Rich Dad Poor Dad• Look for people who want to buy first. Then look for someone who
wants to sell. A friend was looking for a certain piece of land.
He had the money but did not have the time. I found a large
piece of land, larger than what my friend wanted to buy, tied
it up with an option, called my friend, and he said he wanted
a piece of it. So I sold the piece to him and then bought the
land. I kept the remaining land as mine for free. Moral of the
story: Buy the pie, and cut it in pieces. Most people look for
what they can afford, so they look too small. They buy only
a piece of the pie, so they end up paying more for less. Small
thinkers don’t get the big breaks. If you want to get richer,
think big.• Think big. Retailers love giving volume discounts, simply
because most business people love big spenders. So even if
you’re small, you can always think big. When my company
was in the market for computers, I called several friends and
asked them if they were ready to buy also. We then went to
different dealers and negotiated a great deal because we wanted
to buy so many. I have done the same with stocks. Small
people remain small because they think small, act alone, or
don’t act all.• Learn from history. All the big companies on the stock
exchange started out as small companies. Colonel Sanders did
not get rich until after he lost everything in his 60s. Bill Gates
was one of the richest men in the world before he was thirty.• Action always beats inaction.These are just a few of the things I have done and continue to do
to recognize opportunities. The important words are “have done” and
“do.” As repeated many times throughout the book, you must take
action before you can receive the financial rewards. Act now!