He said it was better to work years at creating an asset rather than to spend your life working hard for money to cre- ate someone else's asset." The $20,000 dollar student then said as I climbed into my car, "So all I have to do is take an idea and create an asset, a big asset, that makes me rich. If I do that I will solve the 90/10 riddle and join the 10% of all investors that control 90% of the wealth." Laughing, I pulled my door shut and replied to his last comment, "If you solve the 90/10 riddle in real life, you will have a good chance of joining the 10% that control 90% of the money. If you don't solve the 90/10 riddle in real life, you will probably join the 90% that control just 10% of the money." I thanked the students and drove away. Mental Attitude Quiz As Henry Ford said, "Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it." Or as my rich dad said, "Your brain can be your most powerful asset and if not used properly, it can be your most powerful liability." My rich dad had me repeatedly create new assets in an empty asset column. He would sit down with his son and me and ask us how we could create a new and different asset. He really did not care if the idea was crazy and zany, he just wanted us to be able to substantiate how this idea could be turned into an asset. He would ask us to defend our thoughts and challenge his challenges. In the long run, it was a lot better than him telling us to work hard, save money, and live frugally, which is what my poor dad recommended. The 90/10 Riddle 225 So the mental attitude quiz question is: 'Are you willing to consider creating your own assets rather than buying them?" Yes_ No_ There are many books and educational programs written on how to buy assets wisely. For most people, buying as- sets is the best plan for them. I would also recommend that for the secure and comfortable levels of your invest- ment plan that those assets be assets you buy. Invest in such assets as blue chip stocks and well managed mutual funds for the secure and comfortable level. But if you have dreams of becoming a very rich investor, the question is "Are you willing to create your assets rather than buy someone else's assets?" If not, then as I said, there are many books and educational programs about how to pur- chase assets. If you are willing to consider how to create assets, then the remainder of this book will be valuable, maybe priceless. It is about how to take an idea and turn it into an asset that will acquire other assets. It is not only about how to make a lot of money in the asset column, it is also about how to keep the money that asset makes and have it acquire even more assets as well as the luxuries of life. It reveals how many of the 10% came to acquire 90% of the money. So if this is of interest to you, then please read on.