Overcoming Obstacles
克服困难
Once people have studied and become financially literate, they may still face roadblocks to becoming financially independent. There are five main reasons why financially literate people may still not develop abundant asset columns. Asset columns that could produce large sums of cash flow. Asset columns that could free them to live the life they dream of, instead of working full time just to pay bills. The five reasons are:
人们经过学习，掌握了财务知识，但在通向财务自由的道路上仍面临着许多障碍。我们知道，资产项目可以产生大量的现金流，使人们自由地过上梦想中的生活，而不必整天为了生计忙碌工作，仅掌握财务知识的人很多时候仍然不能拥有充裕的资产项目，其主要原因有五个：
2. Cynicism.
2、愤世嫉俗；
3. Laziness.
3、懒惰；
4. Bad habits.
4、不良习惯；
1. Fear.
1、恐惧心理；
5. Arrogance.
5、自负。
Reason No. 1. Overcoming the fear of losing money. I have never met anyone who really likes losing money. And in all my years, I have never met a rich person who has never lost money. But I have met a lot of poor people who have never lost a dime…investing, that is.
原因之一：对可能损失金钱的畏惧心理。我从来没有遇到过喜欢损失金钱的人，但在我的一生中，也从来没有遇到过一位从未损失过金钱的富人。可我曾经遇到过许多从未损失过一毫的穷人——我是说在投资活动中。
The fear of losing money is real. Everyone has it. Even the rich. But it’s not fear that is the problem. It’s how you handle fear. It’s how you handle losing. It’s how you handle failure that makes the difference in one’s life. That goes for anything in life, not just money. The primary difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they handle that fear.
对损失金钱的恐惧是确实存在的，每个人都有这种恐惧心理，甚至富人也有。但恐惧本身并不成其为问题，问题在于你如何处理恐惧心理，如何处理损失问题。处理失败方式的不同造成了人们生活的差异，不仅是对金钱，对生活中的任何事情的处理都是这样。富人和穷人之间的主要差别在于他们处理恐惧心理的方式不同。
That’s why banks recommend savings as a habit when you’re young. J If you start young, it’s easy to be rich. I won’t go into it here, but there is a large difference between a person who starts saving at age 20 versus age 30. A staggering difference.
这也是为什么银行建议你在年轻时把储蓄当作一种习惯的原因。如果你在年轻的时候就开始积累了，你就更容易致富。当然，我并不认为储蓄是一种好的财富积累方法，我不愿意在这里详细讨论这个问题，但应该看到在那些从20岁开始储蓄与从30岁开始储蓄的人之间，的确存在着巨大的差异。
My rich dad understood phobias about money. “Some people are terrified of snakes. Some people are terrified about losing money. Both are phobias,” he would say. So his solution to the phobia of losing money was this little rhyme: “If you hate risk and worry…start early.”
我的富爸爸理解人们对金钱的恐惧症。“一些人非常怕蛇，一些人非常害怕失去金钱，这都是恐惧症。”因此，他有个克服害怕失去金钱的恐惧心理的小决窍：“如果你讨厌冒险，对金钱损失感到担心，就早点动手积累属于你的金钱。”
It’s OK to be fearful. It’s OK to be a coward when it comes to money. You can still be rich. We’re all heroes at something and cowards at something else. My friend’s wife is an emergency room nurse. When. she sees blood, she flies into action. When I mention investing, she runs’j away. When I see blood, I don’t run. I pass out.
感到恐惧是正常的，在涉及到金钱时表现出怯懦也是正常的，即使如此你仍然有机会变得富有。我们每个人都在某些方面是英雄，而在另外一些方面是懦夫。找朋友的太太是一位急救室护士，当她面对流血的病人时，会飞快地冲上去救治，可是当我提到投资时，她却避而不听。不过当我看到鲜血时，却决不会跑上去，而是会躲到一边。
It is said that one of the wonders of the world is the power of compound interest. The purchase of Manhattan Island is said to be one of the greatest bargains of all time. New York was purchased for $24 in trinkets and beads. Yet, if that $24 had been invested, at 8 percent annually, that $24 would have been worth more than $28 trillion by 1995, Manhattan could be repurchased with money left over to buy much of L. A., especially at 1995’s real estate prices.
