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Rich dad, poor dad

By: Jenny Blagden



On April 8th, 1949, Robert Kiyosaki was born Robert Toru Kiyosaki on the island of Hilo in Hawaii. Robert Kiyosaki is a fourth generation Japanese American. Much of Robert Kiyosaki's success is reliant on the idea of having two fathers growing up, one rich and one poor, the entire concept of the way the rich and poor educate their kids which can in turn pave a destiny of whether they will in turn achieve success financially or struggle, is founded upon this. The issue of whether this idea is completely an allegory or if these two pas do exist and they are truth, has remained discussed for a period of time now, without any conclusive proof of who is indeed the wealthy dad, is often thought about. Robert Kiyosaki has claimed that these 2 pas are in truth a real story, but he in addition has questioned interviewers on whether or not it counts at all and if unreal characters can have the same power to steer. In spite of all of the debate and uncertainty, Robert Kiyosaki's real pop is without question the late educator Mr.Ralph H. Kiyosaki. Ralph H. Kiyosaki was born in 1919 and died in 1991. Ralph H. Kiyosaki earned a Ph.D. Through many stipends and was head of education on the Big Island in Hawaii, which in turn enabled Robert Kiyosaki to attend better schools with predominately richer classmates. Ralph H. Kiyosaki was a particularly clever man, a great educator, who ended up becoming state super for education, but he was also Robert Kiyosaki's poor dad. Although Ralph H. Kiyosaki was able to put Robert Kiyosaki in the right environment to learn what it meant to succeed. It was at Hilo High School where Robert Kiyosaki met his rich pa, the daddy of a fellow classmate and pal. The rich dad was an entrepreneur with little education, and was capitalist minded, in contrast with his socialist minded, intellectual dad.
After graduating from Hilo highschool on the Big Island of Hawaii, Robert Kiyosaki registered for the U.S. Merchant marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. The U.S. Merchant sea Academys status is it's one of the 5 US service academies, specializing in marine transport of civilian owned, non-military, merchant ships. Prerequisites to become a student of the U.S. Merchant sea Academy include a designation by a US representative or Senator, along with other recommendations, together with high scores on the SATs and a robust GPA, which Robert Kiyosaki accomplished immaculately. Robert Kiyosaki graduated from U.S. Merchant sea Academy in the class of 1969.
Fresh from graduating the U.S. Merchant marine Academy in 1969, Robert Kiyosaki began doing what he went to college to learn, that's he worked on and traveled on merchant ships. The experience of traveling the world had a strong effect on him, and once experienced it made it tricky for Robert Kiyosaki to return back to Hawaii. The travels on these merchant ships would take him all over the world. He would be exposed to new cultures, new methods of life and extraordinary sorts of poverty that can not be found back in the united states of America. This flavour of the world and experience of different cultures would lead him to a new path. Perhaps of giving back to his country for the opportunity to experience what he did or maybe for the world he discovered and his belief that everyone deserves democracy and the chance to select, and make something out of oneself, irrespective of the reason could be Robert Kiyosaki was at last drawn to join the US marine Corps and was sent to Vietnam.
Robert Kiyosaki served as a helicopter gunship pilot in the sea Corps during the Vietnam War. His service and commitment to his country in the Vietnam War was rewarded. Robert Kiyosaki got given with the Air gong. The Air medal is awarded to anyone that while serving in any capacity in or with the Armed Forces of the U. S. of America has shown themselves discernible through participating in meritorious acts during aerial flights. The Air gong can be earned by a single, courageous, meritorious act or for overall meritorious service to the Armed Forces of the US of America in some aerial capacity. Towards the end of the Vietnam War, in 1974, Robert Kiyosaki left the marine Corps and entered the civilian world once more.
Upon returning to the U. S. of America, Robert Kiyosaki had been exposed to a completely new world. Rather than returning to Hawaii, Robert Kiyosaki instead chose to go back to NY. Once there, he quickly commenced working for the Xerox concern which focuses on printing and photocopying. Robert Kiyosaki worked in the sales department of the Xerox corporation and was allotted the position of salesperson. This would prove to be a transient opportunity because a couple of years on, maybe with some sort of important savings saved up, or enough anyways, Robert Kiyosaki started up his very own business for the first time.
In 1977, Robert Kiyosaki started his first business and his business was targeted around one product, a new concept of wallet which used Velcro and nylon and is frequently referred to as a surfer wallet. As Robert Kiyosaki invested in this idea when it was only originating, he seemed to make a moderate profit. It was Robert Kiyosaki's first venture in the business world and as an entrepreneur, he made a couple of mistakes, the same ones a newbie would make when being called up to the massive league. Still, Robert Kiyosaki recognizes that there were things that he wasn't aware about like patents and trademarks that hampered the degree of his success. The surfer wallets would eventually end up becoming a multi-million dollar product, and Robert Kiyosaki would receive his first real taste of what being a businessman is all about.
Not only just that but Robert Kiyosaki learnt what being financially successful is about and the realization that it might be obtained. Far more hence Robert Kiyosaki was so really close to hitting a home run off his first at bat. If there had been some type of that would permit Robert Kiyosaki to go back and make some decisions differently, choices alone, then he would be ready to make his first go at being an entrepreneur a highly successful debut.
