Robert Kiyosaki, author of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of books and tapes, asserts that, when it comes to making money, everyone falls into one of four categories: employees, the self-employed, business owners, and investors. He shows the four categories on a chart graph with one horizontal and one vertical line. He calls it a “Cash Flow Quadrant.” Everyone on the left side of the quadrant, namely employees and the self-employed, spend their time working for money. Everyone on the right side (business owners and investors) is busy putting money to work for them.
Kiyosaki’s own “Poor Dad” told him to go to school, get good grades so you could get a good secure job for 40 years and retire with a pension. His “Rich Dad” said that this is what 97% of Americans do and they are essentially poor. The other three percent, who put money to work for them, are the wealthiest people alive.
When you work for money, you work for someone else. You work to make them wealthy. They tell you when to go to work, when to go home, and even when it’s time to retire. Some people call this security. I call it voluntary slavery. When people retire, 45% are dependent on relatives or children, 30% depend on charities, 22% are still working, and only 3% end up financially free. Those are some pretty sad numbers. On the other hand, when you work for yourself, you can make yourself wealthy.
The surest way to financial freedom is by either becoming a business owner or an investor. To become an investor, you need capital to begin with. So if you’re not already there, your path to financial independence must begin with being a business owner. And the quickest way to owning your own business, according to Kiyosaki, is through network marketing. The beauty of network marketing, Kiyosaki says, is that it allows you to start learning about becoming a business owner while you’re an employee.
I learned this lesson the hard way. Once I realized that being a business owner is the path to financial independence, I personally went out and borrowed a half-million dollars to start a small company. I hired employees and maintained inventory. I had headaches over insurance and taxes. I carried the burden of overhead and debt and payroll. There was an enormous amount of risk and pressure involved. I put my house, virtually all my possessions, and even my family’s future on the line.
You don’t have any of these risks with Agel. This income opportunity allows you to risk little but your time. The only challenge you really have is in making the decision to treat this like a business. When you put a million dollars on the line, you’re going to work that much harder because so much is at stake. Resist the temptation to stop working hard because this opportunity does not require a huge investment. Make your commitment today to do something, no matter how large or small, toward earning your financial independence.
As you do, you will see more clearly than ever that this is a business; a business for your lifetime.
Your business partner,
Craig Bradley
President
