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more important than money.
Donald and I do not recommend
In simple terms,
the hectic pace ofour lifestyles. But We
competitive complexity love it. We chose it. We want you to
means being a student of choose yours.

the world of money, Ifyou're not ready to retire to the
ranch or the beach, and a more hectic,
people and business
financially richer life is appealing to
24/7/52. you, then you will probably need to

- Robert T. Kiyosaki increase your complexity. Increasing
your complexity means increasing
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around you as well as the world in front ofyou. For example, when I wake
up, I need to know how the markets in Asia and Europe are doing. What is
the relationship of the yen to the dollar? How is oil doing? How about
natural gas, gold, silver and my companies in China and South America?
It also means reading business books and magazines such as Forbes,
Fortune, TIME and The Economist, just to keep a pulse on the world. Kim
and I are always attending investment and financial workshops, not only to
meet new people, but to keep up on new ideas and find new investment
trends. Complexity means meeting and doing business with many different
types of people. In the world of entrepreneurship and highly leveraged
investments, you meet many interesting characters and con artists.
Our livesalso mean dealing with the press all the time. The press isgood
to us 90 percent ofthe time. But true to the 90/10 rule, it is the 10 percent
who promise to do a fair article about us and then knife us in the back, lying
instead of being factual, distorting instead of informing. As my rich dad
often said,"The freedom ofspeech does not mean you have to tell the truth."
In simple terms, competitive complexity means being a student ofthe
world of money, people and business 24/7/52. Twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. I love this game. To me, it is like Super
Bowl Sunday every day of the year. I do not know of a more exciting,
frustrating, sometimes disappointing and rewarding game.Ifyou are foolish,

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