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Summary: More motivational than useful
Review: This is probably one of the worst written personal finance books I have ever read. The add-on introduction by fan and friend, Sharon Lechter, is even worse. I almost gave up after page 20.RDPD contains a very basic thread which tells you to maximise your asset growth to cover your outgoings (duh!) and then goes on to tell you something about how Kiyosaki became a millionaire. Exactly what is true and where you start is pretty hazy. Financial details are thin and his methods vague at best. RDPD is really more of a motivational perk-me-up than a useful guide to making money and achieving financial independence. It's quite good in that respect, as long as you don't fall for all the self-marketing and vaguery. If there is something positive to come out of the book, it's Kiyosaki's constant preaching that a house is just as much a liability as an asset and buying the family home early on in life can seriously impede your ability to achieve financial independence through leveraging your balance sheet. That said, I reckon the full on assault by John T Reed (below or search on Google) is a much better read. It's one of the best criticisms of spivvy finance books I have read in a long time.
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Summary: Eye Opening!
Review: This book presents 6 lessons that the author believes are the keys to getting rich. These lessons challenge how society in general thinks "normally" and attempts to present a different point of view. This book challenges the reader to become more financially literate and think in terms of "possibilities" and "opportunities". This book is worth taking a look at. You may be turned on by it or totally turned off by it. Whether or not it applies to you will depend on your needs and desire and willingness to accept its viewpoints and to change.
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Summary: Best Book on Financial Wisdom you will ever read
Review: This is the best book on Finance I have read. Excellent observations and suggestions in the book. Truly explains the difference between rich person and poor person's mindset. A Must Read.
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Summary: Good content, repetitive style
Review: Robert Kiyosaki's book is motivating and meaningful. It shows not only how to get out of the rat race, but explains why people get into it in the first place. The author clarifies and illustrates his points until they become not only clear, but in many instances obvious. My only real problem with the book is in its style. Every point and some stories are repeated, usually three or four times. The same content can fit comfortably in about eighty pages.
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Summary: Short and To the point
Review: I know that many reviews are long and very detailed. Unfortunately there are too many positive points brought up in this book for me to mention. Frankly, I have better things to spend my time doing but I wanted to say that I would highly recommend this book. It is a book for beginners. It is only a starting place, but gives you (if you are open to its ideas) some direction in a very chaotic world of money. Don't take my word for it, try it yourself. Don't be stuck in the rat race... make money work for you.
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Summary: Simple concept but no real world advice.
Review: The book contains some good basic advice. Using his definitions of "assets" and "liabilities", he teaches the reader to use their money to invest in assets (thing that create money) and not liabilities (things that dont create money). The rest of the book is little stories and antidotes supporting this concept.
I give it a 1 because there is little or no real world practical advice on how to actually do anything. Extensive research on the author reveals that his knowledge of things financial is virtually non existant. He is making all his money off of the sales of these books which started by selling them to Amway representitives at conventions...
I love truth, I hate Liers.
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Summary: The book that has had the most impact on my life.
Review: This book is an excelent tool for opening a whole new world up to people who were told to "Go to school and get good grades, so you can get a high paying job." This book doesn't contain every grain of knowledge that is required to find your path in life, and you path to richness, but it does allow you to see that such a path exists and that it may not be the path that your parents took or the one that they encourage you to take. If this book affects you as it did me, you uncover an inner desire to be more than you are and energize you on your path to becoming more. I have bought and read books non-stop since reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, about investing in traditional investments and investing in myself. This book has definately had and will continue to have a positive inpact on my life.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: For a three disc set you only need discs 2 & 3 to learn anything. Disc 1 is an autobiographical account about Mr. Kiyosaki and a childhood friend "creating their own money." I found this quite boring. I think it's more of a lead to introduce you to Rich Dad and Poor Dad. Discs 2 & 3 were fantastic and I learned quite a bit. No need to buy into his infomercial items as I think he hits 90% of that stuff right here in this audio book. If you need inspiration to be an entrepreneur, this is the tool for you!
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Summary: Love or hate it--it's true.
Review: Seems Robert Kiyosaki has become a lightning rod for people's attitude is about being "rich". Robert Kiyosaki doesn't claim to be giving more than basics, so to anyone who already knows them, it's not meant to be a revelation. What he IS trying to do is show the world of financial literacy to those who have not been educated. And to those who believe his point of view is cold, you again have to admit his point of view is valid. Much of his book is motivational. If you consider what readers this book is targeting, this makes sense. I have also found that most people who do not know how to handle their finances are both intimidated and wary of the subject. What he's trying to do is get people with a "Poor Dad" attitude to see how their point of view is skewed, and that they can logically plot their own course to financial stability and beyond. This is not a "get rich quick" book. It constantly hammers that true "financial literacy" takes years to learn, and that to be a solid investor in any field you must first understand the field in which you're considering investing. He uses many people as case studies in how people have become rich, and doesn't analyze the moral implications the way some people would liek. Don't like Ray Kroc? Fine. But he was extremely wealthy, and he legally built up the largest restaurant empire ever. I think the author would hope like I do that somewhere there is an organic farming expert who could build up an empire equal to McDonald's.
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Summary: Very repetitive
Review: While I enjoyed this book it was a bit of a time waster. Perhaps the author wanted to make the book look bigger than it was, but he said the same things over and over again. This book could have been 1/3 the size if he would have been just a bit less verbose in his writing style. That said, it was an interesting book and certainly changed our approach to our finances. We have become fanatical about not touching assets, and learning new ways to increase our asset column while decreasing our liabilities column. I'm glad I read this book, but I wish I'd bought it used!
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