Chapter Five: Lesson 5
Just like a board game, the world is always providing us with
instant feedback. We could learn a lot if we tuned in more. One day
not long ago, I complained to my wife that the cleaners must have
shrunk my pants. My wife gently smiled and poked me in the stomach
to inform me that the pants had not shrunk. Something else had
expanded—me!
The CASHFLOW game was designed to give every player personal
feedback. Its purpose is to give you options. If you draw the boat card
and it puts you into debt, the question is: “Now what can you do?
How many different financial options can you come up with?” That is
the purpose of the game: to teach players to think and create new and
various financial options. Thousands of people throughout the world
have played this game. The players who get out of the Rat Race the
quickest are the people who understand numbers and have creative
financial minds. They recognize different financial options. Rich
people are often creative and take calculated risks. People who take
the longest are people who are not familiar with numbers and often
do not understand the power of investing.
Some people playing CASHFLOW
gain lots of money in the game, but
they don’t know what to do with
it. Even though they have money,
everyone else seems to be getting
ahead of them. And that is true in
real life. There are a lot of people who
have a lot of money and do not
get ahead financially.
Limiting your options is the same as hanging on to old ideas.
I have a friend from high school who now works at three jobs. Years
ago, he was the richest of all my classmates. When the local sugar
plantation closed, the company he worked for went down with the
plantation. In his mind, he had but one option, and that was the
old option: Work hard. The problem was that he couldn’t find an
equivalent job that recognized his seniority from the old company.Play CASHFLOW Classic
on the web at
http://www.richdad.comWhat did you learn about
your true behavior from
playing the game