RICH DAD POOR DAD FOR TEENS- THE SECTRETS ABOUT MONEY-THAT YOU DON'T LEARN IN SCHOOL!", BY Robert Kiyosaki

Learning can take place in multiple different styles, shapes, forms and formulas to reach the same goal.

To be fear, in my early childhood I did frown upon individuals who never got exemplary or okay scores when the exam results came out. I might not have said it to their faces and more than likely was being hypocritical about the situation saying they did their best but deep down I knew I was ridiculing them on the inside. I was getting grades that one could be proud about, seeing that I would be praised by my parents and older relatives and so I thought that was the standard, either be at my level, higher or you will be seen as inferior to me (again I never showed this through my actions but mentally I felt superior). However, how is that a good mentality to go throughout life with? I mean, this is me when I was like 10 years old, so I didn’t know anything, just an ignorant child traversing through space thinking about ice-cream and worrying about if any of the girls in my class would be kind enough to bless me with my first smooch. I don’t recall having this mentality in high school but let me move on……

Not everyone will have immaculate grades in school because school mainly focuses on one intelligence or learning style: verbal-linguistic intelligence, which deals with reading, writing, language and memory in a nutshell. As you can see, I’m writing in a journal so I guess this is one of my intelligences and if not, I’m practicing, therefore, eventually I should get better at it. There are about 8 more learning styles described in the book:

• vision : Great leaders can see how a situation will play out and take action in response.

• natural intelligence: describes a person’s sensitivity to the world around him or her.

• interpersonal intelligence: “people person”

• intrapersonal intelligence: emotional intelligence and “being self-smart”. Understanding your own reactions to difficult situations and can control them.

• physical intelligence: awareness of how to use your body well, like athletes and dancers.

• spatial intelligence: used to see patterns, designs and space- and is found in many artists, architects, to name a few.

• numerical intelligence: Good with data and numbers.

• musical intelligence: tuned in to sounds, rhythm and rhymes.

With that being said, everyone has a genius or something they are good at. It’s probably not even in this list but there’s always a talent or skill that can be learnt, grasped and conquered. Therefore, those kids who weren’t high achievers in class could be exceptional in other aspects of life that school doesn’t cater to. OR they probably have not nurtured the verbal-linguistic intelligence that early because one’s intelligence can change overtime. There’s a probability that some people are a combination of two, three or even ALL.

This can also be viewed as another reason not to be judgmental. People learn in different ways and at different paces. Give them a chance to express themselves and stop being so quick to judge. As “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, by Sean Covey taught me is to attempt to put yourself in other people’s shoes and seek to understand before trying to be understood.

Once you learn how you think and how you grasp information, you can then use this to your advantage and chase any dream your heart desires. Reading this chapter also gave me flashbacks on autosuggestion from “Think And Grow Rich”, by Napoleon Hill on the topic of “Autosuggestion” where Mr. Kiyosaki stated, “The point I’m making is that turning a thought around can create a mindset that will make something happen. That intention, teamed with financial education you’ll get from this book, is a powerful combination.” Indeed a fearsome duo. Oh wow, recognizing your weaknesses can also force you to seek expert help from others with experience or from others who are gifted with the learning styles you aren’t and use their knowledge as leverage……….”MASTER MIND” from “Think And Grow Rich”. The books and correlating, omg.

All in all, everyone is born smart. The trick is to find the way you learn best.

Some lines to stood out to me:

• “My brain gets stronger every day because I use it. The stronger it gets, the more money I make.”

• “Discovering your learning style and your personal genius is the first step to having confidence- confidence that allows you to see and pursue opportunities, and to take risks.”

• “The best way to get what you want is to believe you can get it. Thoughts are powerful. You can make things happen if you set your mind to it.”

• “The road to a high financial IQ is to work on your money skills using the intelligences that work for you- and to work to develop the other intelligences so that your whole brain is working full-stream.”

• “Vision is what determines who will be a leader and who will be a follower.”

• “The way our performance is measured in school has very little to do with how intelligent we really are or how successful we can be. The way we perform in school is usually just a measure of how well we take tests. It’s not true measure of the genius you were born with.”

• “Later I found out that the tests were measuring our IQ, which stands for “intelligence quotient”. An IQ number is supposed to represent a person’s ability to learn facts, skills and ideas. But a person’s IQ really boils down to this: It’s a number that shows the relationship between a person’s “mental age” (as measured on a standardized test) and his or her chronological (real) age. Then this number is multiplied by 100 and the result is your IQ.”

I hope you learnt something new or refreshed your memory. See you tomorrow.