Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

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Summary: A great book
Review: This book is somewhat general in explaining topics, yet it is a must-read for people who are just starting to make smart financial decisions and learn about money. The concepts in this book are simple, yet many people don't fully understand them, and many get offended when they read the book. Some feel that it is an insult to their wonderful financial intelligence to have things explained to them the way Robert does...which is why many of them are poor. I strongly advise people to read this book, as it is an important step towards becoming financially independent.

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Summary: Funny how many people react to this book!!
Review: I find it very funny how many people react to this book (based on a couple of the reviews I read). There is nothing on the book's cover that says buy this book and become rich. I think the purpose of this book, which does pretty effectively, is to give you a mind set for financial freedom, not to give you a plugin formula that will make you rich in 3 days. I liked the book and gives you a different perspective to achieving financial freedom. If you are looking for a book with a step by step to becoming rich, look elsewhere and if you find it, I want to be the firt one to hear about it.

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Summary: Very Needed Info
Review: Robert Kiyosaki is giving life saving information. I learned so much from this book.

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Summary: Talk about life changing?!?!?!
Review: Well, I was a little suprised that more effort was not put into making the book flow more eloquently. Other than that I absolutely loved every morsel of information. This book has really prepared me to take the proper steps to avoid another genreation of poverty in my family. I know now what it takes and am prepared to do it, all thanks to Kiyosaki and Letcher

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I bought the CD version of the book. Overall, it was disappointing. Too many cliches. Too redundant. Parts of stories and examples did not seem to tie together. He made it seem like it was noble to go bankrupt and sleep in a car. However, it was not fully explained how he went bankrupt in the first place. If he had been following his "Rich Dad's" advice since he was 9 years old, what happened? I started to replay the CD to gather examples of the excessive use of cliches, but decided it was not worth my time to listen to the CD again. To be fair, I have been told that the book is better than the CD. Maybe the CD left out some parts that would have made the book worth reading.

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Summary: Paradigm for Shift For Us Money Morons
Review: Millions of us are money morons. We make good money and spend it as quickly as we get it. What Robert Kiyosaki has done has written an easy to read, easy to visualize book for those of us who are struggling. If you have already got a good handle on your money, this book probably won't be that valuable. But it's written for the rest of us who need to shift our thinking from one of buying liabilities to one of buying assets. There are some powerful concepts for the average person in this book that can assist us in shifting out of self-defeating money management mindsets. True, he makes it sound ridiculously easy (and perhaps for him, it has been). For me, he makes it seem possible, and if that's what it takes to inspire me to get a grasp on my finances and to begin to accumulate wealth-building assets, then it was the best [money] I ever spent. What this is NOT is a "get rich quick" book. He makes it very clear that he spent years gaining a financial education (and continues to learn). His message to me is that if I want to build wealth, I have to stop the old thinking, get some education, talk to experts, gather some courage, and start. And I will.

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Summary: Simple and to the point, but needed
Review: Overall, I thought this book was good to read. Many of the ideas discussed are ideas that you proably already know. But by reading this book, it refocuses you on your financial health. This isn't a get rich book. After understanding what to do, the hardest and most important part is the execution.

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Summary: very good beginners book
Review: If you are just getting started on the road to learning about finacial success, this is the best place to start. If this book doesn't trigger new ideas and interest, I don't know what would. It is very easy to understand. The downfall is that becuase it is such a beginner's book, there are no specifics on how to actually make money. You will also be caught into buying and reading the next two books. I also recommend these (Cashflow quadrants and guide to investing), but many stories and ideas get to be very repetative. Another book on this level I would recommend is Creating Wealth, by Robert Allen. Creating Wealth is very basic as well, but gets into how the author made his money a little bit more than Kiyosaki does.

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Summary: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Review: Robert T. Kiyosaki's personal anecdotes seem appealing, yet one will not gain personal fulfillment nor any motivation as the book seems to promise. The repetition presented in the book does not reinforce Kiyosaki's ideas and it is simply frustrating. His broad generalizations and authoritative tone may offend many. The book is lacking in substance and deceives the reader again and again.

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Summary: A must read for beginners
Review: I heard about this book from a friend, I didn't rush out to buy it but I should have. I had no desire what so ever for investing. This book opened my eyes, in the 3 months since finishing "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," I have read 5 more books on investing and purchased a total of 9 more. Soon after finishing the book, I started watching real estate sales and paying more attention to stocks and bonds. When starting the book, I had nothing invested and less then a few hundred saved. Remembering I've only had 3 months since the book reading, I now have $500 in stocks and bonds and have made an unspeakable ammount from real estate purchase and reselling. I had absolutely no motivation for money or investing until I read this book, now it's made me rich.