Thursday, November 25, 2010

QUOTES BOOK 1: Roberk Kiyosaki

1.         A game is like a mirror that allows you to look at yourself.
 
2.         A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play.    Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

3.         Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them.

4          Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

5          I have a problem with too much money. I can't reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer.

6          I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.

7          If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

8          Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

9          Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it's a subject below their social standing.

10        The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

11        We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

12        When people are lame, they love to blame.

13        You have to be smart. The easy days are over.
 
14        Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow

15      “He said, 'Raise your price. Make it ridiculous. 'That would make people perceive it as a value.

16        “The only difference between a rich person and poor person is how they use their time”

17       “The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most”

18        “Do today what you want for your tomorrows”

19        “Tomorrows only exist in the minds of dreamers and losers”

20        “The most life-destroying word of all is the word tomorrow”
      
21        “Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.”

22        “Today is the word for winners and tomorrow is the word for losers”

23       “Remember to dream big, think long-term, underacheive on a daily basis, and take baby steps. That is the key to long-term success.”

24       The rich build assets that they use to purchase other assets. The poor only have expenses.

25       If you want to be rich, simply spend your life buying assets. If you want to be poor or middle class, spend your life buying liabilities.

26      If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power.

27      Education is the foundation of success. Just as scholastic skills are vitally important, so are financial skills and communication skills.

28     Most investors say "Don’t take risks." The rich investor takes risks.

29     If you can grasp the idea that money is not real, you will grow rich faster.

30     By asking the question How can I afford it? your brain is put to work.

31     Business is like a wheelbarrow, nothing happens until you start pushing.

32     Concentrate your efforts on only buying income-generating assets.”

33      Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”

34      Employees pay the highest percentage of taxes. Big business and investors pay the least.

35      If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll only be a highly paid slave

36     In today’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risks are the risk takers.

37     It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.

38     One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen.

39      One of the reasons I do not need a job or a paycheck is because rich dad trained me to make money from nothing. As you increase the number of investor controls you possess, you continue to reduce your risk in the investment.”

40      Sight is what you see with your eyes, vision is what you see with your mind

41      So where in the old economy, content was king, in the new economy, context is king

42       The biggest challenge you have is to challenge your own self-doubt and your laziness.”

43       Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends or relatives.”

44      Work to learn--don't work for money. To become successful you must learn how to manage cash flow, systems and people.

45      To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.

46      The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader













Friday, November 19, 2010

THE 5 RULES OF HAPPINESS

By Burt Goldman/ Creator of Quantum Jumping

You know when you're happy, and certainly no one has to tell you when you're sad. But what is it that makes a person happy?
It is important to realize that what makes you happy might depress another person. There are people, because of guilt, a feeling they do not deserve what they have, or a feeling they will lose what they have that makes them unhappy when they should be happy.
Possessions are a poor measure of happiness. Possessions are subjective and relative to the individual and the individual's viewpoint. Instead, we will use a philosophy as an example.
This philosophy is about enjoying things you like, avoiding or changing things you do not like, and accepting what you cannot avoid or change by the skillful use of your viewpoint. The use of this philosophy, as embodied in the five rules, will allow you to test many problem areas in your life and find solutions. With this philosophy, you will be well on your way on your pursuit of happiness.
Rule Number One: If You Like a Thing, Enjoy It.
 Now that seems outrageously simple. At first you might say, "That's ridiculous, of course if I like something I'm going to enjoy it." But when you stop to think about it you'll probably agree that there are many things in life that we like but don't enjoy. The reasons we don't enjoy things we like are (a) guilt, and (b) fear. You will not enjoy something you like if you feel guilty after having done the thing, or if you are fearful of the consequences of doing it.
Rule Number Two: If You Don't Like a Thing, Avoid It.
The second rule seems simple enough, but reflect for a moment on how many people are involved with things they do not like -- a job, a person, a vehicle, a type of food, any one of a thousand things -- and for some reason they don't avoid those things. "Well, I can't avoid it. I have to work there because I need the money." Or, "I have to be involved with this person for many valid reasons." How many justifications can you think of for not avoiding the things you do not like to do?
Rule Number Three: If You Don't Like a Thing, and You Cannot Avoid It, Change It.
Here again, the answer is simple: change it. But just as in avoidance we rationalize that we need something about it -- the money, the time, the security -- something is holding you to that particular thing if you don't like it, cannot avoid it, won't change it, but are still involved with it.
Rule Number Four: If You Don't Like a Thing, Cannot Avoid It, and Cannot or will Not Change It, Accept It.
Acceptance -- now there is a catch. How can you accept something you don't like? How in the world do you accept something that is 'unacceptable'? How do you accept a situation that you're not happy with? How do you accept a person that you're not happy with? Well, you really don't have to accept anything; you can, of course, be unhappy. If you don't like it, won't change it, cannot avoid it, and will not accept it, I guarantee that you will be unhappy. There are, however, five rules to the secret of happiness, and within the fifth lies the key.
Rule Number Five: You Accept a Thing By Changing Your Attitude Towards It.
You are the result of your viewpoints and attitudes. Everything is relative to the person experiencing it. There are no absolutes -- nothing is good, nothing bad, except as it relates to you. Nor is life good or bad. Life simply is. You change those things you wish by changing your viewpoint about them.
How easy!
How difficult!
Your attitudes and viewpoints are all part of your mind and once you develop the power of self mind control you will be the master of your own attitudes and viewpoints. Using these five rules you'll soon find yourself on the right path on the pursuit of happiness. You'll realize why people are unhappy. Eventually it will become automatic, and you'll find happiness a predominant state of mind. Once you realize the ease of acquiring this emotion, you develop an entirely new scale of highs and lows.
Unremitting happiness, of course, is not a possible or desirable state. According to the principle of rhythm, there is always an inflow and outflow, an ebb tide and a flood tide. You'll always have highs and lows -- there's no way to avoid that. However, your highs will be higher and your lows will be higher. You'll then find that what is a happy state for you might be a state of depression for someone unaware of the Five Rules of Happiness

Thursday, November 18, 2010

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.  Albert Einstein

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.  Albert Einstein

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.  Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!   Paul J. Meyer

"To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it."     Bunker Hunt

"Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim." John D. Rockefeller