“Simply because it’s easier to learn to work for money, especially if fear is your primary emotion when the subject of money is discussed.”
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Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and author, known for the Rich Dad Poor Dad series of personal finance books. He founded the Rich Dad Company, which provides personal finance and business education through books and videos, and Rich Global LLC, which filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
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business · American finance author and investor (born 1947) · military officer · motivational speaker · businessperson · writer · teacher · blogger · entrepreneur · financier · helicopter pilot · radio personality · also Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Toru Kiyosaki, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Kiyosaki
Born 8 April 1947 · Q311147
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2026· 19 entries
“It’s a Texan’s attitude toward risk, reward and failure I’m talking about. It’s how they handle life. They live it big. “Winning means being unafraid to lose.”
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“I am a terrible writer. You are a great writer. I went to sales school. You have a master’s degree. Put them together and you get a best-selling author’ and a ‘best-writing author.’”
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“Most people have a price. And they have a price because of human emotions named fear and greed. [...]they feel the fear of not having money. Instead of confronting the fear, they react instead of think. Money is running their lives, and they refuse to tell the truth about that. Money is in control of their emotions and hence their souls.”
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“The reason I must be rich is because I have you kids.”
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“There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.”
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“But that is not how life teaches you, and 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.’”
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“If you learn life’s lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it’s life that’s pushing.”
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“Life pushes all of us around. Some give up. Others fight. A few learn the lesson and move on. They welcome life pushing them around. To these few people, it means they need and want to learn something. They learn and move on. Most quit, and a few like you fight.”
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Published video “The Wealth Strategy Most People Never Learn - Robert Kiyosaki”.
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Published video “Jeff Booth: Why Everything Should Be Getting Cheaper - Robert Kiyosaki”.
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Published video “Why China, India & Russia Are Stockpiling Silver - Robert Kiyosaki”.
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Published video “Why Knowing More Won't Make You a Better Investor - Andy Tanner, Del Denney”.
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Published video “Why Bitcoin Could Reach $12.5 Million by 2031 - Robert Kiyosaki”.
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Published video “Why Andy Tanner Doesn't Buy Mutual Funds (And What He Buys Instead)”.
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Published video “The Simple Question Rich People Ask Before Buying Anything”.
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Published video “Why Robert Kiyosaki Believes the Financial System Is Changing”.
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Published video “How Professional Investors Prepare Before the Next Market Crash - Andy Tanner, Del Denney”.
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Published video “Why "Do What You Love" Is Keeping You Poor - Robert Kiyosaki”.
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2012· 1 entry
Kiyosaki's company, Rich Global LLC, filed for bankruptcy and was ordered to pay $23
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2010· 2 entries
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Marketplace broadcast a documentary on scams that were being perpetuated by Kiyosaki's company in Canada in the guise of "Rich Dad" seminars
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Allan Roth of CBS News documented what occurred when he attended one of Rich Dad's free seminars and dissected some of the tactics employed
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2008· 1 entry
Brought by Sharon Lechter, his former business partner, with an undisclosed sum
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2006· 1 entry
And 2007, Kiyosaki's Rich Dad seminars continued to promote real estate as a sound investment, just before their prices came crashing down
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1993· 1 entry
Kiyosaki published his first book, If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Go to School
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1984· 2 entries
Kiyosaki met his second wife and business partner Kimberly "Kim" Kiyosaki (née Meyer) in 1984, and they got married in 1986.
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Thurber transferred the business to Kiyosaki and D
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1977· 1 entry
Kiyosaki started a company called "Rippers" that marketed nylon and Velcro wallets
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1974· 1 entry
Given by the course's creator, Marshall Thurber
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1965· 1 entry
Attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating four years later as a deck officer
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1947· 2 entries
Born 1947-04-08.
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In Hilo, Territory of Hawaii to Ralph (–1991) and Majorie Kiyosaki, who was a nurse
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