THE RAT RACE CYCLE: HOW TO ESCAPE THE RAT RACE?
THE RAT RACE CYCLE: HOW TO ESCAPE THE RAT RACE? 5/25/2019 0 Comments Do you see yourself facing this financial struggle? What Is A Rat Race? A Rat Race refers to the competitiveness between employees for upward mobility in the job market. It is analogous to rats in a wheel that compete against one another to be the first to get the reward—cheese. The rats continue to compete for this measly reward. When someone refers to the rat race idiom, someone envisions unhappy and harried people working long hours for little pay and little recognition. Yet, they continue to take part in the rat race because their families depend on their earnings. Robert Kiyosaki (Businessman and author of the well-known books Rich Dad Poor Dad & Cashflow Quadrant) describes the rat race idiom as a frustrating financial lifestyle. An employee works hard for an employer to receive pay, a salary increase, and a promotion. For some employees, as their income increases, their expenses or life...