Whose Business Are You Minding?
Published on March 19, 2015
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As I am reading Robert Kiyosaki 's book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" he is making me really see how I have spent the last 40 years of my life minding someone else's business. I have made millions for Woolworth, KMart, Target, car dealerships, and timeshare resorts. Yes I have owned a small business, but as I look back over my life, I realize that I never invested as much in my business as I invested in the business of my previous employers.
That fear that Mr. Kiyosaki speaks of motivated me to be a much better employee than I ever was an employer. However, in my defense, I must say that I was financially illiterate. I didn't understand at that time that I was working for money that was never mine because I had to give away all that I earned and was unable to keep any. He has helped me understand that I was working for the government, who took its part first and gave me the balance. Then after I've already been taxed, I have to pay taxes again on whatever else I purchased, such as house, car, groceries,etc. So in essence, I have been minding the government's business too! So that is why I ask, "whose business are you minding?"
We are all here because we are tired of minding someone else's business and are ready to start minding our own. Yes, some of us will have to continue to work for someone else for a while, but in the meantime we must work harder for our own businesses than we do others. That is going to take making some sacrifices, but the end result will be so rewarding.
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I am determined to put more effort into my business and increasing my portfolio and income statement than I have in the past. We all want to be financially independent, but are we really ready to invest the necessary time and money required to achieve it?
The time is now. There is no better time to get into IM. With billions of people on the Internet, there is no shortage of consumers. Now all that's needed is meeting a need of the masses, supply and demand, or shall we say Economics 101.
So, what business are you in?
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