Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job

Because building a business is not about you. It’s about other people. It’s about your team, your customers, your teachers, and how well you can serve them. You sound very self-centered, very me-, myself-, and ‘I’-oriented.”

The amateur plays for fun. The professional plays for keeps.

Good to Great by Jim Collins

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

different world, a different way of living. As you know, I came from a very poor family. I wanted more than just a lot of money. I wanted more than just a big house and nice cars. I wanted a life few people ever live. I knew I faced greater chances of failing than succeeding. I knew there would be highs and lows as an entrepreneur. And like everyone else, I was concerned by the highs and lows. Yet, it was the thought of a different level of life that made the risks seem worthwhile. It was not just about making money. It was about a life’s adventure.”

If you don’t fail faster, you’ll fail anyway,”

The way to stop failing is to fail faster.”

That is why the richest people on earth control networks such as television networks, radio networks, gasoline networks, network-marketing networks, and distribution networks

Product, Legal, Systems, Communications, and Cash Flow are technically all the elements required for a business to function successfully.

An entrepreneur may be working hard but only working hard at one job at a time. That is why so many self-employed business owners struggle or eventually burn out from overwork. They may be working hard, but they may not be doing all the jobs a business requires.”

you can turn bad luck into good luck, you will be twice as lucky in love, life, health, and money.”

The main reason to start a business is to have a business to practice on. If you do not have a bicycle to practice on, how can you learn to ride a bike? If you do not have a business to practice on, how can you learn to be an entrepreneur?”

It is impossible to become an entrepreneur without starting a business.

1. Start the business.
2. Fail and learn.
3. Find a mentor.
4. Fail and learn.
5. Take some classes.
6. Keep failing and learning.
7. Stop when successful.
8. Celebrate.
9. Count your money, the wins and the losses.
10. Repeat the process.

Start the business.
2. Fail and learn.
3. Find a mentor.
4. Fail and learn.
5. Take some classes.
6. Keep failing and learning.
7. Stop when successful.
8. Celebrate.
9. Count your

process very similar to an employee becoming an entrepreneur, a process of going from one world to another.

Once you find the hidden lesson, you will be thankful for the mistake. If you are upset, angry, ashamed, blaming someone else for the mistake, or pretending you haven’t made a mistake, you haven’t been thinking hard enough. Your mental capacity hasn’t expanded enough. You haven’t learned the lesson. So keep thinking.”

So the secret to your business success is being willing to make mistakes and then learning from them.”

In today’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risks are the risk-takers. People who are not taking risks are falling behind.”

At what level of play do you want to play the game?”