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Summary: Defending poor father
Review: Hello, I just want to clarify some misconceptions made within the book concerning the author's poor father. First, one fact the author does not mention that he mentioned in a previous book that he wrote, was that he lost his dad's retirement money in a business venture that had failed many years before this book was even written. The reason why his father was broke when he reached retirement age was because he let his son use his money and his son had lost it all.
Secondly, his poor father was an incredibly brilliant and smart man, but I don't think his father was motivated as much by money as the author's rich father. The author's poor father was an educator who decided early on to dedicate his life towards educating people. For example, most priests die poor and penniless only because they were not focused so much on making money as they were on dedicating their lives to God. I am sure if the poor dad was focused on making money he too would have been incredibly rich probably even more so than the rich father since he was probably just as disciplined and even smarter. But, I would like to say thank you to the poor father for his dedication to the bettermnent of education. I am actually impressed that he would dedicate his life to promoting and improving the knowledge in today's educational system. That to me is the ultimate in public service and should be commended.
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Summary: the future: good finances and a large cup of coffee
Review: Robert Kiyosaki explores the influences he recieved from his two "dads": his father, who is well educated, but financially unstable, and his best friend's dad, who dropped out of school in eighth grade, but is now a millionaire. His main theme was showing how to "make your money work hard for you instead of working hard for your money." This book contains valuable lessons in investing, and is easy to understand for someone, like me, who doesn't know much about it. However, Kiyosaki starts repeating himself and becomes dull as the book progresses. Unless this subject really interests you, the book becomes boring.
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Summary: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Review: Overall, I thought that Rich Dad, Poor Dad was not so rich in content, and rather poor in writing. The author of this book did not do a good job of putting all of his thoughts together in this badly written book. One thought seemed to jump from the next without any connection. Furthermore, the ideas and lessons presented in this book seemed rather obvious to me, and it was hard to understand why someone would need to read such a book at all, for everything in it seemed to be nothing more than common sense. I do not reccomend this book to anyone who truley wants to learn how to manage their finances.
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Summary: Rich Dad Poor Dad Review
Review: I found this book ver interesting. It gave me a new prespective on making money. He contrasts the differences in economic strategies between "Rich Dads" and "Poor Dads" and they generally depict the pros and cons of economic decisions typically made by entrepreneurs in contemporary society. I found the charts informative and easy to follow and I highly recommend this book to all interested in business and those who want to be successful.
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Summary: Concept, Concept, Concept
Review: Think about it. The underlying lesson in this book is that we are doing what the rich, financial institutions and corporations want us to do. We are in their service to help them grow rich. We have at or disposal the some of the same tools. We just have to spend more time planning and educating ourselves. STOP sitting in front of the television watching sports and soaps. Start putting that effort into increasing your financial knowledge. Then begin to put that knowledge to work. Kiyosaki opens you eyes, it is up to you to do the rest. Be a slave or be free.
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Summary: THIS BOOK COULD BE HARMFUL TO YOUR WEALTH
Review: I don't know where to start, maybe to say that I'm amazed a book this bad, this negative, expousing such an unsustainable level of crass materialism could sell in the numbers it has. Education is a good thing, the value of everything should not be material. You can grow wealthy on just about any level of income simply by saving; don't take my word for it, read, "The Millionaire Next Door." Working for a living in support of yourself and a family is an honorable undertaking that blow hards should not be allowed to belittle without confrontation. My Dad worked hard at menial tasks all his life, I do not believe that someone is smarter or better just because they achieved a higher level of consumerism. I resent the author's posture and premise in this regard. I would love to see this guy and the late Joe Dominguez have a heart to heart. I found the book repulsive, actually.
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Summary: Sits on the border of helpful or story sharing.
Review: If your looking for a story to give you the "get rich" perspective, this is your book. It sets the mental can-do platform and a little something extra to get you on your way. If your looking for sturdy financial wrungs for your ladder, this book suggests ways but falls short of details. For those details, you must buy . . . next book, see the lecture, and so forth.
Look at the number of pages: 184. You won't find the road map
to success, here. You might find a nudge. For a good laugh and
an interesting sci-fi adventure try "Damsel in the Rough" by Tempesta. There are nudges there too.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: I can't understand the popularity of this book, and the string of exploitative titles that came after it. The so-called financial advice is simplistic and obvious, presented in poor to average writing and laughably unconvincing anecdotes. I'm sorry I bought it.
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Summary: Getting serious -- A must to read
Review: I am just getting started on learning about finances and this book came HIGHLY recommended by people that are successful. I have learned alot and Needed a more motivational book to get started, and keep me going through all those Dry books that I know will help me :)
I am a daughter of parents that were every two week paycheck people. Now I am in Real Estate and realized that this is a whole different ball game. I have and am identifing with mentalities that go along with feeling like your entitled to a paycheck because you worked. NOT.. He very accurately describes the Rat Race that most people put themselves in instead of enjoying life. I plan to enjoy life because "it is a good life"
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Summary: I couldn't even finish it...
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend (She had not read it - she saw it on a TV program). It sounded very interesting and worth my time and money. I am sorry to say that I cannot recommend it to you. I have read many personal finance books and other books. Rich Dad, Poor Dad is the worst example of a book I have ever encountered. Kiyosaki's arguments were strung together poorly. He was difficult to follow since he often repeated himself and delved into irrelevant tangents. Most infuriating to me was the fact that he obviously didn't have anyone proof-read this book before it went to print... I counted glaring typos on almost every other page! I finally gave up on trying to get through it and have since heard that this book bears a striking similarity to The Millionaire Next Door (it is even rumored that there may never have been a "Rich Dad" at all for Kiyosaki). I haven't read that yet, but plan to soon. I expect it will be a better read. The only positive thing I can say is congratulations to the author for getting rich off of selling this [stuff] to all of us!
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