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Every parent wants their child to succeed. We send them to good schools, help with homework, celebrate good grades, and push them toward college. We believe that academic achievement is the surest path to a secure and prosperous life. We tell our children that if they work hard in school, get good grades, and earn a degree, they will find a good job and live comfortably.
**Author:** Robert T. Kiyosaki **Estimated Reading Time:** 45 minutes
**What You'll Learn:**
- Why academic success does not guarantee financial success - How the education system fails to prepare students for real-world money management - The CASHFLOW Quadrant and how it shapes financial destinies - The difference between assets and liabilities that most people never learn - How to teach financial intelligence to the next generation - Why emotional intelligence matters as much as financial knowledge - Practical strategies for building lasting wealth through financial education
**Who This Book Is For:**
Parents who want their children to grow up financially literate. Educators who sense that something is missing from traditional curricula. Young adults who feel unprepared for the financial realities of adult life. Anyone who has ever wondered why the smartest students in school rarely become the wealthiest people in society. And anyone who suspects that the path to financial freedom requires a different kind of education than the one offered in classrooms.
Every parent wants their child to succeed. We send them to good schools, help with homework, celebrate good grades, and push them toward college. We believe that academic achievement is the surest path to a secure and prosperous life. We tell our children that if they work hard in school, get good grades, and earn a degree, they will find a good job and live comfortably. But what if that promise is broken? Robert Kiyosaki looked at the world around him and noticed something that did not fit the story we tell ourselves about education and success. His own father, a highly educated man with a PhD, spent his life working for the government and struggled financially. Meanwhile, the father of his best friend, a man who never finished high school, built a business empire and became one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii. This contrast planted a question in Kiyosaki's mind that would shape his entire life: Why do the most educated people often end up working for the least educated people? The answer, he came to believe, lies in what schools teach and what they fail to teach. Schools are excellent at teaching academic skills. They prepare students to become employees. They teach reading, writing, mathematics, science, and history. They reward obedience, punctuality, and the ability to follow instructions. These are valuable skills for working in a large organization or government bureaucracy. But schools do not teach students how money works. They do not teach the difference between an asset and a liability. They do not explain how taxes really function, how debt can be used as a tool, or how to build systems that generate income without trading time for money. The result is…
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Get the complete summary in the appSchools teach academic skills but not financial intelligence. Parents must fill the gap.
The CASHFLOW Quadrant has four sides: E, S, B, and I. Financial freedom comes from the B and I sides.
An asset puts money in your pocket. A liability takes money out. Your home is usually a liability.
The rich focus on building assets. The middle class focuses on increasing income.
There are three types of income: ordinary, portfolio, and passive. Passive income is taxed most favorably.
Good debt finances assets. Bad debt finances consumption. Use debt strategically.
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Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman and author best known for his "Rich Dad Poor Dad" series of personal finance books. He founded the Rich Dad Company and Rich Global LLC, the latter of which filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Kiyosaki has faced legal challenges, including a class action lawsuit from seminar attendees and investigations by media outlets. His financial advice and seminars have been subjects of controversy. In January 2024, Kiyosaki revealed he was over $1 billion in debt,…
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