So his first venture in business wasn't as successful as only one could hope and dream, but none the less, experience is valuable, as the data extracted from it could be the determining factor the next time around. And so Robert Kiyosaki continued his journey of a businessman, continuing to venture off in new businesses and investment opportunities .
The following business was almost identical in nature due to the centered consumer as Robert Kiyosaki's attention shifted from Surfers and their wallets, to Rockers and their favourite heavy metal band t-shirts. For some time, as Robert Kiyosaki stated in an interview with www.thestreet.com, his heavy metal and hardcore band t-shirt licensing business was seriously successful. Robert Kiyosaki experienced fiscal achievement in the mid nineteen eighties with his second business venture in the rock music merchandise licensing. But with a change of trends, like a wave reclining back into the ocean, the mainstream turned away from the heavy metal and hardcore bands and began listening to different, softer music. So as Robert Kiyosaki admits in the same interview with www.thestreet.com, his heavy metal t-shirt licensing business went bankrupt in 1985. This left him broke, broke and definitely in a bad place as it even left him homeless.
Though, something else was taking place at the time to cause such a downfall as leaving Robert Kiyosaki unhomed, something more than just his business going bankrupt. While his heavy metal t-shirt business was doing well, Robert Kiyosaki was also investing in different property projects, as well as playing the stock market. It is estimated that he owed approximately $850 000 to the banks. As Robert Kiyosaki once said, and told well for what it's worth, Obviously, you are unable to pay that sort of money back by getting a job. That shown to be rock bottom for Robert Kiyosaki as he would never sink so low again. In fact he would crawl out of the dimly lit pit of bankruptcy with enough experience and knowledge to be certain that he would not be found down in another one. Similarly, Robert Kiyosaki would go on to help folks and educate them on the right way to absolutely avoid the pit of bankruptcy, and even achieve financial success.
How could somebody who is not rich themselves teach others the best way to become financially successful? Just by teaching them how not to become poor and make poor financial choices. Robert Kiyosaki experienced moderate success till this point but he also experienced the dreadful affects that two bad decisions, and calls could have. He was ready for what was going to become, and that was true monetary success.
Robert Kiyosaki commenced working as a motivational speaker for an individual expansion convention called money and You. Money and You was started by Marshall Thurber who turned into a very successful man, and the seminars targeted on the teachings and works of Buckminster Fuller.
Now, Buckminster Fuller was an American visionary who was born in 1895 and died in 1983. He was also a thinker and he probably did have many before his time perspectives of the Earth and society and mankind's affect on nature. He also wrote over twenty five books. Buckminster Fuller popularised the term ephemeralization, that means to use technical advance to achieve more with less. This term foreshadows some of the future beliefs and thoughts of Robert Kiyosaki.
Robert Kiyosaki would marry in this time to Kim Kiyosaki, in 1984. Kim Kiyosaki was also a businessman and would turn out to be quite valuable in some ways. Not only being the love of Robert Kiyosaki's life, a partner for life, she would also become a business colleague. There will be more on her later on.
In the year 1985, Marshall Thurber wanted out of the convention business Money and You, so Robert Kiyosaki with Marshall Thurber's former partner, D.C. Cordova took control of. They continued the seminars as before, using the teachings and works of Buckminster Fuller, as well as the concepts of win / win circumstances and personal responsibility for one's own wealth. Together, Robert Kiyosaki and D.C. Cordova ran this education company, teaching scholars at their 3 day seminars all around the world. At the beginning it was predominantly in Canada and the U. S. of America, but then the business became very talked-about in Australia and New Zealand.
The success this time around was significant, so much in truth that in 1994 Robert Kiyosaki made a decision to retire. Robert Kiyosaki was only 47 at the time but experienced such expansion that in only nine years he changed into a multi millionaire. Although during his retirement, Robert Kiyosaki was more then active in his pursuit to gain wealth. Not giving up the practice of making an investment in real estate and playing the stock market, Robert Kiyosaki continued his business endeavors . Though, now Robert Kiyosaki had much more time on his hands and he began to write during his time off. Feeling like he new a secret and a talent to share information, Robert Kiyosaki continued his trail as a teacher, following the foot steps of his poor pop, as he also followed the recommendation and steerage of his rich dad in becoming financially successful. Robert Kiyosaki found a way, a medium to fuse them both together, both gifts learnt from both his rich father and poor pa, for the benefit of folks around the world.
This is when Robert Kiyosaki began exploring his ideas and ideas, synthesizing his understanding and life experiences and started working on the writing of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Although, Robert Kiyosaki did not write alone, he teamed up with Sharon Lechter and together they co-wrote the first Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. That book would later go on to sell more then ten million books and become a bestseller. But all this success didn't come straight away or simply.
Before getting Rich Dad, Poor Dad revealed, Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter were attempting to sell it to publishers. After being dismissed much, they revealed it on their lonesome. Together with Kim Kiyosaki, the three of them set up Cashflow Technologies, Inc. Under this title many companies would come to be formed bellow it and the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series would become a brand that brought about much success.

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