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It was not until my mid-twenties that my rich dad’s advice began to make more sense to me.
我20多歲時，才開始真正實施富爸爸的建議。
I was just out of the Marine Corps and working for Xerox.
我當時剛離開海軍陸戰隊去施樂公司工作。
I was making a lot of money, but every time I looked at my paycheck, I was disappointed.
我掙了許多錢，但每當我看著工資單時，都感到很失望。
The deductions were so large and, the more I worked, the greater the deductions.
被扣掉的稅款是如此之多，而且我越努力工作，扣得就越多。
As I became more successful, my bosses talked about promotions and raises.
當我更為成功時，我的老板們談到了升職和加薪。
It was flattering, but I could hear my rich dad asking in my ear: “Who are you working for? Who are you making rich?”
雖然我有點飄飄然，但我仿佛聽到富爸爸在問我：“你在為誰工作？你使誰富了？”
In 1974, while still an employee for Xerox, I formed my first corporation and began minding my own business.
1974年，當時我仍是施樂公司的雇員，我建立了我的第一家公司并開始“關注自己的事業”。
There were already a few assets in my asset column, but now I was determined to focus on making it bigger.
我已經有了一些資產，我決心使它增加。
Those paychecks, with all the deductions, made all the years of my rich dad’s advice make total sense.
這些年來掙著被扣掉稅的工資使我完全明白了富爸爸的建議。
I could see the future if I followed my educated dad’s advice.
如果我繼續聽從我爸爸的建議，我已經可以看到我的將來是什么樣子了。
Many employers feel that advising their workers to mind their own business is bad for business.
許多雇主認為建議雇員關注他們自己的事業對他們本職工作不利。
I’m sure it can be for certain individuals.
對某些人來說確實如此。
But for me, focusing on my own business, developing assets made me a better employee.
但對我而言，關注我自己的事業、努力增加資產，卻使我成為一名更好的雇員。
I now had a purpose.
我現在有了目標。
I came in early and worked diligently, amassing as much money as possible so I could begin investing in real estate.
我得起早貪黑勤奮工作，好攢錢開始房地產投資。
Hawaii was just set to boom, and there were fortunes to be made.
夏威夷正在開發建設，大有發財的機會。
The more I realized we were in the beginning stages of a boom, the more Xerox machines I sold.
我越是意識到我們是在開始發展的階段，我賣出的施樂復印機就越多。
The more I sold, the more money I made and, of course, the more deductions there were for my paycheck.
賣出的復印機越多，掙的錢也就越多，當然，我掙得越多，扣得也就越多。
It was inspiring. I wanted out of the trap of being an employee so badly that I worked harder not less.
這是一件振奮人心的事，我一定要通過努力工作跳出當雇員的陷阱。
By 1978, I was consistently one of the top five sales people in sales.
到1978年的時候，我的銷售業績總是列在公司前5名。
I badly wanted out of the Rat Race.
但我仍想跳出這場“老鼠賽跑”。
