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Summary: Build a Financial Foundation Deep and Wide
Review: Robert Kiyosaki is not a brilliant writer, but he is a brilliant educator. His message is clearly conveyed in simple language - The majority of us never learn about how to make money work for us, but instead we learn how to work for money - which keeps us in a type of slavery we can't easily understand.There are rules about money that you must learn in order to become independently wealthy, and you don't learn them in school. "Rich Dad Poor Dad" will help you begin to build the wide and deep foundation that you will need in order to build your wealth. Be ready to make a committment to change. It is not easy, and just knowing the answers is not enough. Get "The Child Whisperer" by Matt Pasquinilli to help get started taking action. Although the title sounds like it is only for parents or teachers, It seems to be written to help you understand why you act the way you do and how to change it.
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Summary: Complete and total BS!
Review: He's the only one getting rich.
He NEVER gives any secrets, just repeats how smart he is.
A chain letter is about the same idea.
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Summary: Childish Advice - Big Self Focus
Review: As with other and better written negative reviews, I thought the advice was childish and obvious. The only reason I did not give it 1 star was that sometimes the simple solution (ie. buy assets and not liabilities) is lost in the forest and is worth pointing out. Do I need to read how his real father was such a financial idiot and how he copied the behavior of his friends dad so that he could write books stroking himself and justifying his souless existance? Probably not. There are far better financial books out there.
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Summary: Rethinking your attitudes about money
Review: Thinking of retiring early? This book will be an eye opener for most. You won't get formulas or how to get rich quick, etc. What you will walk away with is a new perspective on how the wealthy think about money. This is a good place to start. You'll find out why people who lose lotteries end up poor again. Why people with high incomes still can't afford to save money, etc. Once you get an overview of the different mindsets, then you will be ready to pursue your goals.
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Summary: Judge a Book By Its Contents, Not By Its Cover
Review: Robert Kiyosaki enlightened me as to what I've been lacking in my education throughout all these years! As a college student I will be making sure to provide myself with financial literacy as well as the conventional university courses in my top school. The messages conveyed in his books do give advice which may seen somewhat "radical" to the average person, but keep in mind if we all agreed to his ideas in the first place and had his kind of mindset he probably would not have had the need to write books to spread his ideas. As I have noticed, many people might have gotten upset with Kiyosaki because they thought he was providing with a method to get rich. But nowhere on the title page indicates that this is a how-to manual. After I have read his other book The Business School: For People Who Like Helping Other People, I see that he writes these books to provide us with the ideas significant to bringing about a life changing education, and whether or not one wishes to be openminded to his way of thinking is up to them. I only regret that he does not tell us how to use these ideas, and this is perhaps another reason for reader resentment, since they find they cannot get anything out of the book even though the ideas are powerful. But I think this is where we are to come in ourselves, and creatively find ways to adopt those ideas into our situations that demand improvement. That creativity is perhaps what separates the successful and the unsuccessful.
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Summary: This Book was okay
Review: This book did not teach me anything earth shattering, but it was a great refreshing read to remind me that I am not on the right track financially. I can;t say it will make you rich, but it will either A) Introduce you to new ideas, or B) reinforce a great idea.
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Summary: Given to me by my MOTHER, I bought copies for my friends.
Review: When I asked my mother what she thought about this book, her reply was "I just wish that I have read it 40 years earlier". She bought a copy for each of us kids. My Brother-In-Law read it in two days. When I asked him what he thought of it, he replied. "I wish someone gave this to me 25 years ago." I read it. It took me three days. I immediately bought the tape and I play it non stop. All I can say is that I just wish that I knew this stuff 25 years ago. A great and unique book.
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Summary: Kiyosaki is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT & DEAD WRONG
Review: Kiyosaki is both right & wrong, but more wrong than right. Where he's right is that to get out of the rat race, you must put your money into assets that will produce income. This is such a simple truth, but a very powerful one, and Kiyosaki brings it home quite well (especially his graphics). Where he's wrong is what to do with life once you've got enough assets to quit working. His book reeks of greed, condescending attitudes, ungratefulness, and a never-ending spirit of "more more more." How sad that he spits on his father's grave by immortalizing him as "poor dad" -- just to sell some books. He is so money-hungry, so focused on material goods, that he sells his soul in the process. It was curiously revolting. If you want to read a book that also tells you how to build assets so that you can leave the rat race -- but with a VERY different conception of what to do with yourself once you've achieved that goal -- then read YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE. It's 180 degree different from this book in attitude and gratitude. I appreciated this book's reminder to build assets (and not get pulled into liabilities) -- but I was saddened and actually felt pity for this guy who has sold himself for a porsche or two. Like I said, he's absolutely right and dead wrong.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: It's all in the packaging. The author even admitted that he wasn't a very good writer, but knew how to sell a product. He gave an example of another book which sold millions because it had a provocative title. I find this out halfway through this book with a provocative title! In other words, I just helped him make more money, but I learned nothing. Do not waste your money on this book.
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Summary: False Paradigm
Review: Robert Kiyosaki does an excellent job of raising our financial awareness- challenging us to examine the very way we think about "getting ahead". Working harder at a j.o.b. is NOT the answer, and I found his reasoning to be very sound. Basic concepts like understanding the difference between an asset and a liability, and the difference between money working for me- and me working for money, have opened my eyes to the false paradigm I USED to prescribe to.
This book is a must for anyone who desires real financial freedom. I'm grateful to Robert for sharing his wisdom, and grateful for the friend who recommended the book!
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