EMOTIONS : OBSERVE OR REACT??

"Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word `emotion' stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself."

 Just be an observer, not a reactor, to your emotions.
Most people do not know that it's their emotions that are doing the thinking. Your emotions are your emotions, but you have got to learn to do your own thinking."


an example?
. "When a person says, `I need to find a job,' it's most likely an emotion doing the thinking. Fear of not having money generates that thought."

 it's fear that is all too often doing the thinking."

"For example,If the fear of not having enough money arises, instead of immediately running out to get a job so they can earn a few bucks to kill the fear, they instead might ask themselves this question. `Will a job be the best solution to this fear over the long run?'
In my opinion, the answer is `no.' Especially when you look over a person's lifetime.
A job is really a short-term solution to a long-term problem."

master the power of money. Don't be afraid of it. And they don't teach that in school. If you don't learn it, you become a slave to money."

The trap caused by those two emotions, fear and desire. Use them in your favor, not against you. If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll only be a high-paid slave."


"The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.
It's selfinflicted fear and ignorance that keeps people trapped.

"By not giving in to your emotions, you are able to delay your reactions and think.
 That is most important. We will always have emotions of fear and greed. From here on in, it is most important for you to use those emotions to your advantage and for the long term, and not simply let your emotions run you by controlling your thinking. Most people use fear and greed against themselves.

That's the start of ignorance. Most people live their lives chasing paychecks,
pay raises and job security because of the emotions of desire and fear, not really questioning where those emotion-driven thoughts are leading them.

It's just like the picture of a donkey, dragging a cart, with its owner dangling a carrot just in front of the donkey's nose. The donkey's owner may be going where he wants to go, but the donkey is chasing an illusion. Tomorrow there will only be another carrot for the donkey."

 as you get older, your toys get more expensive. A new car, a boat and a big house to impress your friends.
"Fear pushes you out the door, and desire calls to you. Enticing you toward the rocks- that's the trap."

"What intensifies fear and desire is ignorance. That is why rich people with lots of money often have more fear the richer they get.
Money is the carrot,the illusion.
 If the donkey could see the whole picture, it might rethink its choice to chase the carrot."

Rich dad went on to explain that a human's life is a struggle between ignorance and illumination.

He explained that once a person stops searching for information and knowledge of one's self, ignorance sets in. That struggle is a moment-to- moment decision-to learn to open or close one's mind.

Unfortunately, for many people, school is the end,not the beginning."

Always think of the donkey.
 Never forget, because your two emotions, fear and desire, can lead you into life's biggest trap, if you're not aware of them controlling your thinking.
 To spend your life living in fear, never exploring your dreams, is cruel.
To work hard for money, thinking that money will buy you things that will make you happy is also cruel.
To wake up in the middle of the night terrified about paying bills is a horrible way to live.
 To live a life dictated by the size of a paycheck is not really a life.
Thinking that a job will make you feel secure is lying to yourself.

 it is ignorance about money that causes so much greed and so much fear.

examples.
A doctor, wanting more money to better provide for his family, raises his fees. By raising his fees, it makes health care more expensive for everyone.
Now, it hurts the poor people the most, so poor people have worse health than those with money.