Page 151 - Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens: The Secrets about Money--That You Don't Learn in School!

My rich dad would often say, “Poor people are more greedy than rich
people.” He would explain that if a person was rich, that person was
providing something that other people wanted. In my life, over all these ;

years, whenever I have felt needy or short of money or short of help, I
simply went out or found in my heart what I wanted, and decided to give it
first. And when I gave, it always came back.
It reminds me of the story of the guy sitting with firewood in his arms
on a cold freezing night, and he is yelling at the pot-bellied stove, “When
you give me some heat, then I'll put some wood in.” And when it comes to
money, love, happiness, sales and contacts, all one needs to remember is

first to give what you want and it will come back in droves. ? Often just the
process of thinking of what I want, and how could I give what I want to
someone else, breaks free a torrent of bounty. Whenever I feel that people
aren't smiling at me, I simply begin smiling and saying hello, and like
magic, there are suddenly more smiling people around me. It is true that
your world is only a mirror of you.

So that's why I say, “Teach and you shall receive.” I have found that the
more I sincerely teach those who want to learn, the more I learn. If you
want to learn about money, teach it to someone else. A torrent of new ideas
and finer distinctions will come in.
There are times when I have given and nothing has come back or what I
have received is not what I wanted. But upon closer inspection and soul
searching, I was often giving to receive in those instances, instead of giving

to give.
My dad taught teachers, and he became a master teacher. My rich dad
always taught young people his way of doing business. In retrospect, it was
their generosity with what they knew that made them smarter. There are
powers in this world that are much smarter than we are. You can get there
on your own, but it's easier with the help of the powers that be. All you

need to be is generous with what you have, and the powers will be generous
with you.