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Chapter Six
Anytime you hear these words, “Low down payment. Easy
monthly payments,” or “Don’t worry. The government will give you a
tax break for those losses,” then you know someone is luring you into
the game. If you want to be financially free, you’ve got to be smarter
than that.
Most people don’t have anyone who is indebted to them. They
have no real assets (things that put money in their pocket), and they’re
often indebted to everyone else. That’s why they cling to job security
and struggle financially. If it weren’t for their job, they’d be broke in a
flash. In fact, the average American is less than three paychecks away
from bankruptcy. They seek a better life and get run over by the game
because the deck is stacked against them. They still think their house,
car, golf clubs, clothes, vacation home, and other doodads are assets.
They believe what someone else tells them because they can’t read
financial numbers to see the truth for themselves. Most people go to
school and learn to be players in the game, but no one explains the
rules to them. No one tells them that the name of the game is: “Who
Is Indebted to Whom?” And because no one tells them that, they are
the ones who become indebted to everyone else.
Money Is an Idea
I hope you now understand the basics of the CASHFLOW
Quadrant and know that money really is an idea that is more clearly
seen with your mind than with your eyes. Learning the game of money
and how it is played is an important part of your journey to financial
freedom. Even more important is who you need to become to move
to the right side of the CASHFLOW Quadrant. Part II of this
book focuses on “Bringing Out the Best in You” and on analyzing
the formula:
Be
Do
Have
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