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10. Teach and you shall receive.
10．先予后取。
Both of my dads were teachers.
我的两个爸爸都是老师。
My rich dad taught me a lesson I have carried all my life and that was the necessity of being charitable or giving.
富爸爸教给我一生受用的经验，即乐善好施是必要的。
My educated dad gave a lot by the way of time and knowledge, but almost never gave money.
受过良好教育的爸爸花了很长时间传授知识给很多人，却几乎没有给过别人钱财。
As I said, he usually said that he would give when he had some extra money, but of course there was rarely any extra.
他常常说要是有多余的钱，就会捐助给别人。可是，他很少有结余。
My rich dad gave money as well as education.
富爸爸既提供金钱也提供教育。
He believed firmly in tithing.
他坚信应该缴税。
"If you want something, you first need to give," he would always say.
“如果你想获得，就要先给予。”他总是这样说。
When he was short of money, he simply gave money to his church or to his favorite charity.
即使他缺钱，他还是会向教堂或他支持的慈善机构捐钱。
If I could leave one single idea with you, it is that idea.
如果我可以给你提供一种新思路，那一定是这个思路。
Whenever you feel short or in need of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets.
当你感到手头“有点紧”或是想得到什么时，首先要想到给予，只有先“予”，你才能在将来取得丰厚的回报。
That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship.
无论金钱、微笑、爱情还是友谊都是如此。
I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me.
我知道人们常把给予放在最后，但事实证明勇于付出对我总是大有裨益。
I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want.
我相信互利互惠的原则，我想要得到就要付出。
My rich dad would often say, "Poor people are more greedy than rich people."
我的富爸爸常说：“穷人比富人更贪婪。”
He would explain that if a person was rich, that person was providing something that other people wanted.
他这样解释：如果一个人很富有，那么他就能提供别人想要的东西。
In my life, whenever I have felt needy or short of money or short of help,
在我的一生中，每当我觉得有什么需要，或是缺钱，或是需要帮助时，
I simply went out or found in my heart what I wanted, and decided to give it first.
我都会想一想，自己心里要的到底是什么，然后首先为此付出。
And when I gave, it always came back.
一旦我付出了，就总是能得到回报。
It reminds me of the story of the guy sitting with firewood in his arms on a cold, freezing night.
这使我想起了一个故事，说的是一个人抱着柴火坐在寒冷的夜里。
And he is yelling at the pot-bellied stove, "When you give me some heat, then I'll put some wood in you!"
冲着一只大火炉叫道：“你什么时候给我温暖，我就什么时候给你添柴火。”
And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales, and contacts, all one needs to remember is first to give what you want and it will come back and grows.
推而广之，当涉及金钱、爱情、幸福、销售和合约等时，都应记住要为自己想要的东西先付出，然后才能得到加倍的回报。
My poor dad taught teachers, and he became a master teacher.
我爸爸培养老师，最终成为一名资深的教师。
My rich dad always taught young people his way of doing business.
同样的，富爸爸总是把自己做生意的经验和知识传授给年轻人。
In retrospect, it was their generosity with what they knew that made them smarter.
回想起来，当他们把自己懂得的知识十分慷慨地传授给别人时，他们也变得更加聪明了。
There are powers in this world that are much smarter than we are.
在这个世界上有人比我们更聪明。
You can get there on your own, but it's easier with the help of the powers that be.
你也许可以凭借自己的努力取得成功，但是如果有了这些人的帮助，你的成功之路也许就会更平坦。
All you need to be is generous with what you have and the powers will be generous with you.
你应当做的就是：慷慨一些。反过来，那些人也会慷慨地对你。
