Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.
Robert KiyosakiRead
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Interpretation
Be cautious of free financial advice from those who are not financially successful themselves.
This quote emphasizes the importance of seeking financial advice from knowledgeable and successful individuals rather than relying on the opinions of those who struggle financially. It suggests that misguided advice can lead to poor decisions that may cost you more in the long run, making it essential to prioritize the source of advice when it comes to financial matters.
In practice
In a personal finance seminar to illustrate the importance of credible advice.
Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.
If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.
In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.
If you want a solid future, you need to create it. You can take charge of your future only when you take control of your income source. You need your own business.
Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.
It's easier to stand on the sidelines, criticize, and say why you shouldn't do something. The sidelines are crowded. Get in the game.
There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum.
If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.
Everyone recognizes that's a joke because obviously the number and shape of the pieces doesn't affect the size of the pizza. And similarly, the stocks, bonds, warrants, etc., issued don't affect the aggregate value of the firm.
While some might mistakenly consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes the need to perform in-depth fundamental analysis, pursue long-term investment results, limit risk, and resist crowd psychology.
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