The key to this thing is that you want to become an investor not a gambler.

So saturday night I watched the Cowboys game, and after that we were watching MTV's True life, and it was Im a complusive gambler or something like that, talking to my brother bout how we dont have any casinos in Texas and I just bet on sports now.

I'm not that much of a gambler and there is too much that is out of my control.

Were this a baseball game, there would be an investigation to see if gamblers had paid off the losing team to throw this game.

Actually, those that purchase in brokerage circles, or directly from the holder,  NPNs or PNs that don't understand how and why a loan was originated and how it was underwritten and who can't underwrite it under it's current condition isn't an educated investor, but a gambler. 

The long term problem with Kiyosaki is that without an exit strategy, in a cyclical market, you will always encounter what is traditionally called "gamblers ruin". 

My take is that when it comes to flashy boss-free careers such as investing (on a smaller scale) there will be loads of people/gamblers who have interest in either trying it out our doing it full time.

We have been married 25 years, i was a gambler when we met, have had periods of abstinence over the years, but he has (understandably) never been able to trust me (in regard to money) and probably never will.

  " I am buy and hold forever"   "I am a Cashflow investor"  " I don't expect appreciation"  " Appreciation if gambling I am not a Gambler "  "Appreciation is icing on the cake "  these are the most common things beat into investors heads these days. and then regurgitated.. 

Did you ever see "The Gambler" movie?