Rich Dad's Guide to Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Credit Cards
Chapter One
What Is the Price of
Being Cheap?
"The price of something is not always measured in money."
-RICH DAD
There are many books that popularize the idea of frugality and living below your
means. Many so-called money experts write, speak, or broadcast on radio and TV
the virtues of cutting up your credit cards, saving money, putting the maximum
amount into your retirement plan, driving a used car, living in a smaller house,
clipping coupons, shopping at sales, eating at home, passing used clothes from
older kids down to the younger kids, taking cheaper vacations, and other such
tips.
While these are excellent ideas for most people, and while there is a time and
place for frugality, most people do not like these ideas. The truth for most
people is that they love to enjoy the finer things of life that money can buy.
For most people, a big home, a new car, fun toys, and expensive vacations are
much more fun and desirable than putting money away in a bank. Most of us tend
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