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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

GETTING VERY RICH Is

PREDICTABLE ••• NOT RISKY

Robert's View

Before going further, let's quickly review the process:

1. Me/You
2. Leverage
3. Control
4. Creativity
S. Expansion

Many people today are in financial trouble or not getting ahead simply
becausethey never get beyond the "Me/You." People, some highly educated,
go through life working hard, but without much leverage. They never
harness or implement any power beyond themselves.
These people have little or no control over their jobs, how much they
earn or their investments. Many are not allowed to express their creativity in
their work or in their investments. They simply do as they're told,
professionally and financially. And when it comes to expanding, all they
know how to do is get another job, look for a second job or hope for a
promotion or a raise.
Many people get caught in this cycle because that is what they were
taught to do in school. To do anything else would be risky.They are afraid
oflosing the little control they have. They work for less because they fear
they may get fired ifthey ask for a raise.They conform rather than be creative
because they fear making waves or trying something that might fail. When

Two MEN • ONE MESSAG£