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Summary: Kiosaki's Best Book By Far
Review: Rich Dad Poor Dad - What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That The Poor Do Not - By Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter.I have read just about every book Robert Kiyosaki has put his name on, whether or not he wrote them is another story, but here is the review. I actually think "Rich Dad Poor Dad", will forever be his best book. Unless he invents another rich dad, or a multi-level marketing uncle, I don't see how he can top "Rich Dad Poor Dad". Many of his other books are knock-offs and adaptations of this masterpiece. I have read hundreds of critics of Roberts over the past year, and I know some of the critics are right in thier criticisms of Mr. Kiyosaki's not explaing the "How-To", but the fact remains, "Rich Dad Poor Dad", is simply a must for anyone with a pulse that is considering investing thier money. Robert Kiyosaki never does tell anyone "How-To" do anything, but he is the master of getting an entire generation to review how they think of money, assets, and liabilities, and anyone just starting investments needs to begin, well, at the beggining! I highly recommend this book, and several of his other works. You can look at all of my reviews to see the ones that I enjoyed the best. I do not particularly like his "Advisor Series" books, as they are not written in the same format and lack the storyline that the Rich Dad books encompass. That doesn't mean that they are not good books, but they do not compare to the original works of classic Kiyosaki. One last note: Many reviewers of Kiyosaki's works are very brutal in thier perception of him as a person, and not on his work as an author. Robert Kiyosaki flunked high school english twice, and has had some unfortunate financial dealings in his past, but not due to criminal intent or a lack of morals. People also think he is focused way to much on money than is healthy. But once you read this book, you will see a genious behind his views and experiences. Mike, his childhood best friend had a father who set him up to be a multi millionaire, and probably a billionaire by now, whereas Robert has taken that experience, and used it as a tool to propel himself into the rich and famous the world over, after suffering several personal defeats. You can read more reviews of Robert T. Kiyosaki's works here [WEBSITE]
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Summary: Amazing
Review: You will be glad that you bought this book. It will open your eyes. I am an MBA, but as Kiyosaki says, "They don't teach you this in school." Once you finish this you will want to buy the whole series, and I would recommend that you do. By the way, I bought my first investment property last year and it is paying for my vacation to Hawaii.
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Summary: I like it
Review: I first began to like this book when I realized the authors share my philosophy of overcoming 'stalled' thinking. There is an excellent chapter on stalls related to fears of losing money, behaving differently than others, and so forth that most people have about money. The stallbusting advice is sound. In fact, this is probably the best chapter in the book. I also highly recommend "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Book of Wisdom" by Taro Gold.
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Summary: Great 4 beginners in Investing, Absurdly Repetitive 4 Others
Review: Being a novice to "financial intelligence" as Kiyosaki calls it, I was intrigued- by Sharon Lechter's introduction and Kiyosaki's childhood anecdotes of his second family. The rest of the book dwells on driving you to insanity with his cliches, and bragging of his ability to generate millions in ripping off citizens who are in desolate situations. Nevertheless, the information in this book conveys the simplicities of finance that can keep you from spending your life in debt and allow you to get out of the "rat race". What Kiyosaki says will keep you out of this rat race is your "financial genius", or however close you come to attaining it. The diagrams in the book take a while to understand, but are useful in that they are the most direct Kiyosaki will ever get in conveying information. Lastly, Kiyosaki needs to hold back on his egotism and give more credit to Mike's father, then work on his grammar. If you intend to read this book as an introduction to investing, this will be a great start; but if you're past that stage, you can afford to pass this one by.
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Summary: Excellent way to see things from outside the box..
Review: I recommend this book to everyone. Nice easy to read style. Top quality content and subject matter. Now reading the other books in this series. GREAT STUFF....
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Summary: If only I had read this book earlier...
Review: I wish that I would have read this book my senior year in high school because I believe that I would not have made the financial and educational mistakes that I did. Luckily, I am not completely money illiterate and I am capable of overcoming my past mistakes. So with Robert T Kiyosaki's helpful advice, I am confident I will not get trapped in the middle class - I am rich!
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Summary: Change your thinking
Review: Hitting the wall again and again just bigger and bigger each time. I have been getting better and better at headbutting this financial wall because my basic strategy was off course, I knew no better. This book can change the little things you do and bring big results depending on the effort you put in.
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Summary: This was not about my father!
Review: My father, Richard, was a very good father and I thought this book rather scandalous to imply that he was anything but a superb dad. Unfortunately I did not understand the context of the book as I thought that it was written under a psuedoname by my sister who always blamed my father, Rich, for her lack of success. Never-the-less I did find some of the important things that my father taught me about money missing :
1 Certain foreign coins can be used in call boxes to do long distance calls 2 If you fold some bills in a particular fashion then Andrew Jackson looks like he has a bee hive on his head; and
3 Money can't buy you love but it does afford an hour of something that comes close but with out any settlement activities. Shelf advice:
(Where to store this book for best and worst effect)
This book should be stored at home once read unless you live in a pretty impoverised home where people might think "Huh! That worked for you!". If so, store it in the toilet so that people regard it as a sort of 'work in progress'. Do not take it on dates with you to impress the opposite sex. The book is not heavy enough for an end of shelf role and is probably best stored flat.
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Summary: Wait until it's used $3
Review: Even with the wealth MINDSET, there are only so many limited shares or dollars or shops to open or parcels of land to compete for, so it's HARD WORK, awareness, EDUCATION, knowledge, understanding, and cold hard application. Don't kid yourself. Ask any wealthy, successful person who works very hard and puts in long hours. NO EASY WAY. A RICH KID resists until this $15 SEMINAR-BAIT is used at $1 or $2 then sells for $3 or $4 for 100% profit. The wealth SCIENCE is all but missing here, NOT APPRECIATED... HOW to think and do, WHAT to think and do, WHERE to find resources, except for a few examples like McDonald's Ray Kroc, so the RICH KID goes to the Kyosaki seminar or listens to tapes and then gets a full money-back guarantee REFUND. Now that's the wealth creation MINDSET!! This book is vacuous except for the wealth MINDSET awareness, DUH !!! So what's new?? What's different about his book from gobbs of others like Carleton Sheets, Wade Cook, Ken Roberts, ad nauseum?? NOTHING. A quality must read book I BOUGHT and KEPT for my library is former GE CEO Jack Welsh's autobiography, "Jack- Straight from the Gut", in which his mother says, "Without an education, you'll be nothing. Don't kid yourself."
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Many truly groundbreaking books will always solicit major arguments on one side or the other, since the books introduce a new way of thinking. Many people will be unhappy with the concepts, since they cause them to move away from their accepted view of the world. Such is this book. Many of the reviews you might read ...will suggest this book is mere real estate quackery, but it is anything but that: it is a way for most of us to gain a basic understanding of the techniques that have been successfully used by the wealthy to accumulate wealth. There will, of course, be those people who think that if you accumulate wealth that it's somehow evil...that only poor people are to be trusted. That, of course, is insanity. Look at all the immense good that has been done by the wealthy engaged in great causes. Any book such as this one that helps people get over the hump into looking at life as more than just "paycheck to paycheck" has to be considered useful. This one is a book that you want to sit down and read with a highlighter in your hand, to mark the material you wish to refer back to later.
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