people, police officers, firefighters, soldiersSchools train them so our culture can thrive and flourish," said rich dad"Unfortunately, for many people, school is the end, not the beginning
There was a long silenceI did not comprehend everything he said that dayBut as with most great teachers, whose words continue to teach for years, often long after they're gone, his words are still with me today
"I've been a little cruel today," said rich dadI want you to always remember this talkI want you to always think of MrsI want you always to think of the donkeyNever forget, because your two emotions, fear and desire, can lead you into life's biggest trap, if you're not aware of them controlling your thinkingTo spend your life living in fear, never exploring your dreams, is cruelTo work hard for money, thinking that money will buy you things that will make you happy is also cruelTo wake up in the middle of the night terrified about paying bills is a horrible way to liveTo live a life tiffany & co necklaces dictated by the size of a paycheck is not really a lifeThinking that a job will make you feel secure is lying to yourselfThat's cruel, and that's the trap I want you to avoid, if possibleI've seen how money runs people's livesDon't let that happen to youPlease don't let money run your life
A softball rolled under our tableRich dad picked it up and threw it back
"So what does ignorance have to do with greed and fear?" I asked
"Because it is ignorance about money that causes so much greed and so much fear," said rich dad"Let me give you some examplesA doctor, wanting more money to better provide for his family, raises his feesBy raising his fees, it makes health care more expensive for everyoneNow, it hurts the poor people the most, so poor people have worse health than those with money
"Because the doctors raise their rates, the attorneys raise their ratesBecause the attorneys' rates have gone up, schoolteachers want a raise, which raises our taxes, and on and on and onSoon, there will be such a horrifying gap between the rich and the poor that chaos will break out and chanel necklace another great civilization will collapseGreat civilizations collapsed when the gap between the haves and havenots was too greatAmerica is on the same course, proving once again that history repeats itself, because we do not learn from historyWe only memorize historical dates and names, not the lesson
"Aren't prices supposed to go up?" I asked
"Not in an educated society with a well-run governmentPrices should actually come downOf course, that is often only true in theoryPrices go up because of greed and fear caused by ignoranceIf schools taught people about money, there would be more money and lower prices, but schools focus only on teaching people to work for money, not how to harness money's power
"But don't we have business schools?" Mike asked"Aren't you encouraging me to go to business school for my master's degree?"
"Yes," said rich dad"But all too often, business schools train employees who are sophisticated bean countersHeaven forbid a bean counter takes over a businessAll they do is look at the numbers, fire people and kill the businessI know because I hire bean chanel cambon ligne bag countersAll they think about is cutting costs and raising prices, which cause more problemsBean counting is importantI wish more people knew it, but it, too, is not the whole picture," added rich dad angrily
"So is there an answer?" asked Mike
"Yes," said rich dad"Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotionsWhen you boys mastered your emotions, first by agreeing to work for free, I knew there was hopeWhen you again resisted your emotions when I tempted you with more money, you were again learning to think in spite of being emotionally chargedThat's the first step
"Why is that step so important" I asked
"Well, that's up to you to find outIf you want to learn, I'll take you boys into the briar patchThat place where almost everyone else avoidsI'll take you to that place where most people are afraid to goIf you go with me, you'll let go of the idea of working for money and instead learn to have money work for you
"And what will we get if we go with youWhat if we agree to learn from you? What will we get?" I asked
"The same thing Briar Rabbit got," said rolex diamond watch rich