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the risk simply because I know we all use - consume - oil and gas. That is
predictable.
I also knew that gold and silver would go up in value. How did I know?
Because I knew the politicians running our country would not stop
spending, would not stop borrowing and would not stop printing money.
So, in this case, it was not gold and silver that were predictable. It was the
financial incompetence of our political leaders that was predictable. They
do not solve problems. They simply push the problem forward and make
the problem bigger. Their behavior is predictable. And that is regardless of
whether they are republican or democrat.

InConclusion

Improvingyour financial education allows you to get to the place where
becoming rich is predictable. Once a person has the education and the
experience and understands leverage, control, creativity, expandability and
predictability, life will look different - at least it did for me.
As a child, my rich dad had me play Monopoly over and over again. As I
played, I was learning and understanding the power of leverage, control,
creativity,expandability and predictability. Suddenly, one day, after playing
the game at least a thousand times, my mind caught a glimpse ofthe future
- a future of great wealth. I believe I was about 15 at the time, and that
created a problem. Once I could see a different world, I could no longer buy
into the idea oflife being risky, the need for job security and a company or
the government takingcare ofme.The moment I saw a different future, I no
longer saw life as risky,bur as exciting instead, and that has made a world of
difference in my life.

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i Donald's View

The rich get richer, in most cases, because it's easier to invest
When you have the money to invest to begin with. You can still make
mistakes and lose money, but the odds are that if you are rich and

Two MEN • ONE MESSAGE