But getting rich seems like a mysteriously complicated feat, right?

但致富就像是個不可思議的繁複壯舉，對吧？

Maybe win the lottery some day, become a movie star, or maybe end up on the right place at the right time and get that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

也許有天中了樂透、變成電影明星，或最終在對的地方和對的時間點，得到一生只有一次的機會。

Otherwise, you're just good at being poor. Okay, here's the thing.

不然你只是很擅長當個窮人。好，事情是這樣的。

Becoming rich is very similar to becoming poor. See, the way you get poor is like this.

變有錢和變窮是很像的。你變窮的方式就像這樣。

You work hard and buy things that take money out of your pocket.

你很努力地工作然後又去買那些會讓你持續花錢的東西。

These are what richy-pants financial people call liabilities.

這些東西就是企業金融大佬口中所謂會增加負債的東西。

And if you keep acquiring these liabilities eventually you will be poor. Guaranteed.

如果你持續買進這些東西，最後你會變得窮困。我保證。

Now becoming rich is pretty similar. You still work hard; you still buy things, except you buy things that put money in your pocket.

而成為有錢人的方式也差不多。你還是很努力地工作，你也還是買東西，不同的是你買的東西能讓錢進到你的口袋。

Things like real estate. Businesses. Stock. Things called assets.

像是不動產、公司、股本，稱為資產的那些東西。

And assets generate money for you even when you're not working, which grows exponentially with the more assets you buy.

資產幫你賺到了錢，即使你沒有在工作，添置越多的資產表示你賺的錢將呈指數成長。

And if you keep buying these assets, soon you will be rich.

如果你持續的買入資產，不久你就會變成有錢人。