Lazy People Don't Get Rich

Yahoo! Finance ^ | August 8, 2006 | Robert Kiyosaki

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Another word that begins with "L" is "loser." , i.e., the author of this trite piece of ess.

[BikerGold]

It's in this spirit that I opened by saying that lazy people don't get rich. I also said that the difference between "God" and "gold" is a simple "L" -- as in "lazy," or "looting."

Stainless!!!...this is g-oo--oo-oo-oo-ood!

Remember the FReepeer Ff--150 who kept being shuttled to the icebox at the county charity hospital? Who had credit collectors parading in and out of his house, wondering how they were going to get that freebie, starting up his truck and looking under the hood to appraise what they would get for that Ford?

He always ranted about giving to the Lord through Benny Hinn, TBN, Kenneth Copeland etc.

That old cripple with the cancer-ravaged face is freakin' rich! His kids are set. Isn't life whacko!???

He's thinking about planting culms of giant black bamboo because they will be good fodder after this drought has run its course in a few years.

[yoe]

As you may know, the Bush administration has printed more funny money -- over a trillion dollars' worth -- in six years than all past U.S. presidents combined.

Want to back that up with fact? No mention is made of the rampant counterfeiting of US dollars done by Korea, China and who knows who else - counterfeiting so perfect the real McCoy is almost a has been.

[Maneesh]

The responses to this thread prove Kiyosaki's point. Most people are too lazy to do the work to get rich and will vilify anyone who discusses true principles of wealth creation to justify their own situation. 95% of all Americans at age 65 are not financially independent and rely on a combination of kids or the govt to survive. These are verifiable facts. Putting the author down does not change the facts. Most Americans today are too comfortable and too lazy and have lost the work ethic that made this the greatest country in the world. How else do you explain LEGAL immigrants come here with nothing and no contacts and on less than 10 years create wealth which native Americans do not because they are lazy. I am an example of exactly what I said. Like the author I clearly state that this does not apply to all Americans but certainly to the vast majority. Instead of discussing the merits of the author's argument the easiest thing to do is to trash the author.

In this specific area I find a lot of conservatives are just like liberals, all emotional and attack the messenger instead of discussing the merits of the argument.

[Pukin Dog]

You dont have to like the guy, but your post is a complete lie and a slander against Kiyosaki. He is in no form or fashion involved in multi-level marketing. As for Ziglar, he made his money from motivational speaking. Again, you are simply wrong.

There seems to be a lot of hostility on this thread. It would be nice if one of you had a single fact at your disposal to use in your arguments.

You may not appreciate the Bush bashing, but if you care to investigate, what he said about money printed during this administration, you will find it to be true.

It is also true that lazy people dont get rich, so I dont know what all the fuss is about.

[Pukin Dog]

In this specific area I find a lot of conservatives are just like liberals, all emotional and attack the messenger instead of discussing the merits of the argument.

Amen, brother.

[Maneesh]

I was waiting for this, I knew some malcontent would trash Kiyosaki because he prmotes network marketing which is part of the direct sales industry that does close to $40 billion a year in the USA alone (obviously it does not work !). How about refuting the actual content of the article instead of trashing the messanger ? In this area a lot of conservatives are just like liberals, no logic and all emotion.

[RexBeach]

Who is the a**hole who wrote this piece? I am supposed to know who he is? He sure writes that way.

[OneWingedShark]

"This guy's Sunday school deviated from Scripture. That clause appears nowhere in the Bible. It originated with Ben Franklin."

Really, Franklin? I didn't know that.

While that isn't a biblical quote it does have an element of truth to it. Look at all the people Jesus healed in his ministry: the man with the withered arm, the lepers begging to be cleansed, the paralyzed man who had his friends lower him through a roof, the man at the pool, the woman with the blood issue seven years, the faith-filled centurion, the "good thief"...

Those people all did something trying to get Jesus to heal them. I think of it's intent as being analogous to the "then you need to want to do something about it" part of those addiction seminars.

But, the ultimate reason that I don't particularly like that quote is because of how easily twisted to mean something entirely different, how out-of-context it can be taken.

[dinoparty]

LOL, you are just mad because some of us don't care how much money you have and don't care how you made it. Good for you, but I'll pass.

[Pukin Dog]

Will it be you or I who explains the difference between Network Marketing and Multi-Level Marketing? Can you believe some of these responses?

[Mr. Jeeves]

You wouldn't be reading Yahoo! Finance if you weren't serious about being rich or becoming rich.

Those who are serious about becoming rich aren't wasting their time reading shallow articles in Yahoo! Finance. ;)

[dennisw]

Robert Kiyosaki is the author. He was on PBS last night. He appears to have his own show. I flipped the channel. The guy's a pant load

[dennisw]

Kiyosaki clown is on PBS. Does this mean anything to you

[stainlessbanner]

I'm too lazy to read the whole article....j/k

[Egon]

Wow. Rarely have I seen such a load of Liberal crap.

Ironically, it's not found in the article, but in most of the responses.

[Pukin Dog]

This entire thread means nothing to me. It only displays how in some ways, we who call ourselves conservative can be just as brain-dead as those on the other side. I see no reason to pursue this thread, when so many choose to speak out of ignorance.

[dakine]

Ok...