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Today I find so many people struggling, often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas.
今天，我發現許多人在辛苦工作、苦苦掙扎，這主要是因為他們依然固執于陳舊的觀念。
They want things to be the way they were. They resist change.
他們希望事情還像以前那樣，他們抵制任何變化。
I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses, and they blame technology or the economy or their boss.
那些失去了工作或房子的人總在抱怨技術進步，抱怨經濟狀況不佳以及他們的老板。
Sadly, they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability.
很遺憾他們沒有意識到，問題的癥結其實在于他們自身。陳舊的思想是他們最大的債務。
It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while that idea or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.
原因很簡單：他們沒有意識到已有的某種思想或方法在昨天還是一種資產，今天卻已經變成了負債。
One afternoon I was teaching investing using a game I had invented, CASHFLOW, as a teaching tool.
一天下午，我正在用我發明的“現金流”游戲講授有關投資的課程。
A friend had brought someone along to attend the class.
我的朋友帶了一位女士一起來聽我的課。
This friend of a friend was recently divorced, had been badly burned in the divorce settlement, and was now searching for some answers.
這位女士最近離婚了，在離婚的問題上她遭到了沉重的打擊，正想尋找某種答案。
Her friend thought the class might help.
我的朋友認為聽聽我的課也許會對她有幫助。
The game was designed to help people learn how money works.
我設計“現金流”游戲的目的，是幫助人們了解金錢是如何運動的。
In playing the game, they learn about the interaction of the income statement with the balance sheet.
在玩游戲的過程中，人們可以了解收益表和資產負債表之間的互動關系。
They learn how cash flows between the two and how the road to wealth is through striving to increase your monthly cash flow from the asset column to the point that it exceeds your monthly expenses.
并弄懂現金流是如何在這兩張表之間流動的。除此之外，你還會明白，通過增加資產項上的月現金流量，使你的月現金流量超過每月支出的金額。
Once you accomplish this, you are able to get out of the Rat Race and out onto the Fast Track.
一旦你學會了這些知識，你就能從“老鼠賽跑”中掙脫出來，上升到“快車道”上。
