| What do you want? Most of America is satisfied with | | | | greater results than you could alone. If you get paid on |
| the 40 by 40 plan, which is 40 hours per week for 40 | | | | the efforts of other people you begin to have |
| years. In choosing a career, you see, we pick between | | | | leverage, and leverage is the key to financial freedom. |
| two different factors: freedom and security. At first | | | | Kiyosaki’s diagram shows us that only in the |
| these two are opposites. If you choose security you | | | | “B” & “I” quadrant can you achieve |
| will never achieve true freedom. If you choose | | | | big results. You must make the conscious decision to |
| freedom you will likely begin with no security at all and | | | | move to the “B” quadrant and become the |
| only achieve it after time. That is why the first decision | | | | owner of a duplicable business system that doesn’t |
| you must make is Freedom; freedom over your time, | | | | require your daily involvement. |
| your resources, and your property both material and | | | | Notice I said a business system that doesn’t require |
| intellectual. | | | | your daily involvement. Having your own business |
| As long as you trade your time for money you cannot | | | | isn’t enough. Most business owners in reality only |
| achieve freedom. Some people argue that being paid | | | | own a job. You must create or buy a business system |
| salary or being self-employed doesn’t constitute | | | | that doesn’t require you coming into work every |
| trading time for money but I disagree. Ask yourself this | | | | day, every week, every month, or even every year. |
| question: If you don’t do any work for the next two | | | | This may not be possible during the first 6 months to a |
| weeks would your paychecks still arrive? If you | | | | year of your business but it must be the end goal and |
| answer no than you are still trading your time for | | | | your system must allow for it. |
| money. The only way to stop this cycle is to own your | | | | Only by making the conscious decision to desire |
| own business system. See the Diagram: | | | | freedom, own your own business, and create a true |
| Owning your own business system provides an | | | | leverage based business system can you achieve |
| opportunity for freedom because by employing others | | | | your goals. |
| in a predictable pattern of activities you can achieve | | | | |