有人说这世界的奇迹之一就是复利计息。据说，购买曼哈顿岛是有史以来最廉价的交易之一，纽约被以价值24美元的廉价小玩艺买下来。然而，如果将那24美元用于投资，以8％的年利率计算，到1995年这24美元就会变成28万亿美元。如果把24美元存起来，到今天也可以把曼哈顿重新买下来，特别是以1995年的房地产价格计算的话。
My neighbor works for a major computer company. He has been there 25 years. In five more years he will leave the company with $4 million in his 401k retirement plan. It is invested mostly in high-growth mutual funds, which he will convert to bonds and government securities. He’ll only be 55 when he gets out, and he will have — a passive cash flow of over $300,000 a year, more than he makes from his salary. So it can be done, even if you hate losing or hate risk. But you must start early and definitely set up a retirement plan, and you should hire a financial planner you trust to guide you before investing in anything.
我的邻居为一家大电脑公司工作，他在那儿干了25年。再过5年多一点的时间后，他将离开那家公司，按“401K计划”他将得到400万美元。这些钱大部分将被投资于高增长的共同基金，他也可以将其转换成公司债券和政府债券。他离开公司时只有55岁，每年却能获得超过30万美元的现金流人，这比他的工资收人还要高。所以，如果你害怕损失或者讨厌冒险，你至少可以做到这一点。但是，你必须早行动而且制定一个完善的退休计划，此外你还要聘请一位自己信得过的财务顾问，以便在你作出任何投资决定之前，他能对你进行指导。
My rich dad, on the other hand, recommended that I think like a Texan.
我的富爸爸恰恰相反，他建议我要像得克萨斯人那样思考。
But what if you don’t have much time left or would like to retire early? How do you handle the fear of losing money?
可是，如果你没有很多时间或者希望早点退休，又该怎么办呢？你怎样来应付损失金钱的恐慌心理呢？
My poor dad did nothing. He simply avoided the issue, refusing to discuss the subject.
我的穷爸爸在这方面什么也没做。他只是一味回避这个问题，拒绝进行讨论。
“I like Texas and Texans,” he used to say. “In Texas, everything is bigger. When Texans win, they win big. And when they lose, it’s spectacular.”
“我喜欢得克萨斯州和得克萨斯人，”他常常说：“在得克萨斯，什么东西都大气。如果得克萨斯人赢了，他们就会赢得很多；如果他们输了，也会令人称奇。“
Fran Tarkenton, a one-time great NFL quarterback, says it still another way: “Winning means being unafraid to lose.”
对此前全美橄榄球联赛的杰出球员弗朗。塔肯顿还有另一种说法：“胜利意味着不害怕失败。”
“They like losing?” I asked.
“难道他们喜欢失败吗？”我问道。
Rich dad went on to explain. “What I like best is the Texas attitude. They’re proud when they win, and they brag when they lose. Texans have a saying, ‘If you’re going to go broke, go big. You don’t want to admit you went broke over a duplex.’ Most people around here are so afraid of losing, they don’t have a duplex to go broke with.”
富爸爸接着解释说：“我最喜欢的是得克萨斯式的生活态度，他赢了会感到骄傲，输了也会自我夸耀。得克萨斯人有一句谚语，‘如果你即将破产，那就破产得更严重些’。 他不愿意让你认为他仅仅因为一幢复式公寓而破产。“
“That’s not what I’m saying. Nobody likes losing. Show me a happy loser, and I’ll show you a loser,” said rich dad. “It’s a Texan’s attitude toward risk, reward and failure I’m talking about. It’s how they handle life. They live it big. Not like most of the people around here, living like roaches when it comes to money. Roaches terrified that someone will shine a light on them. Whimpering when the grocery clerk short changes them a quarter.”
“我不是这个意思，没有人喜欢失败。‘如果一定要让我看到一个失败者，就让我看到一个快乐的失败者”’，富爸爸说，“这就是得克萨斯人对于风险、收益和失败的态度。这是他们驾驭生活的方式，他们活得很大度，不像这儿的大部分人碰到金钱问题时，生活态度象斜齿编一样。斜齿编在有人用光照到它们时会非常害怕，而这种人在杂货店职员少找给他们两毛五分钱时，便会抱怨不停。“
He constantly told Mike and me that the greatest reason for lack of financial success was because most people played it too safe. “People are so afraid of losing that they lose” were his words.
富爸爸经常告诉我和迈克，在财务上不能获得成功的最大原因是大部分人的做法过于安全……“人们因为太害怕失败，所以才会失败。”这是他常说的话。
In my own life, I’ve noticed that winning usually follows losing. Before I finally learned to ride a bike, I first fell down many times. I’ve never met a golfer who has never lost a golf ball. I’ve never met people who have fallen in love who have never had their heart broken. And I’ve never met someone rich who has never lost money.
