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f." assets and serving as many people as we can. Also, we keep financially
J negative people out of our lives and surround ourselves with like-minded
i people who challenge and support us. Our friends are also a part of our
, environment.

My Work Environment
t When I got my first job, with the Xerox Corporation, I quickly found
! that it too was not an ideal environment in which to get rich. While my

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bosseswanted me to work hard and make alot ofmoney, their primary focus
was to make the shareholders happy ... not the employees. Whenever I
talked about starting my own company, my managers above me let me know
that it was against company policy to be working on my own business.
~........ This does not mean I did not love working for Xerox, because I did. It
~ wasjust not an environment designed for me to get rich in. In addition, even
though I did make a lot of money, the tax schedules for high-income
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Lemployees would not have allowed much in the way ofwealth creation.
, In The Rich Dad Company, every weekly meeting focuses on our staff
becoming richer. We encourage them to attend financial seminars, to start
their own businesses and to invest - not through a company retirement
plan, but through their own investment plans. Several employees have left
because they did not like the pressure I put on them to become financially
I educated and eventually financially free. I am glad they left because they will
, be happier working in a different environment.

, Environments For People Who Are Afraid OfLosing
~. Many people who want to become rich fail to become rich simply

because they are rich people in a poor environment. For example, ifyou are
an employee, you are probably working in an environment designed for
people who are working not to lose - people who want job security and a
steady paycheck. Owners who create such environments usually have no
problem attracting and keeping good employees - employees who are
happy working not to lose and turning their money over to financial experts
rather than learning to be their own financial expert. Obviously, government

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