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30 I CHAPTER ONE

Donald's View

The Beginning

The first time I met Robert Kiyosaki was one of those big surprises
that life likes to give us now and then. I knew of Robert's credentials,
namely having sold millions of books and remaining on The New York
Times best seller list for five years. These are no simple
accomplishments. I expected him to be a powerhouse, and an
intimidating one at that.
I was right about the powerhouse prediction - Robert haspositive
energy that spills out and touches everyone around him. He doesn't
seem to be making an effort to do this. It's just a natural occurrence.
I was impressed by that. What I found disarming about Robert was
that he was very humble, very modest, even self-effacing. This was
the guy who hassold over 26 million books? Amazing. I was wondering
to myself if that was an act, a facade, a role he played for some
reason. I can be skeptical sometimes.
It didn't take me long to figure out that Robert was genuine. After
we spoke a few times, I knew he was sincere and that he enjoyed
teaching - probably as much as I do. When I told him the only reason
I agreed to do The Apprentice was because it had an educational
subtext, Robert told me, "Donald, you're a teacher, on top of
everything else!" Guess it takes one to know one.
We got to talking about the importance of education and he
mentioned the mentor aspect of The Apprentice, and that he and Kim
learned something from it every week.
I asked him what he would do if he knew he couldn't fail, and he
quickly said, "We'd find ways to reach and teach many more people."
It was like I told him at The Learning Annex in Chicago - I was the
top business author and he was the top personal-finance author.
Together we had a great shot at reaching millions of people. But more
than that, it would be fun.

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