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Being 'kiasu' is Singapore's strong suit: Kiyosaki
By MeIIssu uw ] YuIoo! Inunce SIngupore - Sun, Jun , zo1z 11:6 AM SGT
RoberL KIyosukI, uuLIor oI LIe besL-seIIIng IInuncIuI seII-IeIp book "RIcI Dud Poor Dud", suId LIuL beIng "kIusu" mIgIL be
LIe reuson wIy SIngupore Is so successIuI Loduy.
n un InLervIew wILI YuIoo! SIngupore on SuLurduy, Ie conLrusLed LIIs "scured Lo Iose" menLuIILy In SIngupore wILI LIe
menLuIILy oI oLIer counLrIes.
"TIuL's reuIIy wIuL SIngupore's sLrong suIL Is - kIusu. L's In your bIood. You know In MexIco, LIey don'L Iuve kIusu, LIey
Iuve Muunu, wIIcI Is 'Do IL Lomorrow' und In HuwuII, LIey Iuve 'AIn'L no bIg LIIng' und LIey don'L geL unyLIIng done," Ie
suId.
SpeukIng uL LIe NuLIonuI AcIIevers' Congress zo1z uL LIe SIngupore Expo, KIyosuk Iowever, wurned uguInsL compIucency.
"SIngupore Is rIcI und Iuppy uL LIe momenL und LIuL's noL good. AmerIcu wus IIke LIuL uL one poInL In LIme," Ie suId.
WIen usked Iow Lo uvoId geLLIng compIucenL, LIe IInuncIuI guru suId, "TIuL's wIy LIInk oI myseII us poor und keep
workIng. TIuL's wIy never LIInk oI myseII us rIcI. 'm uIwuys In LIe process oI geLLIng rIcIer."
KIyosukI LIen wenL on Lo LuIk ubouL Iow muny peopIe need u cIunge oI mIndseL Irom sImpIy eurnIng money Lo puy LIeIr
bIIIs Lo IncreusIng LIeIr usseLs und cusIIIow.
"ocus on wIuL you wunL Lo expund. I you Iocus on usseLs, your usseLs wIII expund. WIuL peopIe do, Is LIey Iocus on
expenses so expenses expund. L's IIke LIe Iuw oI psycIoIogy, you've goL Lo cIunge wIuL you Iocus on."
AL IIs Lwo-Iour semInur, wIere Ie spoke beIore ,8oo peopIe, KIyosukI uIso LuIked ubouL LIe dIIIIcuILy In geLLIng reuIIy rIcI
In SIngupore us compured Lo AmerIcu.
"TIe LroubIe wILI SIngupore Is IL's u smuII counLry, IImILed Iund, IIve mIIIIon peopIe, smurL und rIcI. TIuL's u bud
combInuLIon. TIuL meuns In SIngupore, you've goLLu be reuIIy smurL und reuIIy umbILIous," Ie suId.
TIe brIgIL sIde, uccordIng Lo IIm, Is LIuL SIngupore Is greuL Ior busIness becuuse oI ILs "secure envIronmenL" und "secure
InIrusLrucLure".
"I were In SIngupore, wouId be In busIness, noL reuI esLuLe," Ie suId. "SuIeLy Is u very ImporLunL IucLor In money
producLIon. I you don'L IeeI suIe, you cun'L produce."
CommenLIng on LIe worId's currenL economIc sILuuLIon, Ie concIuded, "We Iuve never been In LIIs sILuuLIon beIore. TIe
worId Ius never been In sucI u precurIous sILuuLIon. Anybody wIo suys LIey know wIuL's gonnu Iuppen Is cruzy cuuse uL
uny momenL, someLIIng cun Iuppen."
LPATI {q Jone: Nomber oI uttendees corrected to ,Soo people)
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