Rich Dad Revisited

I was surfing the net last Friday, when I decided to visit PinoyMoneyTalk.com and found out that Mr. CondoInvestor is holding a second Cashflow Game for free. I was amazed of the number of people who signed up in the forum thread. The thread says 50 people could be accommodated but there were already around a hundred! I said to my self, I’m too late to hear this announcement from PMT but then I decided to go anyway just to check how they are doing it.

The next day, I decided to bring my own Cashflow Game so that if there will be no enough board games I could share it, besides I was not able to preregister online to join maybe they would let me if I would share something. It’s my joy to share and play with likeminded people.

I was surprised that Mr. CondoInvestor is my long time friend conducting the event! Suddenly I felt at home! The venue was in McDonalds Guadalupe. The setting was so casual packed with tables and chairs. There’s a projector and screen at front and some stuffs needed for the event.
Mr. CondoInvestor and I had talked about lot of things.

Meanwhile, I noticed the different groups of people. There are young professionals, salespeople, businessmen, realtors and so on. I’ve seen different moods between different groups. You’ll hear them laughing, there were some who were intensed because competitiveness, some faces are puzzled, thrilled but the most common thing I could see is the excitement in there faces. I could remember when I first played Cashflow board game last 2000, which I bought 101 and 202 versions through Amazon.com. The same feeling of excitement that I felt in discovering and learning the Financial Principles taught by the game.

I could remember the first time I applied the Cashflow game with my first business, a Computer Shop Rental in PUP area where I first met Mr. CondoInvestor. Please don't laugh at my picture...I was so tired fixing after a virus struck my network. This is a horrible picture!

These are things that I learned in the event:

1. You have to have a dream and never, never let it die.
2. Never think like others think. Popular thinking is average thinking. You have to think like how the rich think if you want to be rich.
3. Consistency and perseverance. These two words are different. Consistency is continually doing something until there is opposition but perseverance is taking the course and keep pursuing your dream in spite of opposition and failures.
4. Fill your surrounding with positive people. Go with the dream boosters not dream busters.
5. Think possibility. I was listening to some conversations during the game period and I heard some who says it can’t be done. I tried to give some ideas to some people I talked to, but sad to hear them say "I did it before" or "it won’t work."
6. Reality check. Think of where you are now. Take time to have reflective thinking. After pointing out where you are now, ask yourself where do you want to be in 5 years and then think of what do you need to do to reach your destination.
7. Give back. Giving back very important. If you’ve reached success then turn your success into significance. Success will not last, significance will. That’s what Mr. CondoInvestor is doing right now.

To those who had attended the event, what did you learn? Please try to share to us what you’ve learned in the event.