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I THINK MY BROTHER HAS FIGURED OUT SOMETHING THE AUTHOR OF RICH DAD POOR DAD NEVER TAUGHT ME.
Growing up, we were sold a dream.
Robert Kiyosaki wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad, contrasting his highly educated but financially struggling father with his wealthy mentor.
The lesson? Don’t just work for money. Make money work for you.
For years, I believed that was the ultimate goal.
Get rich. Build assets. Escape the 9-to-5. Achieve financial freedom.
But then I look at my brother.
He’s not rich. He’s middle class.
He has a wife, two kids, regular jobs, and what most financial influencers would probably call an ordinary life.
And here’s the crazy part.
I think he’s already won.
His wife cooks for the family and focuses on the kids’ education.
He drives the kids to swimming lessons, sports, and activities. He’s there for the little things.
Their weekends revolve around the children. Parks, activities, family time, laughter.
They take time off to enjoy dinners together. Sometimes they get a weekend nanny so they can have a little time for themselves.
They take a family vacation once a year.
Both are skilled professionals. They’re respected at work. They get promoted. They don’t constantly jump jobs chasing another 20% salary increase.
They work Monday to Friday.
And then they do it all over again.
No obsession with becoming millionaires.
No desperate need to escape their lives.
No constant comparison with someone who owns a bigger house, a nicer car, or a larger stock portfolio.
They aren’t trying to escape the life they’ve built. They’re actually enjoying it.
And that made me question everything.
What if financial freedom isn’t the ultimate goal?
What if the real freedom is waking up every morning and not wishing you had someone else’s life?
We spend decades chasing numbers.
$100K. $500K. $1 million. $10 million.
But who decided those numbers measure a successful life?
How do you measure a father who never misses his child’s swimming lesson?
A mother who makes time for her children’s education?
A couple who still enjoys dinner together after years of marriage?
A family that looks forward to another ordinary weekend?
You can’t put any of that on a balance sheet.
And maybe that’s the problem.
We have learned how to calculate the value of everything except the things that actually make life worth living.
Maybe there’s no grand meaning to life.
No final destination.
No magical number that suddenly makes everything perfect.
Maybe the best life really is Monday to Friday, school runs, swimming lessons, family dinners, weekend activities, one vacation a year…
And doing it all over again with people you love.
You may never know whether you were the perfect husband, wife, father, mother, son, or daughter.
But maybe perfection was never the point.
Rich Dad taught us how to make money.
My brother unknowingly taught me something else: how to be content without needing more.
And perhaps that’s the kind of wealth most of us spend our entire lives searching for.
Maybe the richest person isn’t the one who has the most.
Maybe it’s the one who needs the least to feel like they have everything. ❤️
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@nationalpost@financialpost may 2028 is closer than it sounds if you're trying to catch the next lng wave. lots of other countries are lining up for the same demand, so sitting on a decision is its own risk. you think canada actually gets a fid done in time, or does this slip again?
@JosephFordCotto not shocked gen z is ranking inflation, housing and jobs ahead of everything else. when rent and groceries are the daily stress, the other debates can wait. you seeing that shift in your own circle, or is it mostly what the polls say?
@cbsaustin mortgage rates still above 7% will keep pushing ppl further out, even if the suburbs look cheaper on paper. the payment is what families feel, not just the list price. you thinking buyers wait for rates, or just expand the search radius?
@imahyperlover same frustration here. a headline about one ceo shouldn't mess with somebody's retirement account, but that's concentration for you. i'm not poking at long-term holdings over one morning. you in individual names or mostly the index? nfa
@bdinvestingg Yeah I think it’s more about the spy thing than affair
US wants to maintain dominance in AI, Can’t let technology intel to be passed to China easily !! This guy would have done more blunders than we know or will ever know
@Concern70732755 rates are the part that scares most families i know. whoever's in charge, we need spending that actually builds stuff like homes and jobs, not just more debt
@TheELongWave 1.26 is wild. as a dad i get it tho, ppl want kids when they can afford a home and daycare. fix that and the numbers follow. we can figure this out together
@jeremyarichter@chrispavlovski yeah that's the one i mean. Q3 was $96.6M and Q4 guide is $88-94M, so even the top end is below what they just did. not saying it's bad, just curious why it steps down after a record qtr. GPU capacity getting pushed out maybe?
@CP24 whatever you think of the deal, the plant only restarts if Roshel wins the ~$5B vehicle contract. they're one of 2 bidders left, with Algoma supplying ballistic steel through their JV
@BNNBloomberg worth noting Roshel already has a JV with Algoma Steel for ballistic steel, aimed at the same ~$5B contract. if they win, Algoma's idle capacity gets used. NFA
@insauga the part nobody's talking about tho is Algoma's ballistic steel JV with Roshel, aimed at the same ~$5B military vehicle contract. that's where the actual jobs could show up
the plant sale is the headline but the quiet part is Algoma's ballistic steel JV with Roshel, aimed at the same ~$5B contract. that's the piece i'm watching $ASTL https://t.co/HySxDCfMRR
everyone's yelling about the Brampton plant sale but here's the investor angle
an auto plant that's been idle since dec 2023 is turning into a defence plant. Roshel is one of 2 bidders left on a ~$5B military vehicle program, not a done deal yet
Roshel's private so you can't buy it. but they formed a JV with Algoma Steel ($ASTL) back in april to make ballistic steel right here in ontario, aimed at this exact program. Algoma's been running way below capacity because of tariffs so a win would matter for them
drivetrains come from Ford's Oakville plant too
one to watch if the contract lands, not the headlines. NFA
everyone's yelling about the Brampton plant sale but here's the investor angle
an auto plant that's been idle since dec 2023 is turning into a defence plant. Roshel is one of 2 bidders left on a ~$5B military vehicle program, not a done deal yet
Roshel's private so you can't buy it. but they formed a JV with Algoma Steel ($ASTL) back in april to make ballistic steel right here in ontario, aimed at this exact program. Algoma's been running way below capacity because of tariffs so a win would matter for them
drivetrains come from Ford's Oakville plant too
one to watch if the contract lands, not the headlines. NFA
@Dehix_Trades yeah agreed, first cut is prob the spark. tho if they're cutting bc the economy's cracking that's a diff story for small caps vs cutting bc inflation cooled. gonna watch which one we get
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