Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

[flex123]

Just started reading this book. It seems like a great read. I'll let you know how it is when I'm done.

Anyone else check this book out?

 

[A.R. DIAMOND]

read it.......Think and grow rich is better.

 

[flex123]

read it.......Think and grow rich is better.

Did you enjoy R&P dad? What was Think and Grow Rich like?

Is it by the same author Kiyolski or something like that?

 

[2Thick]

It is a decent book but there is a web site out there that busts all over that book. The general idea of the book is good but take it with a grain of salt.

 

[flex123]

It is a decent book but there is a web site out there that busts all over that book. The general idea of the book is good but take it with a grain of salt.

I didn't get up to the part were he explains Financing yet. I just hope most of the book is the guys story.

I'm a Finance major so I have knowledge on the subject so I wouldn't be learning how to manage money from the book

any other books you guys read thats on the similiar subject?

 

[beastboy]

Carleton Sheets

 

[GinNJuice]

It's a great book for someone who doesn't yet understand how to manage their money.

I read it earlier this year, and realized I was one of those people buying "dodads" instead of assets.

That website that trashes it is just a hater website...... this book is NOT a HOW-TO book..... it never intended to be.

 

[ZenMachine]

I think one of the major knocks on Kiyosaki's books is the fact that there is no evidence that "Rich Dad" exists. Kiyosaki is unwilling/unable to provide proof that he exists, or of any of the deal that he allegedly did.

I read a couple of his books, and I think they are alright. I am not as big of a fan as network marketing as he is, but reading his stuff can't really hurt.

Zen

 

[FreakMonster]

There is some common-sense stuff in here about investing, that's discussed more thoroughly (and more compassionately) in other finance books like Suze Ormon's work. (Unlike Kiyosaki, Ormon's motto is "People first, then money.") Otherwise, this book is a catalog of everything wrong with unfettered capitalism -- the author's contempt for his real father (for the crime of not being wealthy) and his unqualified admiration for his union-hating, employee-stiffing, tax-evading "rich dad" drips off the page at every opportunity. It's scary to read this book and feel RELIEVED that you don't have what it takes to become a millionaire the way this guy did. The casual way he discusses how to exploit other people's personal tragedies to get bargain-rate real estate is chilling. (I'm surprised Kiyosaki didn't list a conscience and compassion in his Liabilities list.)

Someone a lot wiser than Kiyosaki once asked what a man gained if he acquired the whole world but lost his soul in the process. This book is a How-To for both those objectives