Generosity Lyrics

The last major point on how my rich dad

And my poor dad had opposite ideas

Whereas my poor dad really thought the rich were greedy

He thought they were insensitive, they ought to exploit the poor

He said they're very greedy people

Whereas my rich dad always said the rich are generous

He said if you want to be rich, you gotta be generous

To get richer, be more generous

And so that was another opposite point of view

People like my poor dad always said

Well, how come I don't get more benefits?

I'm working really hard, well pay me more money

My attorney says, well, I'm gonna raise my rates to $200 an hour

My rich dad always thought that was greedy

He says, if you really wanna be rich

You need to work as hard for as many people as possible

That's how you become rich

So going back to the house

My poor dad always thought a big house was really important

Whereas my rich dad said by having apartment houses

He was providing more houses for more people

And that's why he was rich

Going back to the opposite of our ideas

It depends upon what you think is smart and what you think is risky

My rich dad became rich because he was a very generous man

And that's how he became rich

And so those are some of the opposite ideas

Between the rich, the poor, and the middle class

The last thing is this: my rich dad always said

Too many of the middle class people are trying to keep up with the Joneses

And he says, "If you look at their financial statement, the problem with keeping up with the Joneses is the Joneses are going broke"

So that goes back to one of my rich dad's three major rules

Money is just an idea

And the difference between the rich and the middle class especially

Is their ideas are exactly opposite

And I'll state it again because it's very important

If you want to be rich, one of the first things you need to do

Is choose the idea you think is real

For instance, my poor dad thought investing was risky

And that became his reality

That was a real idea to him

And my rich dad said that investing was how you got rich

And that was a real idea for him

So whatever you choose, choose your ideas well

Because it becomes your reality

Another example of choosing your ideas

Is my poor dad always said, "I can't afford it"

I can't afford it"

Do you think money grows on trees? I don't have enough money"

Those are his ideas, and those ideas became his reality

My rich dad forbade my best friend and I, Mike, from ever saying that

He says, instead of saying "I can't afford it"

Ask yourself, "How can I afford it?"

How can I afford it?

He says, That changes your whole world

So using the metaphor of the goldfish in a fishbowl

And the dolphin swimming in the ocean of plenty, the ocean of abundance

That really is a difference in the world between the middle class and the rich

The point I'm making here is this:

If you change the way you think and you only be more generous

Instead of getting paid more to work less, which most people think is the way to do that

You can tap into the world of so much money it's staggering

So the three rules my rich dad had were:

Number one, money is just an idea

When you look at arguments, most arguments are arguments between different realities

So if I say to somebody, investing is fun and easy

And somebody has the idea that investing is risky, we will argue

The point of view is, which reality do you want?

When I say to people, "I make more money by working for free

And somebody else says, "Well, you got to get paid"

You should, you know, my poor dad always said,

"You know, we should get paid for a day's work

And he's all upset that he didn't get paid

Well, the rich actually make more money by working for free

Or by giving, being more generous

A different idea will form a different reality, whatever you choose to be real

So in choosing to be rich, choose your ideas

That's why money is an idea, it's a very important idea

Rule number two my rich dad had was that money does not make you rich

My poor dad always said, "You know, I should work harder, work harder"

But no matter how hard you work, you just get further in debt

So what my rich dad taught me is money has the power to make you both rich as well as poor

And the third rule my rich dad had was that there's two kinds of money problems

One problem is a problem of not enough money

And the other problem is a problem of too much money

Which one do you want, he used to say

If you do the right things, you will have the problem of too much money

And it's hard for most people to realize

That they're having too much money could be a problem

And it is. And many people think that they're the only person with a money problem

I know people who say, "I'm poor, so I have a money problem"

Well, join the club. The rich have money problems

Businesses have money problems, churches have money problems

Governments have money problems, everybody has money problems

What ultimately makes you rich or poor starts with your ideas

And if you manage your money well, more money will make you richer

If you mismanage your money, more money will make you poor

And the third thing: if you manage your money really well

The problem to have is a problem of too much money

And that's what this series is designed to do

Is to start changing your ideas so that you can have the problem of too much money

Somewhere down the line

It's not about getting rich quick, it's about changing your ideas

Choosing your ideas, so that ultimately you have the problem of too much money

And let me tell you, the reason most people do not have the problem of too much money

Is most people grew up in a family where the problem was not enough money

And that became the reality

One of the greatest blessings I had by having two dads

Was that I saw both realities

The hardest thing for me to do was to mentally hold my rich dad's reality

In my mind, at the same time flush my poor dad's reality out of my system

And that was very, very hard

So what kept me going during times of, you know, financial struggle—

I've been poor. And so when people say, "You don't know what it's like to be poor,"

Let me tell you, I know. I've been millions of dollars in debt

I understand what it feels like to be poor

What kept me going was the reality of my rich dad, that it was possible

If I did the right things, even though I was underwater financially,

Eventually, I would have the problem of too much money

And that is what's happened to my life

And that's really what I want to share with you in this series

So if I may reiterate, a completely opposite point of view is the idea

Of the rich don't work for money

My poor dad constantly said to me,

Go to school, get good grades, so you can get a safe, secure job and work hard"

And my rich dad said, "That's a good idea if you don't want to be rich

But if you want to be rich, you need to learn not to work for money,

But learn how to have money work hard for you.