GROW UP: Rich Dad Poor Dad.

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: In my vigorous quest to better acquaint myself and my readers with ALL aspects of the world that we live in, I am posting this bestselling book, "Rich Dad Poor Dad".

I 1st purchased a copy of this book @ an overpriced magazine shop as a last minute thing to read on a flight out of town. I had heard of the book before, but had never given it any prior consideration until that morning. Anyway, what I read was an autobiography/blueprint for not only becoming "rich" in America, but, more importantly, why gaining that kind of financial independence was vitally important to each and every 1 of us.

As with all books like this though, these lessons can make for great reading, but they will do absolutely NOTHING for you if you refuse to apply them to your daily life. Shit is hard to do homie, I know. This is so worthwhile though. We've all got our bullshit to contend with, however, "Rich Dad Poor Dad" can help you make your next money move your best move. Below is a summary of the book, an audio version of the book (put that on your ipod ASAP) AND a .pdf version of the book as well. In my opinion though, the audio book is CRACK! This IS required weekend reading yall ... there might even be a test this semester on it ... lol.  Holla @ ya boy in BK!


Summary:

"The book takes the form of a story. It is largely based on Kiyosaki's own upbringing and education in Hawaii, although the degree of fictionalization is disputed. Because of the heavy use of allegory, some readers believe that Kiyosaki created Rich Dad as an author surrogate (a literary device), discussed further in the criticism section below. Many readers believe that the "Rich Dad" in the book, is actually the founder of the "ABC convenient stores" which are found in the most populated areas of a number of the islands of Hawaii.

The "Poor Dad" in the story is based on Kiyosaki's real father, a PhD holder and graduate of Stanford, Chicago, and Northwestern University, all on full scholarship, who was the head of the Education department of the state of Hawaii. In the book, he is greatly respected until he decides, late in his career, to take a stand on principle against the governor of Hawaii. This leads directly to Poor Dad losing his job, and his inability to find comparable work ever again. Because he has never learned to handle money, instead depending on the government (his employer) for support, he dies in severe debt.

In contrast to this character is "Rich Dad", his best friend Michael's father. Rich Dad dropped out in 8th grade, but became a self-made multi-millionaire regardless. He teaches Kiyosaki and Michael a variety of financial lessons, and insists that the boys learn to make money work for them to avoid spending their whole lives working for money, like Rich Dad's employees, as well as Poor Dad, and indeed most of the people in the world.

Anthony Robbins holds a seminar called 'Wealth Mastery' and one of the keynote speakers is a gentleman called Keith Cunningham. During the seminar Cunningham claimed to be Kiyosaki's Rich Dad. This is highly unlikely not only because of the similarity in age between Cunningham and Kiyosaki, and Kiyosaki had stated in his books that Rich Dad had died in 1994. Some have claimed that Rich Dad was a person named Richard Kimi, the deceased founder of Sand and Seaside Hawaiian Hotels.

The book highlights the different attitudes to money, work and life of these two men, and how they in turn influenced key decisions in Kiyosaki's life."

Audio Book Download Link(s) (Download All 3 Links):
1)Rich Dad Poor Dad - Audio Pt.1
2)Rich Dad Poor Dad - Audio Pt.2
3)Rich Dad Poor Dad - Audio Pt.3


E-Book (.PDF File) Download Link:
Rich Dad Poor Dad E-Book



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