Rich Dad, Poor Dad

<p>Have any of you read this book? What do you think of it? Would you take Kiyosaki’s advice?</p>

<p>Well, I’ve read about 2/3 of it and it was pretty interesting.</p>

<p>He made a good point: parents (who often don’t have enough financial wealth/security as they’d like) tell their kids to go to college then get a job… although that’s exactly what they themselves did, thus perpetuating the cycle. Obviously, it’s more complicated than that but still it’s an interesting element.</p>

<p>Also, he seems like kind of a d*ck, he basically compares his real, biological father [poor dad] as lesser or equal value to some random friend’s dad who makes more money [rich dad] :/</p>

<p>Lol.</p>

<p>True. He is a bit of a d*ick! </p>

<p>It makes me totally excited, though. I know now that even though I’m majoring in humanities, if I take my skills and start my own business, hire smart people, invest in assets instead of liabilities, and generally get myself out of the rat race, I can make money. I’m looking forward to NOT worrying about who will hire me and whether or not the paycheck’s good enough.</p>

<p>My father has it and I randomly picked it up once when I was little. I read a little bit of it and decided the guy was too mean for me to continue.</p>

<p>I read it and I read another one of his books. They were interesting, yet very judgmental against people who seek job security and those who never want to risk their lives/houses on investments. I think it is an different approach to financial decisions, but definitely would not trust my future with his advice. Just think of it as a different prospective and don’t take his advice seriously.</p>

<p>You have a point, some risks really are too big to take. And frankly, the thing about taxes and his hatred of the government seems a little overblown…yeah, I guess I will take it with a grain of salt.</p>