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title: Rich Dad Poor Dad
created: 2026-10-26
modified: 2026-10-26
authors:
  - Robert Kiyosaki
  - Sharon Lechter
category: Book
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> The secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they’re not afraid of losing. Repeating Fran Tarkenton’s quote, “[Winning means being unafraid to lose.](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8707636-winning-means-being-unafraid-to-lose)” People like Fran Tarkenton are not afraid of losing, because they know who they are. They hate losing, so they know that losing will only inspire them to become better. There is a big difference between _hating losing_ and _being afraid to lose_.

> If you have little money and you want to be rich, you must be focused, not balanced. If you look at any successful person, at the start they were not balanced. Balanced people go nowhere. They stay in one spot. To make progress, you must first go unbalanced. Just look at how you make progress walking. Thomas Edison was not balanced. He was focused. Bill Gates was not balanced. He was focused. Donald Trump is focused. George Soros is focused. […] If you have any desire to be rich, you must focus. Do not do what poor and middle-class people do: put their few eggs in many baskets. Put a lot of your eggs in a few baskets and FOCUS: Follow One Course Until Successful.