

So, get ready to learn them yourself and make the first steps on your journey toward financial literacy and economic independence. A culmination of his surrogate father’s teachings, “Rich Dad Poor Dad” unpacks the six great lessons Kiyosaki learned as his apprentice. Despite earning substantial income as a longtime professor, the first dad left only bills to be paid.Īt the tender age of 9, Kiyosaki made an important and brave decision: to ignore the guidance of his real dad, the brilliant professor, and follow the advice of his best friend Mike’s father, the uneducated businessman who worked for himself. Somewhat unsurprisingly, he died as one of the richest men in Hawaii, leaving tens of millions of dollars to his family, charities, and his church.

Instead of working hard for it, he devised ways to let money work for him. While the first dad believed that the root of all evil is the love of money, the second claimed that the root of all evil is, in fact, lack of money – so he strived to earn as much as possible. The other dad never even finished eighth grade. The first one was highly educated and extremely intelligent, earning a doctorate at two prestigious universities while on full financial scholarships. By his own admission, American businessman Robert Toru Kiyosaki had two dads: a poor one and a rich one. * show parents why they can't rely on the. * challenge the belief that your house is an asset * explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich

Rich Dad Poor Dad (and the Rich Dad series it spawned) has sold over 36 million copies in English and translated editions around the world. Robert has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people, around the world, think about money and investing and he has become a global advocate for financial education and the path to financial freedom. Robert's poor dad struggled financially all his life, and these two dads?these very different points of view of money, investing, and employment shaped Robert's thinking about money. The #1 Personal Finance book of all time, Robert Kiyosaki shares the story of his two dad: his real father, whom he calls his poor dad,' and the father of his best friend, the man who became his mentor and his rich dad.' One man was well educated and an employee all his life, the other's education was street smarts" over traditional classroom education and he took the path of entrepreneurship?a road that led him to become one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii.
