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Rather than risk starting their own businesses, most people seek safer environments, preferring job security to freedom and a steady paycheck to greater wealth. Their fear of failing is greater than the joy of freedom.

Robert Kiyosaki

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Robert Kiyosaki
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 8
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