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Summary: i've said it once and i'll say it again...
Review: disturbing, disturbing, disturbing. hey everybody! i have an idea! why don't we spend all our lives obsessing over money and wealth and ignore the truly important things in life? i mean, doesn't that sound like wholesome fun? and once we do become rich, all the problems in our lives will slowly fade away...seriously, who cares about the environment, starvation, or moral values? america sure doesn't! and whatever america does has to be right--after all, being american, i'm supposed to have strong national pride, right? if you haven't caught on to my sarcasm yet i pity you...i also pity the people who actually find this book meaningful and important. take a look in the mirror and ask yourself what is truly important in life. live life like it was your last day on earth--i guarantee it would be the exact opposite of what this book suggests.
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Summary: Abridged Version: A Waste of Money
Review: I saw Robert Kiyosaki on Oprah and liked his basic premise. I bought the version of Rich Dad Poor Dad that consists of two tapes. What a waste of money! The author never gets into specifics. He tells stories that take too long to get to the point, as if the narrator is talking to a three-year-old child. He repeats the same points throughout the tape in a condescending manner. This information could have been shared in five minutes and shouldn't have been stretched out into three boring hours. In fact, I learned everything from watching Oprah. I've purchased many good products from Amazon, but this product was a waste of money.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: The most amazing thing I've learned from Robert's first book is "Money is just an idea."It sent chills down my spine. It's all about understanding the rules of money that we have created ourselves, and to play around with that. The rich simply know the rules to their own advantage...
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Summary: A good read for fun, a great read for life!
Review: Rich Dad, Poor Dad focuses on the author as a child. He is torn between the advice of his dad, and his best friend's dad. It is a real eye opener because his dad is highly educated, yet poor, while his best friend's dad lacks education, but is rich. It shows the importance of thought, the author would hear contradicting views on the same subject from his two dads and he had to think about why each said what they did. It is not so much important what path you take to financial freedom, only that you physically and mentally move towards that path. By listening to each father's side, Robert could compare and contrast the advice, forcing his brain to think and make decisions. It is then and only then, do we as humans unlock our full potential. The books demonstrates that there is a distinct difference between general education and financial intelligence. The key to financial freedom is a good mix of both. General education opens doors for you, while financial intelligence guides you through them. The book is quick read and i would recommend it to anyone who has the drive and desire to get ahead as we leave the industrial age and enter the information age.
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Summary: This book makes you really think about working for money.
Review: I felt that this book was very interesting, mostly because the author goes against the norms of education (get good grades, get a good job, you're set type of mentality). This book really makes you think about why you want to work, and how to change your lifestyle over time so that the money works for you, not the other way around. The author has some good points on how the rich find the loopholes in the system to stay rich, and gives logical advice to help individuals become financially ahead of the game. I definitely do not recommend this book for those not willing to actually change their mentalities and lives. It is a very good guide to understanding how the rich get rich and how they differ from the poor, whether educated or not, people.
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Summary: Rich Dad got this Poor Mom to Buy His Book
Review: Ok, I admit I come from a Poor Dad family, a Dirt Poor Dad family, but I absolutely felt had when I bought this book. First of all, the format was like the monk giving little sparrow lessons about money. Rich Dad was a guru and the kids were his believers who were touched by an all knowing, all seeing all money-making spirit. There is nothing wrong about learning how to manage your money and keeping some of it away from predators, but he oversimplified the basic reality of our economic culture and really, I believe, insulted many people who work for a living. And what's with the charts anyway. Try giving the charts to a low income inner city single mother and see how she manages with your philosophy. After all is said and done Rich Dad got me to buy the book so I guess he has something going for him, but it didn't go for me.
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Summary: Excellent! ...Great Job! ...Thanks Robert!
Review: Kiyosaki's RICH DAD POOR DAD book serise is a must for professional financial planners or anyone that is interested in knowing how to be completely financially indipendent and how to begin to start your own financial empire! ..........THANKS ROBERT KIYOSAKI for your generouse contribution to financial education and showing some vital secrets that enable readers to have an exit from the eternal RAT RACE...
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Summary: Hot Air
Review: i am still thinking about the riches that jesus preached to the world: "a few fishes and a few loaves of bread are enough to feed the world." when i saw an article about "planning for retirement," in my churches bulletin, and it used dollar signs to denote bullet items, i thought: "what is this world coming too." this book is about putting dollar signs in bulletins. neither rich dads nor poor dads will be able to stop the devistation of the rain forests, reduce the impact of oil spills, nor keep our garbadge from pilling up in landfills. neither rich dads nor poor dads will rise to the level of mother theresa's loving embrace of the world, unless they give themselves freely to the world like mother theresa. while the book tells you how to play the game, it certainly doesnt seem to say much about much. i stayed rich by reading the book in the library and leaving it there. that follows the advice of the book which suggests that you keep your money, accumulate more, and dont spend it.
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Summary: Truly Great and Remarkable
Review: In his 1st book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" (RDPD), Robert Kiyosaki addressed the drastic differences in mindsets between the Rich and the Poor. The world change. And we have to change with it. Most people, I am sorry to see, are way behind. "Graduate from school, then graduate from university, get a good job, buy a big home, on and on". This "poor" formula will not work anymore. Buy this book and simply get updated to the new financial world. The book is long enough (over 200 pgs), and I found myself getting impatient at times. But after reading it all the way through, I find myself planning to read it again. I would advise anyone buying this book to sit down after reading it and think over your life and then start making a financial plan for your new rich life. Be patient with this book and after reading it through, read it again and take notes, and by all means take action. It is worth reading again and again. I give it 5 big stars because RDPD just make good sense. Sure, for some (specifically, those that are already financially literate) Kiyosaki's points are too simplistic (assets vs. liabilities, buy assets instead of "doodads"), but for the majority of people seeped in credit card debt, this making us virtually slaves to our employers and to the government, his book provides excellent guidance for getting out of the Rat Race, and starting to take charge of our personal way of life. I liked the ideas in this book, they excited me and made me tell all my family and friends about it. My wife is not reading English. So, during our evening walks I told her the RDPD chapter by chapter. And she was listening it with great attention and was really excited with the financial ideas of Robert Kiyosaki. I think, RDPD is the must reading for a lot of people all over the world, and particularly for everybody in ex-communist countries. This should be required high school reading material. If you're not rich then read this! The book is truly inspirational. Kiyosaki explains exactly how you need to think. "The more control you have over the way you achieve your income, the more control you have over your life." Thanks, Robert, your RDPD is really good reading!
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Summary: Bad Book, Boring Book
Review: First I hate people who are taken with themselves...I felt like I was watching an infomercial at 11pm when I read this. You know, the guy who talks too fast, too loud and sounds like he's 'gonna make ya swim wid da fishes' if you don't do what he says. Very contradictory with his opinions on education. On one page he says its no good and he has no use for it and on the next he says how important it is. In summary this is a book that spouts real estate leveraging. Nothing more. It is a simple concept but not for everyone. I get the feeling that if I don't make millions the way this guy did I should resign as a respectable human and eat my meals out of a dumpster. Don't waste your money. Lucky it was 30% off. At least that made me feel like I was buying into this guys mentality.
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