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PMcDonald · 02-10-2007, 01:46 AM

I like Kiyosaki's books. While it is true that his teachings are more motivational than nuts and bolts, but IMO he is doing everybody a service by empowering us. Instead of leading people by the hand and telling them exactly how to get rich, he simply shows people how to get into the proper mindset. This is a discussion I get into quite often with the group of entrepreneurs that I work with, and it has to do with leadership.

Leaders empower people by pointing them in the right direction. Leaders do not do things for others, as that would be enabling them. There is such a profound difference between empowering and enabling and I think Kiyosaki does a great job defining that line. He gives advice, points us in the right direction and empowers us to take the next steps ourselves.

I relate this to when I learned to ride a bike - at some point I just had to get on the bike, fall down a couple of times and skin my knee. Yeah it hurt, and perhaps I thought about not getting back on the bike, but I did and I learned how to ride it properly because I was willing to get back on.

That sense of "I can do anything" that we all had as children is unforunately lost in the persuasion of parents, school, media, etc. as we grow into adults.

I learn so much from my 20 month old that I sometimes just laugh. He has no idea that he cannot have whatever he wants and is the most persistant person I know.

Anyway, I digress. Went a little OT there...

The greater point is this: the best way to get rich is by taking action and doing things to get rich, and sometimes we need to fail or hit speed bumps to help us grow.

I can't seem to recall atm where I heard it, but there is a quote I remember that goes something like this - "If someone took away all my money and all my material possessions and dropped me off in the middle of nowhere, I know I could pick myself up and get right back to the place I was because I have belief in myself and my abilities"

You get that mindset by doing, not by having it done for you.

02-10-2007, 01:46 AM	#18 (permalink)
PMcDonald Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Suburb of Chicago Posts: 80	I like Kiyosaki's books. While it is true that his teachings are more motivational than nuts and bolts, but IMO he is doing everybody a service by empowering us. Instead of leading people by the hand and telling them exactly how to get rich, he simply shows people how to get into the proper mindset. This is a discussion I get into quite often with the group of entrepreneurs that I work with, and it has to do with leadership. Leaders empower people by pointing them in the right direction. Leaders do not do things for others, as that would be enabling them. There is such a profound difference between empowering and enabling and I think Kiyosaki does a great job defining that line. He gives advice, points us in the right direction and empowers us to take the next steps ourselves. I relate this to when I learned to ride a bike - at some point I just had to get on the bike, fall down a couple of times and skin my knee. Yeah it hurt, and perhaps I thought about not getting back on the bike, but I did and I learned how to ride it properly because I was willing to get back on. That sense of "I can do anything" that we all had as children is unforunately lost in the persuasion of parents, school, media, etc. as we grow into adults. I learn so much from my 20 month old that I sometimes just laugh. He has no idea that he cannot have whatever he wants and is the most persistant person I know. Anyway, I digress. Went a little OT there... The greater point is this: the best way to get rich is by taking action and doing things to get rich, and sometimes we need to fail or hit speed bumps to help us grow. I can't seem to recall atm where I heard it, but there is a quote I remember that goes something like this - "If someone took away all my money and all my material possessions and dropped me off in the middle of nowhere, I know I could pick myself up and get right back to the place I was because I have belief in myself and my abilities" You get that mindset by doing, not by having it done for you.