How to Read THE BUSINESS OF THE 21st CENTURY MOBI
The economy is in tatters; your job is in trouble—if you still have a job. And you know what? I’ve been saying it for years. It took a global financial meltdown for most to hear it. But this book isn’t about how or why everything has gone to hell in a hand basket. It’s about why this bad news turns out to be very good news—if you know what to do about it.I learned about business from two people: my father, who was a very well-educated, highly placed government employee, and my best friend’s father, who was an eighth-grade dropout and self-made millionaire. My real father suffered financial problems his entire life and died with little to show for all the long years of hard work; my best friend’s dad became one of the richest men in Hawaii. I thought of these two men as my “poor dad” and my “rich dad.” I loved and admired my real dad very much, and vowed that I would help as many people as possible avoid suffering the kinds of indignities and failures that plagued his path.After I left home, I had all kinds of experiences. I served in the Marines as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. I went to work for Xerox, starting out as their worst salesperson and leaving four years later as their best. After leaving Xerox, I developed several multimillion-dollar international businesses and was able to retire at the age of 47 to pursue my passion—to teach others how to build wealth and live the lives they dream of living, instead of settling for mediocrity and sullen resignation. In 1997, I wrote about my experiences in a little book. I must have touched a chord with at least a few readers: Rich Dad Poor Dad shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list and stayed there for more than four years, and has been described as “the best-selling business book of all time.” Since then, I’ve put out a whole series of Rich Dad books, and although each one has a slightly different focus, they all deliver the exact same message as that first book, and it’s the message at the heart of this book you now hold in your hands:
