"And if I pay myself last, or not at all, I get weaker. So people like bosses, managers, tax collectors, bill collectors and landlords push me around all my life. Just because I don't have good money habits." Rich dad nodded. "Just like the 96-pound weakling." Reason No. 5. Arrogance. Arrogance is ego plus igno- rance. "What I know makes me money. What I don't know 3ses me money. Every time I have been arrogant, I have 3st money. Because when I'm arrogant, I truly believe that vhat I don't know is not important," rich dad would often ell me. I have found that many people use arrogance to try to tide their own ignorance. It often happens when I am dis- using financial statements with accountants or even other investors. They try to bluster their way through the discussion. It is clear to me that they don't know what they're talking about. They're not lying, but they are not telling the truth. There are many people in the world of money, finances and investments who have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Most people in the money industry are just spouting off sales pitches like used-car salesmen. When you know you are ignorant in a subject, start ed- ucating yourself by finding an expert in the field or find a book on the subject. CHAPTER NINE Getting Started wish I could say acquiring wealth was easy for me, but it wasn't. So in response to the question "How do I start?" I offer the thought process I go through on a day-by-day basis. It really is easy to find great deals. I promise you that. It's just like riding a bike. After a little wobbling, it's a piece of cake. But when it comes to money, it's the determination to get through the wobbling that's a personal thing. To find million-dollar "deals of a lifetime" requires us to call on our financial genius. I believe that each of us has a financial genius within us. The problem is, our financial ge- nius lies asleep, waiting to be called upon. It lies asleep be- cause our culture has educated us into believing that the love of money is the root of all evil. It has encouraged us to learn a profession so we can work for money, but failed to teach us how to have money work for us. It taught us not to worry about our financial future, our company or the government would take care of us when our working days are over. However, it is our children, educated in the same school system, who will end up paying for it. The message is still to work hard, earn money and spend it, and when we run short, we can always borrow more. worid sub- scribes to the above d" find a job and work foi easier to Vkenyour Mini" rj>' i have per- of them, masses, I offer you the 1,,, /financial ge- I as1 ked financial genius. I simpU <)f.., sonally followed. If you Wa, , arS, great. If you don't, make up d f gold mine- nius is smart enough to devek ,. people are While in Peru, with a gold wjl w him how he was so confident V.