Quotes from Robert T. Kiyosaki

When I am asked why my real estate will not go down in a crash, I remind them that my real estate holdings are always near jobs, jobs that are not affected by stock market crashes. For example, most of our apartment complexes are in major oil industrial cities like Houston and Oklahoma City, or next to hospitals, colleges, and large insurance companies. The price of oil may go up and down, but cash flow from renters keeps flowing.

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My rich dad, on the other hand, spent his life doing his best to keep his companies from becoming unionized.

shvatio sam da je borba kona?ni test volje i obuke. Nema drugog mjesta, a pobjednik je onaj koji je najspremniji. Promijenio sam svoj stav i sada sam razmišljao ovako: Borba nije rizi?na. Rizi?na je nepripremljenost. Shvatio sam da poduzetništvo nije rizi?no. Rizi?na je nepripremljenost.

Padre Rico nos explicaba que la crítica podía cegarnos, en tanto que el análisis abriría nuestros ojos. El análisis le permite a los ganadores identificar que los críticos están ciegos y notar oportunidades que los demás soslayan. Esto es fundamental porque la clave del éxito está en encontrar lo que las otras personas dejan pasar.

I would say that life is the best teacher of all. Most of the time, life does not talk to you. It just sort of pushes you around. Each push is life saying, 'Wake up. There's something I want you to learn.

Two minds are better than one.

The human spirit is very, very powerful," he would say. "It knows it can do anything.

They ask me, "Can you tell us how to make more money?" They don't understand that their trouble is really how they choose to spend the money they do have.

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El fracaso es parte del proceso de alcanzar el éxito y, por eso, la gente que lo elude no triunfa.

Las grandes oportunidades no se ven con los ojos sino con la mente.

My capital gains of approximately $40,000 were placed into a 1031 tax-deferred exchange

God does not need to receive, but humans need to give.

In an educated society with a well-run government, prices should actually come down.

For many baby boomers, time, our most important asset, is running out.

Financially intelligent people think in terms of risk and reward.

He encouraged us to work with people smarter than we were and to bring smart people together to work as a team. Today it would be called a synergy of professional specialities.

People are trainable. They can be trained to be either employees or entrepreneurs.

The other believed in total financial self-reliance.

Las habilidades especializadas más importantes son ventas y mercadeo. La habilidad de vender —es decir, de comunicarse con otro ser humano, ya sea un cliente, empleado, jefe, esposo o hijo— es la base del éxito personal.

Kim and I own several thousand cash-flowing apartment properties, commercial properties, a luxury hotel, a boutique hotel, five golf courses, and oil wells. Every year we add more assets like those to our financial statement and pay less in taxes.

Keep using your brain, work for free, and soon your mind will show you ways of making money far beyond what I could ever pay you. You will see things that other people never see.

Communication skills such as writing, speaking, and negotiating are crucial to a life of success.