{"id":11104,"date":"2020-07-17T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:39:59","slug":"work-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/work-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Work to Learn: Surprising Career Advice from Rich Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does it mean to work to learn? Is there a point of working jsut to learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work to Learn is a principle in Rich Dad, Poor Dad that explains that there might be more to working than making money. Work to Learn can help you achieve financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maturity-continuum-7-habits\/\">independence<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/professional\/work\/career\/career-development-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shortform&#8217;s guide to career development<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-work-to-learn-learning-with-rich-dad\">Work to Learn: <strong>Learning with Rich Dad<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spread across a few chapters in <em>Rich Dad, Poor Dad<\/em>, the author narrates his experience with Rich Dad learning the principles of money and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learning-the-first-lesson\"><strong>Learning the First Lesson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a 9 year old, Robert Kiyosaki is rejected socially by the rich kids in his public school. He asks his dad, a teacher, how to get rich and make money, but his dad has no satisfactory answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He commiserates with his best friend Mike, the only other non-visibly-wealthy kid in the school. They start a misguided idea to melt down metal toothpaste tubes and mint their own nickels. Bemused, Robert\u2019s dad (Poor Dad) suggests they talk to Mike\u2019s dad (Rich Dad), who owns multiple local businesses and seems to be on a good path.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Poor Dad also notes that the other apparently rich kids have parents who are just like him &#8211; they\u2019re employed by the local plantation, and if the company gets into trouble, they\u2019ll soon have nothing. Rich Dad is different since he seems to be paving his own way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad is busy, but meets with them early in the morning between his regular business meetings with his managers. Rich Dad has this dialogue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cHere\u2019s my offer. I\u2019ll teach you, but not like a teacher in a classroom. Work for me, and I\u2019ll teach you. Don\u2019t work for me, and I won\u2019t teach you. You\u2019ll learn faster if you work. That\u2019s my offer. Take it or leave it.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCan I ask a question first?\u201d Kiyosaki asks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNo. Take it or leave it. I\u2019m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/always-busy\/\">too busy<\/a> to waste my time. If you can\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-decisive\/\">be decisive<\/a> and make up your mind quickly, you\u2019ll never learn to make money. Opportunities come quickly and go quickly. You need to know when to make fast decisions. I just gave you an opportunity that you asked for. Will you take it?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They take the deal, which means working for 10 cents an hour in Rich Dad\u2019s convenience store. They know this is an unfair wage.&nbsp;But this is an introduction to the concept work to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After laboring for 3 hours over 3 weekends, Robert Kiyosaki gets upset and wants to quit. His friend is amused, since Rich Dad expected he\u2019d want to quit, and wanted to meet afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the meeting, Poor Dad advises the author to demand what he deserved &#8211; at least 25 cents an hour. If he doesn\u2019t get the raise, Poor Dad counsels, Robert Kiyosaki should quit immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiyosaki takes Poor Dad\u2019s advice, and starts the meeting demanding more money, demanding to be treated better, threatening child labor lawsuits, and complaining the Rich Dad hasn\u2019t taught him anything. Rich Dad replies: \u201cNot bad. In less than a month, you sound like most of my employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad\u2019s point of the exercise is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Most people accept jobs with lower pay than they deserve out of fear<\/strong> &#8211; fear of not paying their bills, of being fired, of not having enough money, of starting over. Fear governs their emotions around money, and they become a slave to working to make money.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Life pushes everyone around. Many people quit and let the pushing happen.<\/strong> Some get angry and push back, but in the wrong direction &#8211; against the boss, their job, their spouse, or the world. Others learn the lesson, try to get better, and move on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By getting angry, the author showed Rich Dad that he had enough passion and independence of mind to be worth teaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad is pleased and says, \u201cyou boys are the first to come to me asking how to make money. Over 150 employees work in my companies, and not a single one has come to me to learn about money. They ask for a job or a bigger paycheck, but never to educate themselves about money. So they\u2019ll spend their lives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/working-for-money\/\">working for money<\/a>, but not actually understanding it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-work-to-learn-not-for-pay\">Work to Learn<strong>, Not for Pay<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the idea behind work to learn. Rich Dad\u2019s next order is for the author and Mike to go back working, but now with zero pay. When Kiyosaki complains, Rich Dad challenges him: we can go back to our original deal of 10 cents, or you can do what most people do &#8211; complain there isn\u2019t enough pay, and go looking for another job. When Kiyosaki is confused, Rich Dad advises him to use his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After working for 3 more weeks, both kids are confused by what they\u2019re supposed to be learning. Rich Dad comes by and tells them there\u2019s a lesson to be learned here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t learn this lesson, you\u2019ll end up like other people who work hard, clinging to their pay and constantly looking forward for their vacation days and little raises. Here &#8211; I\u2019ll raise your pay to 25 cents an hour. Does that excite you? Do you want to take it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad keeps raising the stakes &#8211; a dollar an hour. $2 an hour. The author\u2019s imagination runs wild at having that much money, but he knows he\u2019s being tested. Each person has a weak and needy part of their soul that can be bought. Each person also has a part of their soul that is strong and can never be bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point of the lesson: <strong>most people run endlessly in a loop between fear and greed<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fear of not having money makes people work hard.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then once they get a paycheck, greed gets them salivating over all the things money can buy. They spend the money thinking it can buy joy, but the joy is short-lived. Soon they have money problems, and fear drives back in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This cycles endlessly, even as their paycheck increases &#8211; this is the Rat Race.<\/strong> Money ends up running their lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Even rich people are subject to this fear<\/strong> &#8211; the more money they get, the more terrified they are of losing it. They fear losing social standing, and the weak part of their soul gets even more desperate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad was trying to teach the kids not to give into emotions around money, but <strong>rather to delay reactions and think<\/strong>.&nbsp;This is how you work to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taking on the job for free was the first resistance to emotions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, raising the hourly wage for the kids was a metaphor for adult salaries. Incremental raises trigger hopes for incremental advancements to life, causing people to live in a perpetual loop and never truly exploring their dreams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-breakthrough\"><strong>The Breakthrough<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Dad leaves with this advice: \u201cThe sooner you stop thinking you need a paycheck, the easier your adult life will be. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/keep-on-learning\/\">Keep learning<\/a>, keep using your brain, keep working for free, and your mind will make you more money far beyond what I could afford to pay you. You will see opportunities right under your nose that other people choose not to see. They\u2019re blind to these opportunities because they look anxiously for money and security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few more weeks of working for free, one day Kiyosaki has an insight &#8211; the store he worked in regularly disposed of its comic books. Could they collect the books, then start a comic book library open to the public? They could charge other kids 10 cents admission for unlimited reading &#8211; a clear bargain, since a comic costs 10 cents each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some work, they launch with great success. They earn $9 per week over 3 months. They pay Mike\u2019s sister $1 a week for managing the store.&nbsp;<br>After three months, bullies break into the room, and Rich Dad suggests they shut down the business. But the lesson was learned: <strong>by not being paid, they were forced to find opportunities to make money<\/strong>. They avoided being distracted by the short-term carrot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work to Learn can help you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-find-purpose-2\/\">find purpose<\/a> in work, and learn about finance and other businesses you may be interested in. 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