在我的生活中，我注意到失败常常伴随着成功。在我最终学会骑自行车之前，我曾经跌倒过许多次，我从来没有遇到过不曾打丢球的高尔夫球手，也从未见过不曾伤心过的恋人，更未曾见过从不损失金钱的富人。
So for most people, the reason they don’t win financially is because the pain of losing money is far greater than the joy of being rich. Another saying in Texas is, “Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.” Most people dream of being rich, but are terrified of losing money. So they never get to Heaven.
因此，对大多数人来说，他们在财务上不能获胜的原因是因为对他们而言损失金钱所造成的痛苦远远大于致富所带来的乐趣。得克萨斯人的另一句谚语讲道：“人人都想上天堂，却没有人想死。”可是不死怎么能进入天堂呢，这就如同大部分人梦想发财，但却害怕在投资过程中损失金钱，所以他们永远进不了“天堂”。
Rich dad used to tell Mike and me stories about his trips to Texas. “If you really want to learn the attitude of how to handle risk, losing and failure, go to San Antonio and visit the Alamo. The Alamo is a great story of brave people who chose to fight, knowing there was no hope of success against overwhelming odds. They chose to die instead of surrendering. It’s an inspiring story worthy of study; nonetheless, it’s still a tragic military defeat. They got their butts kicked. A failure if you will. They lost. So how do Texans handle failure? They still shout, ‘Remember the Alamo!'”
富爸爸过去常常给我和迈克讲他到得克萨斯旅行的故事。“如果你真的想学习如何面对风险、损失和失败，就去圣安东尼奥的阿拉莫。”阿拉莫的传说是关于勇敢者在知道毫无战胜怪物的希望的情况下依然选择战斗的故事，他们宁可选择死亡也不愿意投降。这是一个值得学习的激动人心的故事，然而，这的确是一次悲壮的军事上的失败。你想知道得克萨斯人面对失败时，是怎样做吗？他们高声呼喊：“记住阿拉莫！”
But probably his words that mean the most to me today are these: “Texans don’t bury their failures. They get inspired by them. They take i their failures and turn them into rallying cries. Failure inspires Texans to ‘ become winners. But that formula is not just the formula for Texans. It j is the formula for all winners.”
今天我对富爸爸的这番话有了越来越深的体会：“得克萨斯人并不掩饰他们的失败，他们愈挫愈奋，他们接受自己失败的现实并将失败转化为动力。失败激发得克萨斯人成为成功者，而这个公式并不仅只适用于得克萨斯人，它适用于所有的成功者。”
Mike and I heard this story a lot. He always told us this story when f he was about to go into a big deal and he was nervous. After he had done all his due diligence and now it was put up or shut up, he told us this story. Every time he was afraid of making a mistake, or losing money, he told us this story. It gave him strength, for it reminded him that he could always turn a financial loss into a financial win. Rich dad I knew that failure would only make him stronger and smarter. It’s not that! he wanted to lose; he just knew who he was and how he would take a loss. He would take a loss and make it a win. That’s what made him a winner and others losers. It gave him the courage to cross the line when others backed out. “That’s why I like Texans so much. They took a great failure and turned it into a tourist destination that makes them millions.”
我和迈克多次听到这个故事。在做大生意之前或者感到不安的时候，富爸爸就会给我们讲这个故事；当他把一切仔细安排好或者一件事情结束的时候，他也会给我们讲这个故事；每次当他担心犯了错误或害怕损失金钱时，他还会给我们讲这个故事。这个故事给了他力量，因为它总在提醒富爸爸，只要充满信心，努力奋斗，总能将财务损失变成财务赢利的。富爸爸知道失败只会使他更加强大，更加精明。他并不愿意损失，但他清楚自己是什么样的人，知道该怎样去面对损失。他会接受损失并将它变成赢利，而这也是他最终成为赢家而别人成为失败者的最根本的原因；同时这也是当别人退出时，他依然有勇气去冲过终点线的原因。“这就是我为什么非常喜欢得克萨斯人的原因。他们接受失败的现实并把它转变成通向成功道路上的一个个插曲。”
Quoting John D. Rockefeller, “I always tried to turn every disaster ‘ into an opportunity.”
用洛克菲勒的话来说，就是“我总是试图将每一次灾难转化成机会。”
Just as I also said that falling off my bike was part of learning to ride. I remember falling off only made me more determined to learn to ride. Not less. I also said that I have never met a golfer who has never lost a ball. To be a top professional golfer, losing a ball or a tournament only inspires golfers to be better, to practice harder, to study more. That’s what makes them better. For winners, losing inspires them. For losers, losing defeats them.
