Life secrets from a Vietnamese monk

The dust on my face was turning into mud as my sergeant continued to scream at me. The spit was shooting from his mouth all over my face. He was not happy. I barely noticed. In my back pocket was a brochure I had just read and I could not stop thinking about it. The brochure was explaining the philosophy of a Vietnamese monk, Thich Naht Hahn. “What is your goal in life?” Thich Naht Hahn’s pamphlet asked. While I stood at attention in my Marine uniform, I pondered the question. Usually someone else told me my goals: Win the war. Get good grades. Get a good job. But… what is my goal? My sergeant, now red in the face, kicked dirt on my boot and sent me to my quarters to polish them. I pulled out the brochure… Thich Naht Hahn asked, “Could it be the path is the goal?” Now, many decades later, I still ponder the question. And I agree… Finding your path in life is the goal. Your path is not your profession. It's not how much money you make. It’s not your title. It’s not even your success or failures. Finding your path means finding out what you were put here on this earth to do. What is your life’s purpose? Why were you given this gift called life? And what is the gift you give back to life? These questions are why I created the CASHFLOW Quadrant. It is important because it is about finding your path in life. [ESBI] As you know, most people are programmed early in life to “go to school and get a job.” School is about finding a job in the E (employee) or S (Self- employed) quadrant. School is NOT about finding your life’s path. Millions of people leave school, only to be trapped in jobs they do not like. Thy know something is missing in their life. Many people are also trapped financially, earning just enough to survive, wanting to earn more but not knowing what to do. Without awareness of the other quadrants, many people go back to school and look for new professions or pay raises in the E or S quadrant. They are unaware of the world of the B (Big business) and I (investor) quadrants. Each of us resides in at least one of the four quadrants.Where we are, is determined by where our cash comes from. The CASHFLOW Quadrant is divided into four types of people. - E is for Employee - S is for Self-Employee or Specialist - B is for Big Business - I is for Investor On the left side of the Quadrant are E’s and S’s. They pay the most in taxes and trade their time for money. That’s what most people do when they go to work; they trade their eight hours a day (or sometimes more) for a paycheck. On the right side of the Quadrant are B’s and I’s. They pay the least in taxes and trade their create - or invest - in assets that produce cash flow for them even when they’re sleeping. It’s our view, at Rich Dad, that the dividing line between those who are struggling in today’s economy and those who are prospering is the line between the two sides of the CASHFLOW Quadrant. Are you ready to move beyond job security and begin to achieve financial security? It’s not an easy path, but the prize at the end of the road, financial freedom, is worth the journey. Now, I’m not sure where Thich Naht Hahn would fit on the CASHFLOW Quadrant, but that is not important. What is important is where you fit in the Quadrant now… And where you want to belong on the Quadrant in the future. Once you can answer those two things, you can see the life path you need to begin. To making life better, [Signature] Robert Kiyosaki --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rich Dad] Copyright © 2019 The Rich Dad Company. 4330 N. Civic Center Plaza, Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 USA [Edit Profile]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Report Spam](