Real Estate Investors - Think Rich

What is the difference between people who getthose quadrants represents which sector a
rich and people who don't? It is a very simpleperson's money comes from. It also represents
question that many people simply forget to ask.the way that person thinks.
The first time you are truly confronted with thisAre you beginning to see? The people in the four
question, you will probably reach for an easyquadrants are not there by chance-they are there
answer, such as, "Being born into a rich family" orbecause they experience life in fundamentally
"Getting lucky with the lotto" or even "Having adifferent ways.
good career that pays a lot of money." And you"The four people in the four quadrants are four
might indeed be considered lucky if any of thosetotally different people," Kiyosaki says in his book
things had happened to you."Cash Flow Quadrant." "The four people found in
The bad news for those lucky people is that beingthe four different quadrants are different mentally
in those circumstances is no guarantee of wealth.as well as emotionally."
In fact, according to Robert Kiyosaki, author ofWhat's more, Kiyosaki says, it is that emotional
the Rich Dad book series, it isn't about how muchdifference that determines to which quadrant a
money you bring in, but how much money youperson is drawn. And, he says, you can always tell
keep that determines how wealthy you are.which quadrant a person is coming from simply
For instance, his father, the highly educated manby listening to what they say. If you hear a
to whom he refers in his books as his "poor dad,"person talking primarily about their benefits and
always had a good salary. Yet, Kiyosaki said, atjob security, then that person is coming from
the end of every quarter, he was practicallyKiyosaki's E or employee quadrant. He also goes
penniless.on to say that it is perfectly all right to live your
The good news for you, is that becoming rich haslife in the E quadrant if security is indeed the most
less to do with external factors like your job orimportant thing to you. But, he adds, the E
whether you were born a Rockefeller, which youquadrant is the most difficult quadrant from which
can't control, and more to do with internal factorsto become rich.
which you can.It sounds a little scary at first, but this is actually
Whether you ever become rich or not isgood news for you. It's good news because it
determined, in large part, by nothing more thanmeans that, if you want to get rich, all you have
how you think.to do is start thinking more like the people who
The man Kiyosaki dubbed his "rich dad" brokelive in the I, or investors, quadrant.
people down into four types and set them on aOne of the best things you can invest in is real
graph he called the Cash Flow Quadrant. On oneestate. That is what Kiyosaki's rich dad did, and it
side of the quadrant are the E's and S's, or themade him...well, rich. In order to think like a real
Employees and the Self-employed. On the otherestate investor, simply tell your money that you
side are the B's and I's, or the Businesspeople andare through working for it. It is time for your
the Investors. According to Kiyosaki, each ofmoney to get to work for you.