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As young boys, Mike and I were constantly told by my rich dad that "money is not real."
小时候，富爸爸经常教导我和迈克：金钱不是真实的资产。
Rich dad occasionally reminded us of how close we came to the secret of money on that first day we got together and began "making money" out of plaster of paris.
他经常提醒我们，我们那次用牙膏皮“造钱”，已经相当接近金钱的秘密了。
"The poor and middle class work for money," he would say. "The rich make money.
“穷人和中产阶级为金钱而工作，”他说，“富人则创造金钱。
The more real you think money is, the harder you will work for it.
你把金钱看得越重，你就会为金钱工作得越辛苦。
If you can grasp the idea that money is not real, you will grow richer faster."
如果你能知道‘金钱不是真实的资产’这一道理，你就会更快地富起来。”
"What is it?" was a question Mike and I often came back with. "What is money if it is not real?"
“那金钱是什么？”我和迈克经常会这么反问，“如果金钱不是真实的资产，那它又是什么？”
"What we agree it is," was all rich dad would say.
“它是我们大家都认可的东西。”富爸爸会说。
The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind.
我们唯一的，也是最重要的资产是我们的头脑。
If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth and what seems to be an instinct.
如果受到良好的训练，它转瞬间就能创造大量的财富。
I will give you a simple example of creating money. In the early 1990s, the economy of Phoenix, was horrible.
我要告诉你一个关于创造金钱的简单的例子。20世纪90年代初，凤凰城的经济一团糟。
I was watching a TV show Good Morning America when a financial planner came on and began forecasting doom and gloom.
我在家看电视节目《早安美国》时，有位财务规划师出现在节目上并开始预测经济状况。
His advice is to save money. "Put $100 away every month," he said. "In 40 years you will be a multimillionaire."
他建议大家储蓄他说，每月拿出100美元存起来，40年后你就会成为千万富翁。
Well, putting money away every month is a sound idea.
不错，每月拿出一笔钱存起来听上去确实是一个好主意。
It is one option—the option most people subscribe to.
这是一种选择，一种大多数人都愿意采取的选择。
The problem is this: It blinds the person from what is really going on.
问题就是：它会蒙蔽人们的双眼，使人们看不到事情的真相。
They miss major opportunities for much more significant growth of their money. The world is passing them by.
他们错过很多使资金大量增加的机会。于是，机会就此与他们失之交臂了。
