Month: September 2015

Life Changer Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad

“Knowledge is the new money…”  -Robert Kiyosaki

I’ve mentioned this book in one of my previous posts, but I thought I’d make it an official “life changer book” recommendation.

When I began inquiring about business with my boss at the time, he told me that going into business was “different”. He told me that because I came from a working class background and upbringing. He knew that the business and investor class had a totally different mindset and perspectives on a various amount of things – from finances, life, what to purchase, to time, etc.

He was glad to see my ambition to one day open up a business. But, he knew he had to teach me a few things (it ended up being a lot of things). Thinking back, I am so thankful for what he has taught me and guided me through. Because a lot of the things that he opened up my eyes to are the very things that helped me to build a strong foundation for when I dove into the business world.

It all started with the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Basically it’s a book about financial education and how majority of people don’t even have a clue about finances. Which is one of the reasons why people stay in the middle to poor working classes.

I loved this book because it did open up my eyes to how ignorant most people are about their money. As I think of where some of my friends are now and what they are doing, some of them make very high salaries, but they are always struggling for money!

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I Lost All Of My Friends…

“Growing up” in my entrepreneurial ventures and learning lessons, looking back, I noticed how I lost majority of my friends. Well, I didn’t lose them literally, but as time went on less and less I hung out with them and even kept in touch with them. The main connection I had with them was through Facebook. And even then, I didn’t really converse with them. They were my childhood friends growing up and bonds that I made through high school.

In hindsight, I lost touch with them because majority our interests differed. When I was getting into business, that’s all I wanted to mettle in. I read books, watched videos of talks and seminars on success, business, investing, etc. and hustled while most of my friends were out partying at night and on the weekends. So, there was a disconnect between us and we naturally lost touch.

Some of my friends went off to serve in the military, labored in the construction industry, went forward my former passion of cooking and became chefs, and one of my good friends even became a successful self-employed plumber (Check him out at Plumber Honolulu). So, most of them became successful in their own services and interests which is great.

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Life Changer Book: The 50th Law

Life Changing Book For The Aspiring Entrepreneur’s Soul: The 50th Law By Robert Greene Feat. 50 Cent… Yes, 50 Cent.

Inspired by my “life changer” post, I’m going to list a few books that personally changed and inspired my life. And I’ll begin with this book by one of my favorite authors, Robert Greene featuring 50 Cent the hip hop/rap artist and entrepreneur.

I have gained a lot of respect for 50 Cent, not just because he’s a hip hop artist (I love hip hop), but for what he has gone through to get where he is and also the way how he thinks. You’ll get to take a glimpse into his story and mindset in the book.

Anyway, The 50th Law is a book about fear and how having a fearless mindset is key to success, both professionally and personally.

I thought this would be the perfect book to feature after my last post. But this is one book that literally changed my life and helped me to realize what was stopping me in my tracks of becoming who I have become today!

Here it is:

The 50th Law

The Business Fear Factor

As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, my parents were working class parents. So growing up, I was cultured in the typical mindset of go to school, get a good job, and save my money. The mindset was very conservative and  risk adversed.

Because I was brought up in such a way, when I started to meddle in the business world, I naturally resisted a lot of things. The business mindset was totally out of my comfort zone. Fear of doing things that I wasn’t comfortable with and taking up a totally contrarian mindset than what I was used to was very challenging for me.

Risk, selling, meeting new people, being independent, etc. were some of the thing that I feared, especially being an introverted personality type (yes I’m introverted).

It’s ironic that many people who want to be entrepreneurs or want to get out of working for someone else don’t realizeRead More