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20 I CHAPTER ONE

Two Long Weeks

Although Donald had asked me to call Meredith McIver, the person he
wanted to coordinate the book between us, I did not call right away. Finally,
after two weeks had passed, Bill Zanker called from New York and asked,
"Have you called Donald?"
"No, I haven't;' I replied.
"Wh Ynot. ~"
"Because I'm turning into a chicken; I said and uttered a few chicken
sounds. "Besides, what would we write about? He and I are both
entrepreneurs and we both invest in real estate, but his financial statement
has a few more zeros in it than mine."
"Oh, cut it out;' said Bill. "You've sold over 26 million copies ofyour
books. You'reknown all over the world. You've been on The New 1'Ork Times
,
.
:1•••••••11,,,, best seller list for fiveyears. Fiveyears!
Only three other books have been on
Most rich people don't
that long. Don't sellyourselfshort. You
want others to "KrlOW how are both best-selling authors."
"Yeah," I responded sheepishly.
they got ricbl""ffiuch less
"But he still has more zeros and
tell people about commas. His buildings are taller. He
their failures ... has a hit prime-time television show.
We both play golf - but he owns golf
I want people to know courses.What would we write about?"

because it's how I "Robert, just call Meredith and
find out;' Bill said kindly. "Just talk to
learned so much. I want
her.She's waiting for your call... so call
people to know that, rich her now."
"OK, OK," I replied. "I'll call her
or poor, we all have
right now." Before I could lose my
financial problems. nerve, I hung up with Bill and dialed
Meredith's number.
- Robert T. Kiyosaki "Hello, this is Meredith McIver."
And this book was born.

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