My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.
When I was a kid, there were no credit cards. Instead, retailers offered layaway plans. My mom would go to a store, such as a furniture outlet, choose the sofa she wanted, and put it on layaway. That...
Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.
When people are lame, they love to blame.
Ken Lay, the disgraced former chairman of Enron, found a way to escape his legal problems: He died after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges.
I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.
If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.
Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.
My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.
Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.
If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn't financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?
When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.
If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.
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.
I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.
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.
When my book 'Rich Dad's Prophecy' was released in 2002, most financial newspapers and magazines trashed it because I discussed a looming stock market crash.
Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's religion, but he'll accept his gold.
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.