Singing Pig

Hi Guys

I was just wondering about people’s feelings around their workplace and the book Rich Dad Poor Dad and the goal of Financial Freedom.  Sometimes I feel as though I am part of a secret society with a controversial book.  I met a property Investor who works at my office recently; only because I bumped into him at a train station with the book in my hand.  When he identified the book, he divulged the details of his master plan. It was really great to meet a like minded person- just like you guys on here.

However I would feel a little awkward parading the book around at work because it almost singles you out as a non conformist.  Unable to accept the whole work long hours/weekends for no additional money.  Not bothered by the promotion ladder and getting a £500 airline voucher for winning the company multi million deals! And taking rubbish from our bosses because we realise it is the bigger picture that counts and realising that it isn't how much you earn that will get you out of the Rat Race.

It is almost as though we are members of a secret society waiting for our passive income to exceed our salary so we can free ourselves from the rat race. 

It is so refreshing meeting someone with similar ideas at work it makes things much more enjoyable rather than feeling I don't fit in.

Your thoughts?

Micky

 

Hey Micky,

I would agree with you. When I was working a co-worker tried to tell me about Rich Dad Poor Dad and I got so excited that I forgot he was trying to tell me about this book. It was very strange to be the person being told about getting out the rat race from some you work with went every other co-worker looked at me like I had crazy ideas. (I do have crazy idea)

 

 

drmuve

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This is not in the workplace, but at a train station, where I saw a lady with RDPD.

Got chatting and found it most disappointing.

Yes, she had read the book (plus one other).
Yes, she knew that the rat race could be overcome.
No, she didn't read it with an open mind.
and No, she will not at present ever change her outlook as her mindset did not breath the truth within.

Some people can read the book and not be affected at all. I found this incredible. I read the book 2.5 years ago and it changed my life completely. It crystalised much of what I felt deep down and gave me the vision to see myself outside the normal work-till-you-drop mentality.

I read the book and felt it confirmed what I thought, I think it probably is a bit like that - crystallising what you already feel rather than making something out of nothing. Many people will simply read the book and find some comfort in what they do and ignore its core message. It is no surprise to be told that self employment is how to be wealthy, and property/company ownership is how to earn while you sleep, for many however , moving from their current comfort zone will allways be too much.

It completely changed my life. Again as said above, deep down you know it. But to see it all there in black and white really did it for me.

I immediately jumped into building a business, and pretty quickly very nearly went bankrupt. It was a very scary time, but I knew it was all on the learning curve, and armed with RDPD, I kept going forward and learning by my mistakes, as I continue to do today.

When I've tried to tell friends and family about it they look at me as though I'm a hopeless case. I will 'never learn'. 'Get a good steady secure job', they say. My Mother constantly tells me she's worried about me, and how I need a 'proper' income! It's quite uncanny how accurate RDPD is.

But once you find people who've read it and been affected by it, and apply the same principles, it's like coming home.

Craig

RDPD was the light bulb I was looking for.  I knew I wanted to be my own boss and be financially free, but the book changed my mindset.

Some say the book is not a true story, but that doesn't matter to me.  Its inspirational... never looking back!

Ditto above comments - for me it was slow burn on the old light bulb moment dimmer switch until I read RDPD earlier this year - started to realise in 1996 that my drift into programming in a dead language was not going to make me rich by 30 so did MBA at a decent school specialising in entrepreneurship - learned a lot but all academic really and without my master plan I drifted into telecomms marketing which paid 3x salary and gave me more freedom but apart from some half-a**ed pitches to VCs I drifted again, Ebay trading at a measly £200/mth profit was my sop to the entrepreneurial talents but ate time at the expense of my relationship with my wife (for a while only !). An unexpected redundancy last year had me looking at mystery shopping to help with the bills and whilst reading a mystery shopping forum discovered RDPD and Singing Pig - after reading these the dimmer was turned fully round and *ping* my very own LightBulbMoment at 38.

Now booked on Glenn's course on 17th June, reading the updated version of "Think and Grow Rich" and have got my goals written down to avoid drift.

Keeping it quiet with friends / relatives (apart from lending RDPD to an entrepreneurial friend currently like me doing a day job but without any idea of what to do - he is also signed up for Glenn's course) as feedback from SWMBO and my Mother has been negative - "trading on misery" / "oh no, you aren't going to do anything with this course are you ?" - guess who said which !

Both think I should just keep on at the dayjob to avoid risking my son's future and avoid my own stress - my wife even threatened (tongue in cheek I found out later) to leave me if I started a business as "I wouldn't be around for my son " - her father was not around for her as much as she would have liked as he ran an accountancy practice virtually single-handed - when the first deal rolls in I'll tell her before committing - she is an accountant and will come round if the money is there.

Whilst I haven't done any deals (or marketing) yet I feel 1000% better about myself compared to my low point earlier this year when I was almost resigned to spending the next 5 years working to pay off my debts and never even looking at using my brains to assist till then.

Secret Society ? One thats open to all if they look  ... I prefer to look at it this way - "the master will appear when the student is ready"

Lets spread the word !

 

 

 

 

MrWibble,

Could you give a bit more info about Glenn's course? Or point me in the right direction ie. a website, perhaps?

WG