I’ve been a great fan of self-help books most of my adult life. My problem has always been that I tend to hop to the next book before I have a chance to make that fortune from the last one. Think and Grow Rich seems like a good idea, but I was never sure I could talk twenty other people into helping me become rich. You Can if You Think You Can was a fun read, but that was about all. Then there came along the Rich Dad, Poor Dad books.
They follow the standard self help formula, here’s a schmuck just like you that did a few simple things and became rich. The advice is good and solid, you’ll never become rich working for someone else, you need to work for yourself. People fall into four basic groups, Employees, Business Owners, Self Employed People, and Investors. Most people fall into more than one group. People who are employees during the week and business owners on the weekend using eBay, for example.
Robert T Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad is the story of how he learned how to deal with money from the two most important men of his young life. His father, who worked for the Government and his best friend’s father, who was a small business owner. Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a fun read and there is some good advice in it. But I have to admit that I thought it was a bit silly that he ended up making money selling land in Hawaii. I mean, isn’t that like making money selling water in the desert? But I guess people move around on the Islands just like they move around here, so maybe it isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad was how Robert Kiyosaki became really rich. It’s easy to say money can’t buy happiness, but as Weird Al Yankovic said, I guess I’ll have to rent it. The Rich Dad, Poor Dad empire includes all kinds of books and CDs and DVDs and you name it. There easy enough to find and easy enough to read. If you haven’t read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, go on, read it.
