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Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant: Book Overview

What is the book Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant about? What is the secret to wealth, according to its author Robert Kiyosaki? Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant is the sequel to Robert Kiyosaki’s international bestseller, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The central principles in Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant and Rich Dad, Poor Dad are the same: The best way to achieve wealth is to eschew security and to work hard at a “good job” in favor of cultivating boldness and developing assets that will generate passive income. Below is a brief overview of Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant.

Private Victories: Covey’s First 3 Habits

What are “Private Victories”? What is the purpose of Stephen Covey’s first three habits? Covey’s first three habits of highly effective people are collectively called “Private Victories.” These habits lay the foundation for “Public Victories” (habits four to six, which improve interactions with others) by strengthening your personal character and developing independence. Read on to learn about Covey’s three Private Victory habits: 1) be proactive, 2) start with the end in mind, and 3) prioritize the important over the urgent.

7 Habits: Dependence, Independence, Interdependence

Which does your culture value more—independence or interdependence? What paradigm do you think is more effective? According to Stephen Covey, the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, modern culture overvalues independence and devalues interdependence. His sequence of the seven habits is meant to guide practitioners from dependence through independence to interdependence. Read on to learn about the journey from dependence through independence to interdependence through the lens of The 7 Habits.

Visualize Your Future: 4 Tips to Realizing Your Dream

Do you know what your ideal life looks like? How does visualizing your dream future help you make it a reality? According to Brian Tracy, a motivational speaker and the author of Goals!, visualization is a powerful tool for realizing your dream life. The more vivid your visualizations, the more irresistible the goal. Here are four tips for visualizing your future and thereby activating your mind’s power.

Stephen Covey: How Interdependence Is Built

What is Stephen Covey’s interdependence paradigm? How does Covey’s interdependence paradigm relate to the seven habits? According to Stephen Covey, American society overvalues independence and the ability to fend for yourself. But Covey says that it is interdependence that is the key to being effective in all aspects of life—from marriage to family to the workplace. Read more to learn Stephen Covey’s interdependence paradigm and how it relates to the seven habits.

Want to Be Financially Secure? Quit Your Job!

What does it mean to be financially secure? Why is having a job no longer a safe bet for financial security? According to Robert Kiyosaki, the traditional path to financial security (Education → Good Job → Great Benefits and Pension → Secure Retirement) no longer works. In the 21st century, this path leads to hard work in exchange for job dependency, inadequate retirement, a pernicious debt cycle, tax disadvantages, and diluted savings—not financial security, and almost certainly not financial freedom. In this article, we’ll discuss five problems with the traditional path to financial security.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Review

Is Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People worth reading? How can implementing Covey’s seven habits help you become more effective and generally enrich your life? The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People distills common knowledge and oft-repeated wisdom—from classic philosophy to religious teachings—into seven lifelong practices that help build a successful and fulfilling life. In this self-help classic, author Stephen R. Covey draws on his expertise in business management, his Mormon faith, and his interest in living a life that is not only productive but also aligned with principles such as integrity, honesty, and fairness. Our The

How to Figure Out What You Want in Life

Do you know what you want from life? Why is it important to take time and reflect on what you ultimately want? Deciding what you ultimately want from life is the foundation to creating a bright future. If you are unclear about what you want, you’ll wander aimlessly—jumping from one thing to another—and likely will never find fulfillment. Here’s how to figure out what you want in life, according to motivational speaker Brian Tracy.

Stephen Covey: Proactivity—Take Ownership or Fail

Do you consider yourself a proactive person? What does a proactive approach to life entail? In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey defines proactivity as the ability to change the problems that you can change and accept the ones that you can’t. Being proactive requires taking full responsibility for your actions and decisions. Continue reading to learn what proactivity entails, why it makes your life better, and how to cultivate it.

Money Is Freedom to Pursue Life on Your Own Terms

As you advance in your career, do you have less free time or more free time? What would you do with more free time? American investor and financial educator Robert Kiyosaki has been both rich and poor. Rich is better, he says, because money is freedom—the more money you have, the freer you are to pursue life on your own terms. Here is what Kiyosaki has to say on money being a means to an end—the end being freedom, and why you shouldn’t feel guilty about wanting more money.