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The Power Of Women

In The New Economy

by Brian K Wright

Brian: Sharon, I’m very glad to have Hill Foundation asking me to help re- do something, to create an impact.
you here. Tell us a little something energize the messages of Napoleon And so I think it’s really important—
about your background. Hill. It really brought it full circle women want to make a difference.
for me because I had read Think and So their success is in the results that
Sharon: I was a CPA and had a Grow Rich when I was 19. We were are created by their success, not
rising career with a Big 6 accounting honored and thrilled to have built an necessarily the fact that they are
firm. And by age 26, when I knew international powerhouse brand like successful.
everything, I realized that I was Rich Dad, the number one personal
working really hard for other finance brand. But then to be asked Brian: In terms of creating
people. And so the entrepreneurial to step into the largest personal significance and success really
bug bit me at the age of 26. I started development brand in the world, what we’re talking about is women
building companies then. We had this was an incredible, unbelievably owning their own power, as men
three children, and they didn’t like huge honor—one that I cherish and have done for generations.
to read, so I met the investor of honor—and I do everything in my
first children’s talking book. We power to make sure that everything Sharon: It is so important. Another
joined forces with him and built that I do as it relates to the foundation reason why I wrote this book, when
industry from 1 million in sales to 23 is to honor Napoleon Hill and his I talk about changing the dialogue
to 51 million, and we sold it in the original messages. from negative to positive—men
3rd year. Then we moved to Arizona don’t usually have a problem
which is where we live now. Brian: You wrote an amazing saying that they are in an expert on
book called Think and Grow Rich for something. Women have a horrible
Fast forward a few years, that’s when Women. Do you think success looks time saying I am an expert. They will
I met Robert Kiyosaki. We wrote different for women than it does say, “Well, I’m pretty good at that” or
Rich Dad Poor Dad and released that for men? “Well, I’m OK”. Most of us have been
in 1997, and started 10 years owning raised in that maternal environment
and building that company. Then Sharon: The subtitle of Think where we are supposed to take
when I decided to leave the Rich Dad and Grow Rich for Women is “Using care of everybody else. And far too
organization in 2007, it was a very Your Power To Create Success and many women put themselves last,
difficult decision for me, but that’s Significance. Women want success, and I speak from painful experience
when so many other doors opened but success is not necessarily in because that’s something that I
for me. President Bush asked me terms of money, and so that’s why definitely deal with every day. We
to be on the President’s Advisory I said success and significance. A want to make sure we are the best
Council, then getting the call in lot of times women want to make mother, the best wife, the best
March of 2008 from the Napoleon money, not to buy something but to leader, but we forget to take care of

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