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they earn. If you are going to be rich, you will need to know many
different ways to make money with money.

Apprentice And Mentor

Donald and I both had rich dads as mentors. This may be why Donald
has his hit television show, The Apprentice. Years ago, before there were
government-controlled schools, young people learned by becoming
apprentices to mentors. This mentor/apprentice system was the primary way
we learned. All the way back to cave dwellers, children learned their craft by
being apprentices to adults who were mentors.
Today, instead ofmentors, we have teachers. While there are similarities
between teachers and mentors, there are also differences. One difference is
that a teacher teaches you a subject while a mentor is someone you want to
grow up to be like - a role model.
One of the difficulties I had as a child was that my dad was a teacher,
and although I loved him, I did not want to grow up to be like him. He
taught me many things that are priceless - the importance of honor, the
love ofstudy, honesty and the courage to stand up to a corrupt government
system, even ifit meant losinghis job. I have done my best to embody many
ofthose traits in my life today. But I did not want to grow up to be a teacher
in the government system as he was. I did not want to need a job or expect
the government to take care of me when I retired. I wanted to be a rich
entrepreneur who invested in real estate. That iswhy I sought out a mentor,
my rich dad.
Today, I am a teacher. The difference is I am an entrepreneur who owns
an education business. If not for my apprenticeship with my rich dad, I
doubt if! would be an educational entrepreneur who invests in real estate,
gold, silverand oil. In other words, by seeking a mentor, I was able to become
the best ofboth my dads.
Remember the difference between a teacher and a mentor. Ifyou are
lucky, and a mentor you like decides to make you his or her apprentice,
honor that person with respect for his or her time and the wisdom he or she
is willing to impart to you.

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