Ji FU reviewed Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad)
It gave me nightmares about mutal funds.
2 stars
I certainly didn't like it as much this time as when I listened to the abridged version a decade ago. I suspect that has more to do with where I am than anything else. According to Kiyosaki it would be because I'm more stuck in the Rat Race now than I was then, even though I'm making 50% more active income now than i was then. I still have 0 passive income. He says I need to invest in real estate, but I now feel like landlords are the devil. He also says I can't say anything bad about his recommendations if I haven't tried them, so there's that.
Regardless I recommend Dave Ramsey over Kyosaki, even though I've never got passed baby step 3 because of the American Health Care system. You need to be to at least baby step 4 before you even consider Rich Dad, Poor …
I certainly didn't like it as much this time as when I listened to the abridged version a decade ago. I suspect that has more to do with where I am than anything else. According to Kiyosaki it would be because I'm more stuck in the Rat Race now than I was then, even though I'm making 50% more active income now than i was then. I still have 0 passive income. He says I need to invest in real estate, but I now feel like landlords are the devil. He also says I can't say anything bad about his recommendations if I haven't tried them, so there's that.
Regardless I recommend Dave Ramsey over Kyosaki, even though I've never got passed baby step 3 because of the American Health Care system. You need to be to at least baby step 4 before you even consider Rich Dad, Poor Dad's advice.
Oh, there was the whole nightmares I had about mutual funds when reading this before bed thing too.