CHAPTER 2
Different Quadrants... Different People y
ou can't teach an old dog new tricks," my highly educated dad always said. I had sat with him on several occasions, doing my best to explain the CASHFLOW Quadrant in an effort to show him some new financial directions. Nearing 60 years of age, he was realizing that many of his dreams were not going to be fulfilled. His "blacklisting" seemed to go beyond the walls of the state government. He was now "blacklisting" himself. "I tried it, but it didn't work," he said. My dad was referring to his attempts to be successful in the "S" quadrant with his own business as a self-employed consultant, and as a "ii" when he poured much of his life savings into a famous ice-cream franchise that failed. Being bright, he conceptually understood the different technical skills required in each of the four quadrants. He knew he could learn them if he wanted to. But there was something else holding him back. One day over lunch, I talked to my rich dad about my educated dad. "Your father and I are not the same people at the core," said rich dad. -While 17
