Why Most People Stay Poor (and How to Change It)

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Business, Investing

4.1 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Most people spend their lives working for money—without ever understanding how money really works. In this eye-opening episode, Robert Kiyosaki exposes the truth about why the poor and middle class struggle while the rich keep getting richer. From fake teachers and fake money to the mindset shifts that create financial freedom, Robert reveals what schools never teach about wealth.

You'll learn:

- Why saving dollars keeps you poor in an age of inflation

- How the rich use assets and debt to grow wealth

- The one mindset shift that can change your financial future

- Why true education—not a paycheck—creates freedom

Whether you're frustrated with the system or ready to take control of your financial life, this conversation will open your eyes to how the rich really think, act, and build lasting wealth.

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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	Hi, Robert Kiyosaki, and I'm probably best known for this book here, Rich Dad, Poor Dad,
0:15.0	which came out in 1997, and it's still on bestseller lists in different parts of the world. And this came out in 1997 and this board game cash flow came out in 1996. So this is what I've kind of known for. So what I'm going to talk today about is, as you know,
0:38.5	is this word change.
0:40.5	So a lot of people are talking about, what can I do?
0:42.9	What can I do? What can I do?
0:45.3	And for many people, this is the hardest word there is,
0:50.2	because it's very easy to keep doing the same old thing.
0:57.0	So there's a saying that I've had for years,
1:01.7	and the saying is this, for things to change, first... First, I must change.
1:19.6	And for many, many people, this is the hardest thing there is.
1:26.6	The most difficult for a poor person is stop being poor.
1:32.3	And you can just keep doing the same old thing and wind up poor.
1:37.3	Millions and millions of people are finding out they're poor.
1:41.3	They may have done all the right things.
1:43.3	They went to school, they got a job, they work hard,
1:47.6	you know, they live below their means,
1:49.6	they save money, and they may have invested
1:52.8	in the stock market or a superannuation or RRSP.
1:57.8	But they can't change, that's the problem.
2:00.6	And I've been talking about this for years and years and years and years and
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