Have you heard of The Cashflow Quadrant? It's the simplest model that outlines the various career paths and tax system structures that exist in most countries. It comes from a book by Robert Kiyosaki called Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Guide to Financial Freedom. If you're not much of a reader the 8 slides below give you a great little summary to fast track your learning from.

1. which of these
four ways are you
producing your
income?

2. E
employee
you have a job

3. s
self-employed
you own a job

4. b
business owner
you own a system

5. i
investor
you own investments

6. when you combine
these together
they're called...
the cashflow
quadrant

8. now if you could
choose, which
quadrant would
you prefer?