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Educating yourself financially has never been easier especially when you do so through a board game. Cashflow is a board game created by Robert Kiyosaki, author of the RichDad, PoorDad series, which he created as learning tool for those wanting to get out of the “rat race”. Not only does it come as a board game, it’s also been expanded into two computer games, Cashflow 101 and Cashflow 202. I have only ever played the computer game but it is my understanding that the board game can be more rewarding because you simulate real live deals with other people playing the game. Cashflow 202 is the next step once you master both the board game and Cashflow 101. It’s a lot more challenging and really allows you to project yourself to the next level of financial education.

The essence of these games are for the investor to get out of the rat race; one does so by buying stock, purchasing and selling property, investing in apartment buildings etc. Once you get out of the rat race you are on the “fast track”; this is the point in the game where your turn is spent trying to reach your dream, or you life goal, whether that be a cruise, owning your own golf course, or park. What is so great about this game is that you are financially educating yourself but you are aiming to achieve a personal dream. It’s this motivation that really gets people going. And, instead of financially educating yourself through books (although they are also a useful tool), it’s the fact that you are actually rolling the dice, calculating out returns, which will benefit the person learning the most.

Cashflow really allows people to step into the mindset of the investor and even go so far as mimic an investor’s actions. Perhaps by “practicing” how to get out of the rat race, one will actually do so. This is the true lesson of the game; however, it’s up to you to do the last step. As Napoleon Hill quotes, “action is the real measure of intelligence.”

Julia Crawford
www.wealthforinvestors.com

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