就像我前面说过的：从自行车上跌下来是学习骑车的一个组成部分，我还记得从车上摔下来使我更加坚定地要学会骑车；同样的，世界上没有从未打失过一球的高尔夫球球手，作为一位职业高尔夫球高手，打失一个球或输掉一场比赛只会激励他做得更好，练得更努力，学更多的东西。对于胜利者，失败激励他们；对于失败者，失败会击垮他们。
And being Japanese-American, I can say this. Many people say that Pearl Harbor was an American mistake. I say it was a Japanese mistake. From the movie Tora, Tora, Tom, a somber Japanese admiral says to his cheering subordinates, “I am afraid we have awakened a sleeping giant.”, “Remember Pearl Harbor” became a rallying cry. It turned one of America’s greatest losses into the reason to win. This great defeat gave America strength, and America soon emerged as a world power.
作为一个日裔美国人，我可以说这样的话。许多人说珍珠港事件是美国人的失误，而我却认为这是日本人的最大失误。在电影《虎、虎、虎》中，一个悲哀的日本海军上将对自己的亲密助手说：“我担心我们摇醒了一个沉睡着的巨人”。果然“记住珍珠港”成为一句具有巨大感召力的口号，它把美国最大的损失之一变成了取得胜利的原因之一，这次巨大的失败反而给了美国力量，从此美国很快就崛起成为一个世界强国。
They go to their financial planners or accountants or stockbrokers and buy a balanced portfolio. Most have lots of cash in CDs, low-yield bonds, mutual funds that can be traded within a mutual-fund family, and a few individual stocks. It is a safe and sensible portfolio. But it is not a winning portfolio. It is a portfolio of someone playing not to lose.
一部分人会选择去找财务顾问或会计师、股票经纪人等，购买一个安全的投资组合。他们中的大部人将大量现金以大额存单、低收益债券，可以在共同基金内部买卖的共同基金，以及一点私人股票的形式进行投资。这是一个安全而合理的投资组合，却并不是一个赢利的投资组合，说到底这是人们为避免损失而做的一种投资组合。
Failure inspires winners. And failure defeats losers. It is the biggest secret of winners. It’s the secret that losers do not know. The greatest 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.” 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. Most people are so afraid of losing money that they lose. They go broke over a duplex. Financially they play life too safe and too small. They buy big houses and big cars, but not big investments. The main reason that over 90 percent of the American public struggles financially is because they play not to lose. They don’t play to win.
失败会激励胜利者，也会去垮失败者，这是胜者之所以胜利的最大秘密，也是失败者所不知道的秘密。重复一下弗朗。塔肯顿的话：“胜利意味着不畏惧失败”。像弗朗。塔肯顿这样的人不害怕失败，因为他们了解自己，他们和所有人一样讨厌失败，但失败只会激发他们做得更好。要知道讨厌失败和害怕失败之间有着巨大的差异，大部分人因为太害怕失败而失败，他们甚至会因一幢两套房的复式公寓而完全破产，财务上他们做得过于安全。 规模太小，他们买大房子、大轿车，却不去做大的投资。90％的美国公众财务困难的主要原因就在于他们是为了避免损失而理财，而不是为了赢利而理财。
Don’t get me wrong. It’s probably a better portfolio than more than 70 percent of the population, and that’s frightening. Because a safe portfolio is a lot better than no portfolio. It’s a great portfolio for someone who loves safely. But playing it safe and going “balanced” on your investment portfolio is not the way successful investors play the game. If you have little money and you want to be rich, you must first be “focused,” not “balanced.” If you look at anyone successful, 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.
比起其他超过70％的人来，这可能还算是一个较好的投资组合。对于另外70％的人来说，即便是这种组合可能依然让他们感到担心，因此除了储蓄他们根本不做任何投资。毕竟，一个安全的投资计划要比什么投资计划都没有强得多。一个安全的投资计划对于偏好安全的人来说是一个很好的计划，但是，安全地、“平衡地”投资于一个投资组合却不是一个成功的投资者应有的投资行为方式。如果你没有什么资金而又想致富，你首先必须“集中”于一点，而不是追求“平衡”或者说是“分散风险”。那些成功者，在最初并不是追求“平衡”的，追求平衡的人只会在原地踏步而不会前进。要取得进步，你就必须先做到“不平衡”，并注意你怎样才能使自己不断取得进展。
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