Cashflow Didactic Games

Robert Kiyosaki has always stressed the need to practice what you learn, to take the information from his books and be able to act on it, and what better way then to play a game. In the Cashflow games the main objective is to get out of the rat race. Familiar objective when comparing it with the Rich Dad philosophy and the all the lessons learnt from the Robert Kiyosaki books.

Cashflow 101 is a board game that helps you practice real life lessons of accounting, investing, and finance all at the same time. Taking the lessons from Rich Dad, Cashflow 101 is a game that takes the perspective from the rich state of mind. It is a way to view opportunities around every day and to recognize them from the rich state of mind. Cashflow 101 is game that practices the mental habits of the rich. Learning and practicing what is really a liability and what is an asset is the way to get out of the rat race, out of the middle class state of mind and into becoming rich.

In the game you begin with a profession and depending on your profession your expenses are applied accordingly. As well, that leaves the according cashflow after your monthly income minus your monthly expenses. Then the objective is to gain passive income and increase your assets from nothing to something. Learning to wait on purchasing luxury goods, even if you can buy it up front without going into debt, it is smarter to buy an asset that increases your cashflow that can in turn pay for the monthly payments of the luxury good. The goal of Cashflow 101 is to make your passive income higher than your monthly expenses so that you do not have to work anymore. In this objective to the game, Cashflow 101 helps develop the rich mentality and reinforces all of Robert Kiyosaki’s lessons from the Rich Dad series.

There are more games available from the Rich Dad Company including the sequel to Cashflow 101 board game, expectedly and conveniently titled, Cashflow 202, In Cashflow 202 the game remains the same although it takes on the more advanced lessons. Taking it a step further with advanced investment techniques like short-selling stock, put-options, call-options, straddles and real estate exchanges, Cashflow 202 is a way to learn more advanced investment techniques.

The Cashflow 101 board game, as Cashflow 202 and Cashflow for Kids is also available on an interactive format made for the PC in the form of an E-game.