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Summary: Take charge of your mind, take charge of your life!
Review: I really can't understand the negative reviews of this book. Here is a man who lost a fortune, came back and now is sharing his secrets. This book reminds me of a newer and much larger version of The Richest Man in Bablyon. Mr. Kiwosaki makes the book interesting with the story telling and it's fun to read as well as informative.The negative reviewers I suppose are the same people giving high reviews to those doom and gloom books that are coming out now enmasse and they probably spend most of their time watching the news and reading the newspapers and fil their minds with all of the rapes, murders, robberies and deaths. They are also probably unhappy with their lives and their boring jobs.I highly recommend Rich Dad, Poor Dad as well as Cash Flow Quadrant and Rich Dad's Guide to Investing. These books are urgently needed to nourish the minds of Americans who want more from life. But I guess Americans and readers all over the world allready know that because the books are still best sellers.Thank you Mr. Kiwosaki for sharing your knowledge. We needed this.
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Summary: Don't waste your money - read Millionaire next door
Review: This book is a hard read - the first part of the book is written at 3rd grade level; it seems the author wanted to stretch out his thoughts to make the book look thicker to the book buyer. The principals in this book can be found in better books - "Millionaire Next Door" and the "Millionaire Mind". Read these books and pass on "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and you will learn more about how the rich became rich.
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Summary: Excellent book.
Review: It's about time that somebody punches a hole through the go to college, get an education, get a good job, work hard and you'll do great.It's about time that somebody tells what the rich invest in and why the broke stay broke.There is a preponderance of lousy information available in books today. Thank God Kiwosaki is tellng the truth and offering facts.
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Summary: Everyone Should Read This Book!
Review: Do yourself a favor and buy this book. It can help you get things in perspective at any stage in your life! It's also a really easy read...very hard to put down.
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Summary: Contempt for the poor and working class
Review: And so starts the moral and fiscal indoctrination of the ruling class... which is what this book (for me, on tape) espouses. It preaches exploitation and contempt for workers, underpaying them and pointing out the unfortunate fools to nine-year-old boys who are being groomed to carry on this shameful business. A thoroughly distasteful premise, reinforced by the daily revelations of corporate malfeasance. As a fellow former citizen of Hawaii, I say, "Eh, brah? What? No shame?".
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Summary: Change your Thinking...Change your Life
Review: 1-star reviewers just don't *get* this book. If you're one of the millions who read personal finance books to be told exactly WHERE you're supposed to cut your expenses (no more coffee in the morning! Never eat out at lunch!) you're going to be very upset with this book. If you're looking for someone to tell you exactly HOW to invest in what stocks and how to buy real estate... you're going to be disappointed. Robert Kiyosaki is a self-made millionaire, having made successful businesses (everyone remember the velcro wallet in the '80's?!!), failed, and built himself up again. He writes his series of books NOT to tell people step-by-step what to do and not do... Mr. Kiyosaki narrates and challenges you to question YOUR beliefs and how you run your financial life. A quick example - from the day we start reading financial information in books or the paper, owning a house is a goal (tax benefits and all) and is an Asset to us. Mr. Kiyosaki challenges your thinking, because a home does NOT bring in money to your life... and is therefore a liability! Instead of buying bigger and bigger houses, and thereby increasing our expenses... one should consider taking the extra you would be paying on a bigger house and building your own business. Much of his advice is like that. A bit off-center, and forces you to *think*. Although not the end-all of financial books, I can honestly say this book had a postitive, life-changing impact on my life.
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Summary: A good primer for the fiscally challenged
Review: Like the author's "Poor Dad", my father came from the school of study hard, get into a solid career, and work hard. While there is nothing wrong with taking this path, in today's volatile world, it is no guarantee for fulfillment, stability, or success. There are many people out there who work extremely hard at their jobs, but in the end, are still living in debt or are one paycheck away from the downward spiral. RICH DAD, POOR DAD opened my eyes to another path. The book is chockful of intuitive and helpful advice for generating wealth. Indeed, I believe the author's main objective was to recalibrate the reader's mindframe towards work, money, how to make money efficiently, and how to grow money profitably. One detraction I had with the book is that it is not as structured and organized as it could've been. He presents much of his material as folksy anecdotes and matter-of-fact aphorisms. He could have designed his chapters as a comparative analysis between his Rich Dad and Poor Dad, for example, CHAPTER 8: RICH DAD ON MORTGAGES, etc. A detraction I have with the writer is his carefree tone in executing his real estate deals. If it were only that easy to turnover a distressed property into a profitable one!! Having said that, I think this is a really good book for financial neophytes everywhere.
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Summary: its easy to make money selling books about common sense
Review: The book was interesting story about his life but thats all it seem to be about. There was only one thing I learned from this book. All you have to do is tell people how rich you supposedly are, and how you want to help them. Forget any original ideas, just repeat the same general ideas over and over again and people will buy it. The one thing I like about this author is how he can turn a couple well known ideas that would take a paragraph or two to explain, and turn it into 200 pages is amazing. So I probably will never get rich off of his general and vague financial advice, but I now know how to become a best selling author.
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Summary: A Wonderful Book for EVERYONE!!
Review: This is one of the best series I have ever read! I am 17 and saw my dad reading this book and had no clue what something titled "Rich Dad Poor Dad" would be about and really didn't care about finding out. He encouraged me to read it after he finished and I am so glad that I did! I have so much time ahead of me and have already questioned whether or not I want to work for someone else. I now plan to "mind my own business", which is a concept discussed in this book. I am not getting my mom, who has zero financial literacy or interest to read this book. The great thing about it is that it is written as a story. It doesn't bore you with P/E ratios, or allocation numbers like some financial books.
This book, along with the others in the series will truly change the way you look at money and working for it. I know it did that for me!
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Summary: An amazing book
Review: Although Kiyosaki does not give you step by step intructions on how to amass wealth, he lays a great foundations. Most business professors will recommend this book if you ask them how to mkae money. Money making is a mentality and the author does a wonderful job explaining the difference between the rich and the poor and why the choice is yours.
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