Rich Dad, Poor Dad Abridged

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Summary: An Idoit's Guide to a Financial Future
Review: I found this book to be a very useful guide to becoming financially successful in life. As I am in college, I now know what steps I can take to avoid the "rat race" described by Robert Kiyosaki in this book. I was one of those who thought that working hard and saving would provide me with financial freedom, but now I see just how skewed that perception is. Instead of saving money in a bank, I should be investing it so that my money works for me. I hadn't thought of these things before, but you can bet I am now!

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Summary: A Book That Contain Many Simple Tips We Often Condone
Review: It's a great read for all those who would like to increase their assets without sacrificing an arm and a leg. Kiyosaki presents his ideas with simple examples and an emphasis through charts/pictures. The charts really simplify things. Although Kiyosaki makes many of his experiences sound easy, it'll probably take some work and good timing for them to be attainable. I liked the "two dad" idea. It presented two opposite views and showed that many things in life can't be taught by a teacher and learned through a book. At times, the point kiyosaki tries to make can get really repetitive and agressive. Overall, it's a great book, if you want some advice on how to divide your paycheck better and get out of "the rat race." FIVE STARS!

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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR TODAY'S YOUTH
Review: Reading this book will give you the understanding you need to be successful in life. I was already familiar with most of his ideas. This book should be given in college. I myself, plan to be a millionaire as well. My company will be going public in about 5 years, plus I will building my brand image. I am very happy person at age28, even though right now I am broke. But being broke is temporary, right? I was rich before (when I was age24), and I will be rich again! So what are you planning to do?

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Summary: made me think about how I use money
Review: This is a great book. It really made me think about how I use money. This book has great information for anyone, but would also be very useful for the entrepreneur who is attempting to learn how to use his/her money to successfully build his/her business. Definitely recommend.

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Summary: Entertaining and informative
Review: This is a very enjoyable read. I realize that most people will read it to learn how to become more financially independent, but it's also an entertaining memoir in its own right. The author had a "rich dad" and a "poor dad", the rich one being the father of his childhood buddy, and the poor one being his biological father. The rich dad was a highly successful businessman who mentored the author about the road to gaining wealth, whereas the poor dad was an educational administrator who never gained wealth himself. The author received conflicting advice from these two dads, and in the end he mainly chose to listen to his rich dad, and supposedly this ended up making him very wealthy. While this book won't tell you everything you need to know about building wealth, it may be a good place to start. I enjoyed it a lot. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".

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Summary: Kiyosaki's advice only applicable to some
Review: Kiyosaki offers some wonderful advice, and illustrates it fairly well using asset and liabilities T-charts. However, his "get rich quick" and "escape the rat pack" advice is nowhere near applicable to the general population. His guidelines are useful for the rich - who want to get richer. He outlines lucrative business ideas well - though taking an excessive amount of time to get to his points, and is quite repetitive. Kiyosaki offers some interesting business and investing tips - but just takes too long to get to them. However, these ideas are pertinent to the wealthy and upper-middle classes - individuals that are capable of investing large sums of money in new stock options and real estate - who are looking to gain some additional capital.

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Summary: A good story, but not an instructional book.
Review: I'd have given it three stars if it had more substance, but, for a purported bestselling financial guide, this book is really just a story about Mr. Kiyosaki growing up. I could easily summarize the useful tidbits of information in this review space but that wouldn't be right. I suspect that the book is more of an advertisement for the Cashflow games. But, to be fair, he does present an interesting perspective on the relationship of Income/Expenses/Assets/Liabilities. Not anything earth-shattering, though. If you've already read any other financial guide, economics textbook, stock or mutual fund prospectus, or can balance your own checkbook this book isn't going to teach you anything new.

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Summary: The most successful financial book of all time!
Review: Rich Dad Poor Dad has become the single most successful-best selling financial book ever---and for good reason; the advice works. It tells people not what they want to hear, but they need to hear.I also recommend Rich Dad's Guide to Investing which offers better investing strategies than just blindly buying mutual funds or listening to your broker without rhyme or reason.I wish you continued success!

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Summary: A Good Place to Start
Review: I've read RDPD twice despite John Reed's ripping of RTK. The book is insightful and mostly focuses on how you think of money and finances. As a result of reading this book, I've adopted the "pay your self first" habit that many other financial books have often advocated; I've heard it before but never had the inclination to do it.The only thing that I found somewhat annoying and irritating is that RTK conveys the idea of "the rich" as a group of people who are apart from the rest of us mortals; like a special group that only a select few can get into; a "Those People" or "Them" mentality.This first book lays down the foundation of Rich Dad philosophy. The next books breaks down all the concepts and ideas mentioned in this first one.

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Summary: Great book and an excellent gift
Review: A good friend, and a person I have a lot of respect for, gave me this book. I have to admit to being surprised because I initially thought this to be a typical "get rich" book. Based on his recomendations I read the book. I spent a few hours and read through the book in one sitting, it's an easy read. It really has influenced my thinking about many things in my life. There is more being said in this book about methodology than practical advice, and that's a good thing. I have made some serious changes in the way I run my business and personal life. This is a book everyone should read through and see for themselves if they can apply any of the wisdom contained.