Why A Students Work for C Students - Robert Kiyosaki
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🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
For generations, we've been told that getting good grades, going to a prestigious school, and landing a stable job is the path to financial success. But what if everything you were taught about money is wrong? In this powerful episode, Robert Kiyosaki exposes why the traditional education system trains people to become employees—not entrepreneurs, investors, or wealth creators.
Robert explains why A students often end up working for C students, how taxes punish high earners, and why academic intelligence has almost nothing to do with financial freedom. You'll discover the real reason school never teaches money, investing, debt, or cash flow—and how this missing knowledge traps millions in the rat race.
Most importantly, Robert reveals the one skill that separates the rich from everyone else: financial intelligence. He breaks down why anyone—not just the smartest students—can build wealth when they learn the rules of money the rich actually use.
If you've ever wondered why hardworking, educated people struggle financially while others with average grades become wealthy, this episode will open your eyes—and possibly change your future.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 The Importance of Financial Education
03:52 Professional vs. Financial Education
04:07 Tax-Free Wealth with Tom Wheelwright
06:56 Legal and Accounting Synergy
11:03 Health and Wealth: Dr. Nicole's Journey
13:33 East Meets West: Dr. Radha's Perspective
20:49 Cash Flow Game and Mindset Shifts
22:19 Professional Success and Financial Transition
24:35 Tax Strategies and Asset Protection
25:27 Building a Brand and Business Growth
32:08 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Rich Dad Radio Show, the good news and bad news about money. |
| 0:07.0 | Here's Robert Kiyosaki. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello, Robert Kiyosaki, and this is another lesson for people who remember of cash flow clubs, |
| 0:14.0 | but especially for cash flow club leaders, because you're the teachers that we need today. |
| 0:19.0 | And so today's lesson comes from this book here, |
| 0:22.2 | why A students work for C students. |
| 0:25.1 | I'll say it again, why A students work for C students. |
| 0:28.2 | In other words, A students work for these guys here. |
| 0:31.5 | Okay, and B students, well, they work for the government. |
| 0:36.1 | You know what I mean? |
| 0:37.3 | These guys here are really, really smart, |
| 0:39.7 | and these guys are not smart, |
| 0:41.4 | so they become executives and bureaucrats. |
| 0:44.4 | That's what it stands for. |
| 0:46.1 | And then the real capitalists are the entrepreneurs out here. |
| 0:50.5 | So it's a slap in the face for many A students, you know, well, my kid doesn't get a good |
| 0:57.0 | college degree. So well, so what? You know, in today's world, you can still be rich. You know, |
| 1:04.6 | so today we have the Rich Dad advisors, or I call them my team of capitalists, because they're all A students. |
| 1:13.6 | And so you'll be hearing from A students, |
| 1:15.6 | but they're repenting for their sins, |
| 1:17.6 | and they're learning to be C students or capitalists right now. |
| 1:21.6 | And so before, so going on, |
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