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Summary: I'm the kid...
Review: I have decided to change my thinking, I'm 26 and grew up poor. My parents are still struggling, but slowly getting ahead. By the age of 20 I was as far in debt as a average middle aged person because I paid my way through school with loans and credit cards. If my parents had this book while I was growing up, I think that I wouldn't have learned the dogma that keeps the poor in the rut. And now I know that it's possible to change the vicious circle. I am a self employed artist. How ironic is that? The epitomy of the struggling average American.
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Summary: Read this book before you invest, retire, or take a job!
Review: Robert Kiyosaki's best seller should be required everyone who has ever heard of 401k. Using a comparison of two pivotal men in his life, Kiyosaki leads the reader into a discussion of how we think about money. His father, a highly educated man, never achieved financial success. His second father figure did not finish eighth grade, but went on to build a financial empire.The juxtaposition of these two fathers and their views about money is used as a historical travelogue through Kiyosaki's life. He talks about the differences in opinions and how following traditional advice about working hard in a corporation or the government can lead to stable employment (if you are lucky) at the cost of independence and financial success. Using good financial judgement is not common, but can lead you to riches and freedom using using tax loopholes, property, investments, and employees. The book is easy to understand because it was written for a mass audience. I believe a good editor would tighten up the text and remove some of the random typos, improving the readability of the book. This is why the book only received four instead of five stars. How you think about money will lead you to riches or make you a slave for wages. Read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" if you want to take control of your financial future.
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Summary: Wake up and think America!!!
Review: Americans have become lazy and want everything handed to them. This book reintroduces the thought of using your mind and combining hard work to create the ability to be lazy. Changes the normal thought process and kick starts out of the box thinking. I now look at what I thought of as an asset in a totally different way and have begun to explore ways to increase my asset column. This book doesn't present schemes to instantly become rich, it changes your way of thinking to help you discover your opportunities for increasing wealth.
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Summary: Remember the Alamo!
Review: Rich Dad, Poor Dad is an excellent book, full of courage and audacity. If you take nothing more from this book than a positive, winning attitude then it is well worth the price. Too bad he doesn't give us a real system we can all use to get rich. I would recommend another book which does offer us a system for "Getting everything we want in life." It is a book by Thomas Pauley and Penelope Pauley entitled "I'm Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams. I am. I am. I am."
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Summary: From Poor Dad to Rich Dad
Review: I found Rich Dad Poor Dad much by chance and I'm glad I did. I was raised by a poor dad who still thinks I should find a secure ,good job. I have a college degree an have been an excellent employee for over 25 years, however with the help of Robert T. Kiyosaki I intend to change that. For those of you who only read his first book, you have missed the boat. Rich Dad Poor Dad is only the beginning. I'm half way into The Cashflow Quadrant and for me it has been a real education. My attitude about finances will never be the same and I never plan to be an employee again. His other books are a must read for anyone who wants more out of life than what an employer is willing to give you. I purchased Cashflow 101 and am playing the game with my daughter and her husband, my 16 year old son and my daughter's brother-in-law and my 18 year old son will be joining in at our next meeting. I was born to a Poor Dad, however I have no intention of carrying that label to my grave. With Robert Kiyosaki's books as a guide I will change my lifestyle and that of my family.
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Summary: a sad excuse for a dad
Review: This is a bad book - badly written and bad (morally). The Rich Dad is a poor excuse for a human being. And if we all get rich who are we going to get rich off of?
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Summary: "The Awakening"
Review: I found the book opened my senses and have encouraged my son and I to explore certain possibilities regarding self-employment and becoming rich. There were so many factors that I was not aware of. He's right, schools do not teach you how to invest your money, or how to have your money work for you. I also agree with Robert about the fears that keep us from reaching higher. I found this book so interesting that I read it twice, highlighted many uplifting facets of the book. Then, when I finished reading it I went out and bought two more books - one for my son and one for my best friend's daughter. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever dreamed of making a comfortable life for themselves and their family. Thank you, Robert.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: Even by the low standards of pop business tomes, this book is pretty poor. Kiyosaki, with co-"writer" Sharon Lechter, affects a breezy and remarkably unsophisticated manner as he throws out pronouncements on personal and business financial goings-on. An interesting contrast to Kiyosaki's book is Andrew Tobias' "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need." Tobias -- who (unlike Kiyosaki) can actually write -- also affects a casual manner. But whereas Kiyosaki comes off as merely callow, Tobias' tone is intended to lighten and have fun with his sound and tough-minded advice. Though an amiable book and not without the occasional sound nugget of advice (e.g., curtail spending on worthless gizmos), "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" offers little in the way of help for us everyday folks. A big focus is Kiyosaki's own alleged success in real estate investing, a notoriously risky field even for seasoned investors, and one he passes off as a cinch. Annoyingly, Kiyosaki refers throughout the book to his own father as "poor dad" and to a childhood friend's father (and surrogate father to Kiyosaki) as "rich dad." "Rich dad" is honored for his bland and meaningless pronouncements as a Yoda-like fountain of wisdom. Meantime, Kiyosaki's animus toward his financially underperforming father always lurks, making "poor dad" (clearly contrary to Kiyosaki's intent) a sympathetic figure. In any event, both "dads" are underdrawn and the book itself is undercooked, its advice unrefined and at times obvious. It's hard to see what Lechter, a CPA, adds. Wouldn't Kiyosaki have been better off with a ghostwriter who can actually write? The book feels as though no professional editor even read it, much less took a pen to it. Throughout, Kiyosaki's leaden tone and nonexistent wit are displayed, permitting statements like the following without a hint of irony: "The problem I sense today is that there are millions of people who feel guilty about their greed" (pg. 158) and "Don't listen to poor or frightened people" (pg. 170). At one point, Kiyosaki even tells a professional reporter, "I am a terrible writer" (pg. 132). Yup.
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Summary: ALL I KEPT THINKING WAS I AM GLAD I'M NOT THIS GUYS DAD...
Review: I think this man is a little taken with himself. The premise that he has...that the rich deal and think about money different than the poor...is most likely true. However setting up his rich dad (mentor) and his poor dad (birth father) as good and bad role models is REALLY in bad taste. I agree with another reviewer...There are no specifics, just rather long winded stories. Maybe that is his point. That the difference between rich and poor is in your mind and not in financial formulas, but I'll tell you this... he is richer by the price of this book and I am poorer by it so.... I don't think I quite have it yet. My biggest gripe is setting his father up to look somewhat lame... I just think it's in poor taste. I think alot of people did get alot from this book. I just felt it wasn't specific enough and the author was too impressed with himself.
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Summary: Rich Dad Poor Dad
Review: Excellent book. Kiyosaki's concepts should be required learning in Middle and Junior High School. I applaud the book's simplicity in describing the real difference between an asset and a liability. For the first time in our lives we have an action plan for building wealth that makes sense. We bought Kiyosaki's Cashflow game for a family Christmas present and all I can say is WOW!
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