Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad, said the turning point began years ago while listening to an Indian guru. The guru told him, “Your body’s mission is to fulfill your spirit’s mission,” Kiyosaki wrote on X on July 1. He added that the sentence forced him to examine whether his work matched a deeper purpose.

“His words shook me. At the time my body was busy making money,” Kiyosaki said. That conflict became the central issue in his reflection: whether financial success alone could define a life’s work.

Kiyosaki said the answer took years to understand. “It finally came to me that my spirit’s mission was to teach what my body was to do was to be a teacher… which was the last thing I thought I would ever become… just because I failed in school and hated school.”

He said the realization prompted him to leave manufacturing more than 50 years ago and begin teaching lessons he learned from his “rich dad,” shifting his career from manufacturing to financial education. Instead of focusing on producing goods, he redirected his energy toward sharing financial principles he believed were missing from traditional education.

The acclaimed author said he was ridiculed for years for teaching ideas such as “Savers are losers” and “Debt can make you rich.” Despite the criticism, he said he continued teaching because he believed traditional schools failed to educate people about money.

“My life changed.”

Kiyosaki said one way to find purpose is to ask, “What does my heart want to do to serve humanity?” He said he began teaching for free before the work became commercial.

“That free education turned into a multimillion-dollar business and expanded throughout the world,” he wrote. He closes by encouraging readers to reflect on their own purpose, asking:

“What is your spirit’s mission?”

Beyond discussing purpose, Kiyosaki’s recent posts have continued to focus on economic risks. He has warned of a possible market downturn, advocated owning assets such as gold, silver, bitcoin, and ethereum, and said he is waiting for lower prices before making additional purchases.

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