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over to financial experts to manage their money. Instead of increasing their
financial IQ, they stay busy, hiding in their offices.”

How the Rich Handle Money Problems

When looking at financial intelligence, it becomes easy to see that there are
five core intelligences an individual must develop to become rich. This
book is about those five financial intelligences.

This book is also about integrity. When most people think of the word
“integrity,” they think of it as an ethical concept. That is not what I mean
when I use the word. Integrity is wholeness. According to Webster’s, it is
“the quality or state of being complete or undivided.” A person who has

mastered the five financial intelligences I write about in this book has
achieved financial integrity.
When the rich have money problems, they use their financial integrity,
developed through many years of facing and solving problems with the five

financial intelligences, to solve those problems. If the rich don’t know the
answer to their money problems, they don’t walk away and throw in the
towel. They seek out experts who can help them solve their problems. In the
process, they become financially more intelligent and are that much more

equipped to solve the next problem when it comes around. The rich don’t
quit. They learn. And by learning, they grow richer.

Solving Other People’s Financial Problems

Rich dad also said, “Many people work for rich people, solving rich

people’s money problems.” For example, an accountant goes to work to
count the rich person’s money. The salesperson sells the rich person’s
products. The office manager manages the rich person’s business. The
secretary answers the rich person’s phones and treats the rich person’s

customers respectfully. The maintenance man keeps the rich person’s
buildings and machines running smoothly. A lawyer protects the rich person
from other lawyers and lawsuits. A CPA protects the rich person’s money
from taxes. And the banker keeps the rich person’s money safe.