Robert Kiyosaki, creator of Wealthy Dad Poor Dad, has shared an vital monetary lesson in regards to the idea of “speaking your guide.”
In accordance with Kiyosaki, the time period describes when somebody shifts from genuinely instructing to actively promoting.
He defined the distinction with a private instance. When he says he has made tens of millions in actual property by utilizing debt, he’s instructing, not promoting, as a result of he has no property or mortgages to supply.
VERY IMPORTANTANT $ LESSON;
Q: What does “speaking your guide” imply?
A: When an individual is “speaking their guide” they’ve stopped instructing and are actually promoting.
For instance: I usually state I make tens of millions from my actual property…utilizing debt. After I state that I’m instructing… not…
— Robert Kiyosaki (@theRealKiyosaki) August 31, 2025
In contrast, he criticized an actual property household on YouTube who invited viewers to their monetary schooling convention below the guise of instructing, solely to pitch unique funding offers “for the chosen.” Kiyosaki described this as a “sleazy” method of blurring schooling with gross sales.
Kiyosaki admitted that he too has one thing to promote – his Cashflow board sport – however his intention is completely different. He encourages folks to play and educate the sport to others, arguing that spreading monetary literacy raises collective intelligence. Nonetheless, he discourages utilizing his sport as a technique to push gross sales reasonably than schooling.
In the end, Kiyosaki emphasised that he’s not towards capitalism or promoting however believes the road should be drawn when instructing turns into a disguised gross sales tactic. True schooling, he concluded, ought to goal to empower others and enhance the world.
