Have We Been Financially Brain Washed?
“Have we been financially brain washed?” is a question the famous author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad” Robert Kiyosaki asked and gave his opinion on in one of his newest books “Conspiracy of the Rich.”
I’ve been reading this book lately and it’s inspired me to write my opinion about this question that Robert Kiyosaki asked.
So here’s my 2 cents worth…
NOTE:
If you’ve studied for a long time and worked many hard long hours at a 9-5 job for basically most of your life… Then pay close attention to this post, this is for you.
If you have children or are currently a high school student, college student, or just graduated from college….then definitely pay close attention to this. For you parents, maybe even get your kids to read this.
If you’ve already started an online business, are making money online and are living the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of, then I want to congratulate you and tell you good job 
. But keep reading, you might be able to pass this information on to others and help change their lives forever.
This is why I want you to pay close attention.
I too believe we were financially brainwashed!
and that many of us still are…
Like Robert Kiyosaki says in his book “Conspiracy of the Rich” “The primary reason why most people cannot see the daily cash heist happening all around them is because we have been financially programmed, turned into Pavlov’s dogs, to steal from ourselves via our words. We mindlessly repeat mantras that cost us our wealth.”
Words have the power to make us rich or keep us poor.
He continues…”Our school system does a good job training people for the E and S quadrants (Employee and Self-Employed quadrants). During our formative years, our families and our schools teach us to repeat what they believe to be words of financial wisdom, but in reality they are words that train us to steal from ourselves. These words are mantras drilled into our consciousness, conditioning us to submissively surrender our hard-earned money to those on the B and I side of the quadrant (Big business owners and Investors). Without a solid financial education you remain a prisoner of the E and S quadrants.
Our Leaders don’t encourage us to change or to seek ways to move from the E and S side of the quadrant to the B and I side. Rather, our leaders teach us to live below our means instead of expanding our means. In my opinion, living below your means kills your spirit. That’s no way to live.”
Reading this confirms my beliefs. In our lives, most of us haven’t gotten the right start regarding our financial education. Many of our teachers, family members and peers are behind and have outdated ideas of how to make money and have passed those ideas down to us.
This is was a big problem years ago, during the industrial age. But it’s an ENORMOUS problem today, in the information age.
Luckily for people who grew up going to school and working before the 90’s, the traditional way of doing things worked pretty well for them during this time. Though according to entrepreneurs like Robert Kiyosaki and my father Charles Denney, society still financially brainwashed you.
But now, the traditional ways of doing things don’t work anymore.
I’m an advocate for education and if you’re a student, I believe you should continue and pursue your studies. But I believe you should also take you’re education far beyond what you ever learned in school, because most things that schools teach us are still based on the industrial age. Also because we’re in the information age, much of what greatly affects our world today is changing so fast, that if you were to try and put it into publication, study that for 4 or more years, chances are good that the information you got your degree on is already out dated and obsolete. Like Robert Kiyosaki says this is why so many college graduates are not equipped to succeed in the marketplace.
So really, the only way to keep up with and succeed in our rapidly changing world is to constantly educate ourselves, try our best to stay ahead of this accelerating economy, master our abilities to adapt and be able to transact business 24/7 (I go into more detail about this below).
In the information age, the key to wealth is knowledge, the ability to adapt and the ability to leverage technology. The problem is, most people are still operating as if things were the same as they were before the 90’s, they have old, outdated and obsolete ideas of money and of how to make it. And worst of all, they haven’t adapted to the new speed of transaction and they’re still trading their time for money “a.k.a. have a job.”
Today’s speed of transaction is another biggie why traditional methods of making money aren’t working anymore.
Robert Kiyosaki says “money has evolved from barter to digital money – money at the speed of light.”
He says “Today, one reason why we have people making billions and others working for $7 an hour is a difference in speed. Today, the faster a person can transact business, the more money he or she will make.” This goes back to the point I was making about how times have changed. An example Robert Kiyosaki used about what he said is for example the job of a typical medical doctor, they usually can only see one patient at a time. A high school kid with a online business, who can transact business to unlimited customers around the world 24/7, 365 days a year can potentially make a lot more money than a doctor.” (Hint: I was a high school kid with an online business transacting business with customers around the world , I wasn’t making more than a doctor at the time, but many days I made much more than the teachers who’s classes I was sitting in.)
In the book “Conspiracy of the Rich” Robert Kiyosaki says “When It comes to financial transactions, most people are still in the Stone Age, getting paid by the hour, by the week, by the month, or per transaction, working for commissions, as is with real estate agents or stockbrokers. Those who succeed in the future will be entrepreneurs who understand how quickly business and money are changing, and who have the ability and flexibility to quickly change and adapt.”
Robert Kiyosaki put what he said above in very clear terms. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for you to learn how to leverage and manipulate today’s technology to transact business at the speed money transacts today – at the speed of light. This is the world we live in now. It’s important you adapt to it. Otherwise you will definitely struggle and be left behind, truth be told.
I understand the importance of leveraging technology to transact business 24/7 whether you’re physically working or not. I’ve watched many of my loved ones work extremely hard, put their bodies through very unhealthy routines, deal with people in charge who made their lives very difficult and all this for a ridiculously low amount of money, maybe just enough to pay the bills and get by. I can’t stand to see that happen anymore to good people.
Having acquired the knowledge and skill to make money online and to be able to design my lifestyle how I want to live it, I feel responsible for helping others do the same.
I know for many, this transition from the industrial age to the information age isn’t easy and requires you to completely restructure your ideas and thoughts of how to make money and create your desired lifestyle.
That’s why I’m committed to helping you and being your guide to massive online profits and the lifestyle of your dreams.
Together we’ll shape this world and change the lives of many.
I hope much of what I talked about in this post helps to open your minds and through you will help open the minds of your children if you have any, so they can start out strong in their lives, be leaders in the information age and be able to design their lives however they want to.
Hope you enjoyed this post.
Cheers,
Ethan Denney
P.S. Feel free to leave comments with your thoughts and opinions. I would love to have your feedback 
I completely agree with you. Since I was a kid I was always wondering about how the information I was learning was going to help me… And why in the hell we were learning how to memoorize facts and spit em back out.
That’s just not the way it works in the real world. You have to be smart and learn to think critically (and no, school doesn’t teach it well for real life situations).
It’s mainly catered towards left brained people who can understand the information as it’s being given. For a right brain dominant person like me, and as someone who learns best by physically working it was an incredible waste of precious time.
I honestly hope that the world wakes up some day and gives the younger generation what they need to survive. As in real world useable skills like public speaking, leadership, team management, money management, etc.
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- Dean
Good sharing. It is comomn that everyone wants be their own boss after reading Robert Kiyosaki book. Some of my friend just dare enough to jump off the boat and do direct marketing after reading his book. For me, his book gave me some awareness on the financial situation that we live in today. I was motivated to write down my goals for financial freedom, but right now I was staying on my job and didn’t plan to go for business until the recession is over. Sounds a bit cautious isn’t it
I agree with you Dean. I also believe they should focus more on things that are more eternal, such as concepts, principles, ideas, etc. Instead of focusing so much on subjects that the majority of people never end up using or that don’t apply to most of life’s situations, for example; calculus.
I highly rcommeend this book. My only regret is not understanding this mentality until this year. I left a 6-figure income this year to create my own 6-figure income on my own. Its just the beginnning. Thanks Robert.