When Robert Kiyosaki was young, he heard the same advice you probably did:
“Live below your means.”
His poor dad believed it completely.
Work hard. Spend less. Save what you can.
And on the surface… it made sense.
But one day, his rich dad challenged that idea.
Not by arguing.
But by asking a simple question: “If you spend your life living below your means… when do you ever grow your means?”
That question stuck.
Because Robert started to notice something.
People who followed that advice became very good at one thing: Cutting back.
They knew how to budget. They knew how to sacrifice. They knew how to say “no.”
But they didn’t know how to build.
They weren’t creating assets. They weren’t increasing income. They weren’t getting ahead.
They were just… managing.
Rich dad’s lesson was different.
He didn’t say, “Spend recklessly.”
He said, “Don’t shrink your life to fit your income.”
Expand your income to fit your life.
That shift changed everything.
Instead of saying: “I can’t afford it…”
He learned to ask: “How can I afford it?”
And that question forces a completely different kind of thinking.
It pushes you to:
- Look for opportunities
- Build assets
- Increase cash flow
Not just cut expenses.
👉 Read the full lesson
It breaks down why “living below your means” may be holding you back—and what to focus on instead.
To your financial education, Rich Dad
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