Rich Dad Poor Dad
Five years ago, I felt like a sucker the minute I completed my $16.95 transaction at the bookstore, as the clerk gleefully said he was looking forward to me coming back to buy the rest of the series. Having a minimum wage employee mocking you as financial moron is a bit of a blow to your ego, but I eagerly drove home with my shiny new copy of this highly recommended best seller. I read the entire book in one afternoon, and I felt pretty inspired to start my financial education. I would even say I have been mildly obsessed with personal finance since reading this book 5 years ago. Within a month, I had opened a brokerage account and bought my first stock, which put me on the road to where I am today.
So the facet for this book review: This book made a big impact on me, despite it’s being moronic. Read on if you want the details.
Chapter One - Rich Dad, Poor Dad
In Chapter One Kiyosaki lays the groundwork of the story then ends it with the poem “The road not taken” by Robert Frost to give you the idea that you are about to learn how to do things differently, and that will make all the difference… Of course the irony is that since you are reading a NY Times best seller, by reading the book you are actually taking a path very much traveled by.
Chapter Two - The Rich Don’t Work For Money
The book begins as an autobiography of a young boy growing up surrounded by kids who were apparently much more well off than he and his friend. They were mocked by their friends for not having the latest clothes and toys, and they decided they needed to learn how to make money. Bob’s own dad was a government worker who didn’t earn a great salary, but his friend Mike’s dad was an entrepreneur who actually owned several businesses. For the rest of the book, Kiyosaki compares his own dad’s, “poor dad’s”, philosophies to Mike’s dad’s, “rich dad’s”, philosophies on money.
Rich Dad’s Lesson #1 “The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
The book
So the facet for this book review: This book made a big impact on me, despite it’s being moronic. Read on if you want the details.
Chapter One - Rich Dad, Poor Dad
In Chapter One Kiyosaki lays the groundwork of the story then ends it with the poem “The road not taken” by Robert Frost to give you the idea that you are about to learn how to do things differently, and that will make all the difference… Of course the irony is that since you are reading a NY Times best seller, by reading the book you are actually taking a path very much traveled by.
Chapter Two - The Rich Don’t Work For Money
The book begins as an autobiography of a young boy growing up surrounded by kids who were apparently much more well off than he and his friend. They were mocked by their friends for not having the latest clothes and toys, and they decided they needed to learn how to make money. Bob’s own dad was a government worker who didn’t earn a great salary, but his friend Mike’s dad was an entrepreneur who actually owned several businesses. For the rest of the book, Kiyosaki compares his own dad’s, “poor dad’s”, philosophies to Mike’s dad’s, “rich dad’s”, philosophies on money.
Rich Dad’s Lesson #1 “The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
The book