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126 I CHAPTER NINE

Isn't it interesting that the educational system still teaches primarily
through reading and lecture? And it has been armed with The Cone of
Learning since 1969!
Donald and I both believe in the power of games. In my game
CASHFLOW, the players start with jobs and paychecks and have families.
They learn investing skills by actually investing with play money, and they
learn how each and every decision they make impacts their individual
financial statements. It is learning through simulation that reduces the
players' fear ofinvesting.
Donald also has a board game called TRUMP: The Game that teaches
negotiation skills related to real estate. Again, the players gain valuable
experience and learn techniques that can help them in real-life or business
applications.
Both games motivate the players and help them realize the importance
ofnot letting emotion get in their way.Both games generate an adrenaline
rush and excitement in the players.

Donald's View

I read Robert's chapter before I started mine, which is good
because I had the same answers: time and money. He made such
good points, and thoroughly explained points, that I'm wondering to
myself, what can I add?
I'm not really into etymology, but recently it was discovered that
the most used word in the English language is "time." "Money" may
have been in the top 100, but it was nowhere near "time" in the
ratings. Then I remembered how someone once explained life as a
credit card that's given to us at birth - minus the expiration date.
The time we have on that card becomes the big question, not the
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money.
The properties of time have always been of great interest to
physicists and scientists. Time is measured by numbers. Which brings

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