Rich dad, poor dad(富爸爸 穷爸爸)

Rich dad, poor dad (富爸爸 穷爸爸)

The diagrams show the flow of cash through a poor, middle class or wealthy person's life. It is the cash flow that tells the story. It is the story of how a person handles their money, what they do after they get the money in their hand.
I cringe whenever 1 hear people ask me how to get rich quicker. Or where do they start? I often hear, "I'm in debt so I need lo make more money."

But more money will often not solve the problem; in fact, it may actually accelerate the problem. Money often makes obvious our tragic human flaws. Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know. That is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash-let's say an inheritance, a pay raise or lottery winnings-soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse than the mess they were in before they received the money. Money only accentuates the cash flow pattern running in your head. If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spending. Thus, the saying, "A fool and his money is one big party,"
Rich dad, poor dad(富爸爸 穷爸爸)

图中的箭头方向表明了现金的流动或“现金流量”。数字本身意义不大，正如文字本身意义不大一样，重要的是数字或文字所要表述的东西。在财务报告中，读数字是为了发现情况、了解流向，即钱在向哪儿流。80％的家庭中，财务报表表现的是一幅超前努力工作的图景，不是因为他们不挣钱，而是因为他们购买的是负债而非资产。
当我听到人们问我“怎样才能快速致富，应当从哪儿开始”时，我常会感到担心。我也常听人说：“我欠了债，所以我得挣钱。”

　　但更多的钱往往不能解决问题，实际上它可能使问题变得更加严重。钱常常使我们人性中的弱点显露，钱不能掩盖我们的无知。这就是为什么经常有些人在忽然得到一大笔意外之财，比如遗产、加薪或中彩之后，却又很快失去的原因――甚至有些人会比他得到那些钱之前的财务状况更糟。钱只是使你头脑中的现金流向图的流向更加明显，如果你的现金流向图是把收入都花掉，那么最可能的结果是增加了收入的同时也增加了支出。正所谓：“钱愚弄人”。

Rich dad, poor dad (富爸爸 穷爸爸)

Because students leave school without financial skills, millions of educated people pursue their profession successfully, but later find themselves struggling financially. They work harder, but don't get ahead. What is missing from their education is not how to make money, but how to spend money-what to do after you make it. It's called financial aptitude-what you do with the money once you make it, how to keep people from taking it from you, how long you keep it, and how hard that money works for you. Most people cannot tell why they struggle financially because they don't understand cash flow. A person can be highly educated, professionally successful and financially illiterate. These people often work harder than they need to because they learned how to work hard, but not how to have their money work for them. Rich dad, poor dad(富爸爸 穷爸爸)

由于学生们没有获得财务技能就离开了学校，成千上万受过教育的人追求到了职业上的成功，却最终发现他们仍在财务问题中挣扎。他们努力工作，但并无进展，他们所受的教育不是如何挣钱，而是如何花钱，这产生了所谓的理财态度――挣了钱后该怎么办？怎样防止别人从你手中拿走钱？你能多长时间拥有这些钱？你如何让钱为你工作？大多数人不明白为什么他们会身处财务困境，因为他们不明白现金流。一个人可能受过高等教育而且事业成功，但也可能是财务上的文盲。这种人往往比需要的更为努力地工作，因为他们知道应该如何努力工作，但却不知道如何让钱为他们工作。

Rich dad, poor dad (富爸爸 穷爸爸)

The moving-picture show of hard-working people has a set pattern. Recently married, the happy, highly educated young couple move in together, in one of their cramped rented apartments. Immediately, they realize that they are saving money because two can live as cheaply as one.
The problem is, the apartment is cramped. They decide to save money to buy their dream home so they can have kids. They now have two incomes, and they begin to focus on their careers.

Their incomes begin to increase.

As their incomes go up...their expenses go up as well.

The No. 1 expense for most people is taxes. Many people think it's income tax, but for most Americans their highest tax is Social Security. As an employee, it appears as if the Social Security tax combined with the Medicare tax rate is roughly 7.5 percent, but it's really 15 percent since the employer must match the Social Security amount.
Rich dad, poor dad(富爸爸 穷爸爸)

一对刚结婚、受过高等教育的新婚夫妇住在一套拥挤的租来的公寓里，很快，他们意识到他们在省钱，因为两个人的花销和一个人的差不多。
　　问题是，公寓太挤了，于是他们决定省钱买一栋自己梦想中的房子，这样他们就能有孩子了。现在，他们有两份收入，并开始专心于事业，他们的收入开始增加，随着收入的增加……

　　对大多数人而言，第一项支出是税。许多人以为是所得税，但对大多数美国人而言，最高的税是社会保障税。作为一名雇员，表面上社会保障税和医疗税共约7.5％，实际上却是15％，因为雇主必须为你付15％的社会保障金。

此英语主要的优点是口语性强，语音附件已经没有了，但是可以作为压码看着文本英语写作，也可以看着英语文本说自己思考问题的口语，还可以看着汉语来说英语。