My rich dad often said, “If you want to be a rich business owner or investor, you need to understand the story of Noah and the Ark.” Although rich dad did not see himself as a prophet, he did work diligently on improving his ability to see the future. In training his son and me to be business owners and investors who could also see the future, he would often say, “Do you re-
alize how much faith it took for Noah to go to his family and say, ‘God told me there is a great flood coming, so we need to build an ark.’” He would then chuckle and say, “Can you imagine what his wife, kids, and investors must have said to him? They might have said, ‘But, Noah, this is a desert we live in. It does not rain here. In fact, we are in the middle of a drought. Are
you sure God told you to build an ark? It’s going to be tough to raise capital for a boat-building company in the middle of a desert. Wouldn’t building a hotel, spa, and golf course make more sense than an ark?”