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the business and retired with enough passive income from our real estate
investments to support us for the rest of our lives.

But . . . we got bored. After our brief retirement, Kim and I produced our
board game CASHFLOW in 1996, and Rich Dad Poor Dad was released as
a self-published book in 1997. In mid-2000, Oprah Winfrey had me on her
program for an hour, and the rest is history. Today, The Rich Dad Company

is an international business. Much of the success is due to lessons learned
from the failures and successes of my previous businesses. If I hadn’t
learned from solving my problems, I would never have made it this far. If I
had thrown in the towel and let circumstances overwhelm me, you wouldn’t

be reading this book right now.

Every Goal Has a Process

As we all know, every worthwhile goal has a process and takes work. For
example, to become a medical doctor there is a rigorous process of

education and training. Many people dream of becoming a doctor, but the
process gets in their way. In the last few pages you just read about my
process, and let me tell you, it was work.
One of the reasons people lack financial IQ #1: making more money, is

because they want the money but not the process. What many people do not
realize is that it’s the process that makes them rich, not the money. One of
the reasons many lottery winners or kids who inherit family wealth are soon
broke is because they received the money, but didn’t have to go through the

process. Many other people fail to become rich because they value a steady
paycheck more than the learning process of becoming financially smarter
and richer. They are held back by the fear of being poor. It is this very fear
that keeps them from taking the chances and solving the problems required

to become rich.

We Are All Different

We are all different, and have different strengths and weaknesses. We all
have different processes, different challenges, and different problems. Some