Everyone who wants to begin their life journey to investing has a pivotal life event that occurs that causes them to change the trajectory of their life. For me, it was when I read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. This author painted a picture that I was able to understand which made it clear to me where I stood in the scope of society.
Prior to this, I had never thought about how much the school system and the phrases I heard growing up impacted my mindset. I was always told to go to college so you can get a good-paying job with benefits and then one day retire. When I was in school, I was told to get good grades so you can get scholarships and go to a University. When you put the University on your resume, your future employer will see it and choose you from others who didn’t have the grades to go to that college.
This was constantly put in my mind that I was told to go to school, get good grades, and then get a good job. You could say this was an indoctrinated view that I grew up with. Think about it, we are taught early on to go to school, get a good job, pay our taxes, and then if we make it to that point, we can retire one day. We have literally been trained to build someone else’s dream.
Although there is nothing wrong with building someone else’s dream, if we are not fulfilling our dream inside of us, I think this is problematic. If our job or our current situation is making us feel stuck from achieving what we have inside we need to reevaluate and make changes. Sometimes the changes we need to make require planning and other times we can make those changes instantly. Every situation is different.
In order for us to switch gears and chase after our goals, we must first change our mindset. This often requires us to unlearn the things we thought we knew or believed to be true. This is much easier said than done. However, in order to grow we must be willing to make change.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, everyone who decides to invest at some point comes to a crossroads. That moment for me was when I read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. After reading this book, I decided I was going to take time and learn about investing in real estate. This is not a process that could be done in a day. It’s a process that requires the decision to continue learning daily. This is true for anything we want. The greatest things in life are the things we have to chase after.
If you are interested in learning more about financial literacy, Robert Kiyosaki has a radio show on YouTube called Rich Dad Radio.
