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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad

 Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book written via Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. It advocates the importance of financial literacy (economic education), financial independence and constructing wealth thru making an investment in assets, actual estate making an investment, beginning and owning companies, as well as growing one's financial intelligence (financial IQ).2000


Rich Dad Poor Dad is written within the fashion of a fixed of parables, ostensibly primarily based on Kiyosaki's lifestyles.The titular "rich dad" is his buddy's father who amassed wealth because of entrepreneurship and savvy making an investment, at the same time as the "poor dad" is claimed to be Kiyosaki's personal father who he says labored difficult all his life however in no way obtained monetary safety.




Publishing success



The Rich Dad Poor Dad was originally self-published in 1997 before being picked up commercially to come to be a New York Times bestseller. It has when you consider that bought over 32 million copies and turn out to be a household call. In his audio-e-book Choose to be Rich, Kiyosaki stated that each writer grew to become him down, and Barnes & Noble refused to inventory the e book first of all. He places his awareness upon communicate shows and radio display appearances, of which The Oprah Winfrey Show had the biggest have an effect on on book sales. In April 2017 a twentieth Anniversary edition was posted and in a preface to this 20th Anniversary model Kiyosaki asserts that an predicted 40 million copies of the ebook have been supplied globally.


Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad



 


Praise and help


Rich Dad Poor Dad has sold over 32 million copies in extra than 51 languages across greater than 109 countries, been at the New York Times bestsellers list for over six years, released a series of books and related products; and received tremendous opinions from a few critics. American communicate display host and media wealthy person Oprah Winfrey advocated the ebook on her show. Another movie star supporter is actor Will Smith, who said he taught his son about the financial duty with the aid of studying the e-book. PBS Public Television station KOCE, aired a fifty 5-minute presentation of Kiyosaki titled "A Guide to Wealth" in 2006 which basically summarises his Rich Dad Poor Dad e-book. PBS also honoured him with an excellence in schooling award in 2005. Donald Trump did a literary collaboration with Kiyosaki in 2006 referred to as Why We Want You To Be Rich, Two Men One Message and a second e book referred to as Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich — And Why Most Don't in 2011.

American fashion entrepreneur and investor Daymond John has called the ebook one in all his favorites.


Criticism


John T. Reed, a critic of Robert Kiyosaki, says, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad carries tons incorrect advice, tons bad recommendation, and clearly no good advice." He also states, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad is one of the dumbest financial advice books I actually have ever study. It consists of many authentic mistakes and severa extremely unlikely money owed of events that supposedly passed off ." Kiyosaki provided a rebuttal to a number of Reed's statements.

Slate reviewer Rob Walker known as the e book full of nonsense, and said that Kiyosaki's claims were frequently indistinct, the narrative "fablelike", and that a lot of the ebook turned into "self-help boilerplate", noting the predictable not unusual features of such books have been found in Rich Dad, Poor Dad. He additionally criticizes Kiyosaki's conclusions approximately Americans, American lifestyle, and Kiyosaki's strategies.


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