“How minding your Own Business” in Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad makes perfect sense

Marcus Tan
Age of Awareness
Published in
5 min readJul 7, 2021

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Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki

I’ve been reading Kiyosaki’s book for some time now but I have always wondered about the concept of minding my own business. Not simply being nosy and all but rather just being preoccupied with the ongoing of other people’s lives through social media. How would I be able to build a business if I was preoccupied with the ongoings of other people?

In Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad, he talks about Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s and although he is best known for being in the hamburger business, he mentions his real true business is real estate. His primary focus is the location of each franchise and making it the most noticeable shop at each intersection. He wasn’t worried about other people and their hamburgers, he was focused on his business and building brand recognition and customer loyalty.

Today, there are more McDonalds than Catholic churches.

Minding my own business

Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki

Kiyosaki then goes on to talks about minding your own business.

As Kiyosaki puts it in his book as taught by his rich dad, the financial struggle…

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