The Book I wished I read in my early life.

I grew up in a family where talking about money is not a frequent topic, and most especially being a girl child is not a topic I was expected to contribute even when they brought it up. My parent's idea, like most people, was for me to get a good grade in my degree and then get a good job. Only for me to realize, after graduation, that how to make money isn't taught in schools. We were only trained on how to become an employee and even in a struggling economy like my country, jobs are very hard to come by.

I grew up being told that the love of money is the root of all evil. When in reality, the lack of money is the root of evil. People talk about the business owners in my immediate environment who seem to be very interested in money as if they were manipulative people.

But I was always curious as to why we had to struggle for money all the time and while I was studying hard to get a good grade I was also curious about the business world. I have always loved to make my own money right from when I was little even though I was not fortunate enough to get the right money education at the early stage of my life. For this, making my money last a while longer was always a challenge, I wanted so much to make more money and live a financially free life but I just never knew where to turn to learn the basics as most people around me were as well struggling with the same money problem like myself.

I remember when I made the first biggest money of my life, $33k during my industrial training service immediately after my diploma. I wanted to reinvest the money badly but I had no idea of how to go about it to make my money work for me while I go back to complete my college education.

Eventually, I spent it on the cause of my studies. If I had known what I know now, I would have invested it and then gone back to school while I used the proceeds from my investment to support the money I was getting from my parents.

After my graduation, I was back to square one, with no money, looking for a job, and struggling financially.

One day, a friend of mine, now my husband, while we were talking about going into a business, sent me an online copy of a book that would answer all my money-related questions, from the basics to the most important money lessons everyone should know.

He sent me an online copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and told me to read it since he sensed I was a business and invested-oriented individual.

In Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Author Robert T. Kiyosaki took me on an incredible journey of comparing all the important money lessons he was taught from the two fathers in his life and offering his own great wealth-creating experience that opened my eyes and answered almost all my life-long money-related questions.

By the time I was done reading this book and started applying the lessons, I began to see what I was doing wrong in terms of money. Most of his examples resonate with my story and financial life begins to take a meaningful shape. I'm not where I wanted to be when it comes to creating wealth for myself to gain financial freedom but right now I know that I'm heading in the right direction and above all I have the right knowledge about money and wealth creation to teach my son at an early age.

Below is my favorite quote from the book

"Because I had two influential fathers, I learned from both of them. I had
to think about each dad’s advice, and in doing so, I gained valuable insight
into the power and effect of one’s thoughts on one’s life. For example, one
Dad had a habit of saying, “I can’t afford it.” The other dad forbade those
words to be used. He insisted I ask, “How can I afford it?” One is a
statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the
other forces you to think. My soon-to-be-rich dad would explain that by
automatically saying the words “I can’t afford it,” your brain stops working.
By asking the question “How can I afford it?” your brain is put to work. He
did not mean that you should buy everything you want. He was fanatical
about exercising your mind, the most powerful computer in the world."