20/08/2025
RICH DAD POOR DAD
LESSON 3 β MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Make sure to make a financial foundation before taking risks.
Net worth is a false indicator because re-selling an asset, the government again takes out taxes.
Form the money we get from a job:
Banks take an interest.
The government takes taxes.
Employer again gives government taxes from the money, before giving it to you.
Categories of real assets:
Stocks.
Business is that which does not require your own presence, other people run it for you (if it requires your presence or you work there β then it becomes a job).
Bonds.
Mutual Funds.
Income Generating Real Estate.
Notes (IOUs).
Royalties from intellectual properties like π‘ͺ Music, Script, Patents, etc.
And anything else that has value produces income (or) appreciates and has a ready market.
Acquire assets that you love, if you donβt love them, then you wonβt take care of them. For e.g. real estate (buildings), stocks from stat-ups.
A strategy β
Invest in small companies β be out in 1 YEAR.
Invest in real estate β be out in less than 7 YEARS.
The better you are at understanding accounting and cash management, the better you will be at analysing investments and eventually starting and building your own company.
Rich people buy luxuries last.