5 Lessons From Rich Dad, Poor Dad

in Project HOPE4 years ago

The bestseller book changes your life

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Learn to Listen

Listening is key to all effective communication. Without the ability to listen effectively, messages are easily misunderstood. As a result, communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated.
Moreover, Listening skills allow one to make sense of and understand what another person is saying. … Good listening skills make workers more productive. The ability to listen carefully allows workers to better understand the assignments they are given. They are able to understand what is expected of them by their management.

Be in Control Over Your Emotions

Recognizing your emotions and learning to manage them is one of the most important skills you can have. In fact, people who are good at noticing how they feel and can calm themselves down or adjust their behavior are more likely to do well in life, have healthy relationships, and manage difficulties and setbacks.

Work to Learn, not to Earn

Learning is done for educational purposes like schooling, colleges, or any training, etc., And Earning is needed for social purposes, livelihood, and other basic needs. It's for a goal-oriented purpose and if an individual learns and reached their goal, then automatically an individual can earn. Alibaba’s Jack Ma often emphasizes the importance of learning skills in his interviews.

Surround Yourself With People Smarter than You

Surround yourself with smarter and competitive people. Sit with people who are smarter than you, in this way you will be in a continuous state of competition and you can learn a lot by surrounding yourself in their company.

Buy Luxurious Last, Not First

The wealthy buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle-class tend to buy luxuries first.

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I read half of this book and I loved it, the part about buying luxuries at the end is a very good lesson I clearly remember reading that part and something I usually do is buy luxuries because anxiety beats me, as a luxury I mean a new video game and full price, but since I read this book I put aside those practices and now I usually wait calmly for the price to drop

Yeah, bro, this sentence Be in Control Over Your Emotions is highly powerful in our whole life and it's a part of success. If anyone can control their emotions they can become a rich man.

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