zes the power of money. There is some degree of truth to the saying, “Remember the golden rule.

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who has the gold makes the rules.” The mirror symbolizes the power of self-knowledge. This self-
knowledge, according to Japanese legend, was the most treasured of the three. The poor and middle
class all loo often allow the power of money to control them. By simply getting up and working harder,
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Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki shoot themselves in the foot as they leave for work every morning. By not
fully understanding nioney, the vast majority of people allow the awesome power of money to control
them. The power of money is used against them. If they used the power of the mirror, they would have
asked themselves, “Does this make sense?” All too often, instead of trusting their inner wisdom, that
genius inside of them, most people go along with the crowd. They do things because everybody else
does it. They conform rather than question. Often, they mindlessly repeat wha

This is best demonstrated by going back to the young couple. As a result of their incomes going up, they
decide to go out and buy the house of their dreams. Once in their house, they have a new tax, called
property tax. Then, they buy a new car, new furniture and new appliances to match [heir new house. Ail
of a sudden, they wake up and their liabilities column is full of mortgage debt and credit-card debt.
They're now trapped in the rat race. A child comes along. They work harder. The process repeats itself.
More money and higher taxes, also called bracket creep, A credit card comes in the mail. They use it. It
maxes out. A loan company calls and says their greatest “asset,” their home, has appreciated in value.
The company offers a “bill consolidation” loan, because their credit is so good, and tells them the
intelligent thing to do is clear off the high-interest consumer debt by paying off their credit card. And
besides, interest on their home is a tax deduction. They go for it, and pay off those high-interest credit
cards. They brea