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5) Entitlement mentality
6) Higher oil prices
7) Tax breaks for the rich

Anyone of these problems could spell financial ruin for any
country. It is more important than ever that you educate yourself
and your family so that you can protect yourself financially in the
future. Through education, you gain vision. Through vision, you gain
the ability to spot economic problems and turn them into economic
opportunities. However, you must be careful about what kind of
education you receive.
r once heard someone say, "Before advertising entered in, I saw
the world." Things were clearer to this person before he let
advertising and the media and the politicians take him full sway. He
admitted to foggier vision after the worldly experts came in to clear
things up for him. The media is a powerful tool, for good and for
bad. So the bottom line is you have to learn to think for yourself.
Robert and I are not here to do the thinking for you. But because
we've both done a lot of thinking, and have been successful, we
believe that what we have to say might be able to lift some of the
fog from the horizon, and maybe even tune down the media blasts
we are all subjected to.

WhatAre Your Natural Instincts?

Growing up in Hawaii, I'm sure Robert is an ace swimmer. He'd
better be, considering he was a surfer. I never would've thought I'd
be coauthoring a book with some surfer-dude type from Hawaii. I
remember a statement from his book, Rich Dad's Prophecy: "You
cannot learn to swim from a textbook." It was followed by: "You
cannot learn business from a textbook or from business school." In
other words, nothing compares with frontline experience.
Which brings me to something else I was thinking about that has
to do with instincts. Robert spent a year at sea, going around the
World as part of his training at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

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