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FeedLetters – 07|06
What our readers have to say
COUNTRY LIFE LESSONS
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“The Fruits of Their Labor,” May 2006 … My first job was at KC Drive Inn on Kalakaua Avenue. I made the waffle hot dog batter and added the secret ingredient that made the shakes sooo ono ono. But I would have traded all that for a chance to experience the life at the cannery.
It took this ‘towny’ over 30 years to see a different world on Oahu when I became the branch manager at Wahiawa City Bank. But it was one of the best times in my career. Working with the people in Kunia, Whitmore Village and even Waialua taught me some important life lessons.
There is something unique about people who work with the earth. We just lost another element of Hawaii's soul with the closing of the planation. I think I will take the kids to walk in the pineapple fields and eat a pineapple whip this weekend.
Thanks for a great article.
Edward H.W. Young
HTDV Project Manager
Enterprise Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Via email
ROBERT KIYOSAKI RESPONDS
Hoyt Zia (in his publisher’s nota bene, “Rich Son, Poor Son,” April 2006) does a hatchet job on me because he wants to edify his father-in-law Dr. Albert Miyasato … as well as say a few kind words about my dad. While I think it commendable that he honors his father-in-law, does he have to do it at my expense? And, once again, I ask: Is this subject, the honoring of one’s father-in-law, a subject a business publication serves its readers by covering?
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My dad Ralph Kiyosaki and I had a great relationship. Granted we did not agree on everything … one of those things being money. He strongly believed in the idea that the government, businesses, and the rich should take care of people. I believe we need to learn to take care of ourselves, which is why I always ask, “Why don’t our schools teach us about money?”
Why do we as a nation, from the President on down, expect the government to give us money when we retire? I believe we, as a nation, have too much of an entitlement mentality. Like many people, I wish businesses and government could afford to take care of people for life… but this is the 21st century and times have changed.
Today, we have a staggering national debt, a falling dollar, high oil prices, a war, bankrupt Social Security and Medicare systems, and a baby-boom generation, 80% without any money, set to retire. It is because of these reasons that in 1996, I decided to write my books, which have sold over 25 million copies worldwide, create my financial education games, which are now produced in 16 different languages, and build an international education company that has products distributed in 97 countries. Today I am a featured writer for Yahoo! Finance and Entrepreneur magazine. Donald Trump and I are writing a book together. To me, these are better – and certainly more appropriate – subjects for a business magazine.
In closing, I do not write my books to criticize my dad, although many people take it that way. My dad was a great leader, a great teacher, and a great dad. I have a lot to live up to.
Robert Kiyosaki
Scottsdale, AZ
Via letter
WORD OF CAUTION
Re: article “Play it again, Sam, the Skinny on hit songs as Company Names” in your May issue. Great idea. One note of caution however for current or potential users: Don’t forget to check in case the song name is either copyrighted or trademarked (or both), to avoid problems.
John Condon
San Francisco, CA
Via email
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