Work, Money, and the E Quadrant

According to Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad Series, there are four types of people in the world: Employee (E Quadrant), Self-Employed (S Quadrant), Business Owner (B Quadrant), and Investors (I Quadrant).

If you read his book, the main criterion of the how a person belong a particular group, whether the person is an employee or self-employed or a business owner or an investor is dependent on where his income came from. If the person's income is from a company where the person is working then he belongs to the E Quadrant. This is the same for other groups and you can read the details in his books.

But do you know that there is such a thing as an E mindset?

You can be an employee but your mindset is of those of a business owner or an investor. If you work for money then you have an employee mindset. Kiyosaki said, "The rich don't work for money, money works for them." "Work to learn, don't work for money."

If you work for money that means you have a price. But that should not be so because you are priceless. You are there to learn and the best way to learn is to work it yourself. It's easy to spot those with an employee mindset, just listen to the words they often say. If they talk about the benefits, or bigger pay, or the security, that person more likely has an employee mindset. Ussually the statements goes like this, "Well, I like going to company A since they pay much higher than my current company plus they have good benefits." Or you might hear something like this," Oh well, they are not getting me to do what they want until I get my increase." Or something like, "If the company only pays me this much then I will perform better." Or something like, "I am secure in this company because I have these benefits." Or "Are the benefits in Company A bitter than our company?" If you hear words like that froma person then that person has an E mindset. They based their prosperity, security and their financial promotion in what other people can provide for them.

While being in the E Quadrant is not bad, having an E mindset is really not smart. I believe that having an E mindset hinders intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth. Why? Because if you have an E mindset then you have a false sense of security because your security is based in what other people will give you. Because it makes a person feel motivated to go an extra mile (in his/her career life) only if the company or the boss is giving the person the money he/she wants. Because the person now finds security on man and close his/her mind on what God can do.

Do you have an E mindset? If you do, then you need to renew your mind. If you want to move from E Quadrant to the B or I Quadrants then you need to change the way you think. Stop thinking, what you can get from the company, think instead what can you learn from what you are doing.

God has so much in store for you so renew your mind.
Philippians 4:8 says:
“…Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”