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Old 01-15-2007, 07:23 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dwane J. View Post
My standard response to the Rich Dad books is to take the knowledge gained with a grain of salt. I believe in the basic premise of the book, getting wealthy through business and real estate (rich dad) vs working for someone (his poor dad). However I question how true some of those stores.
At least some of the stories are apparently not true and not based on real life events. There's no doubt a lot of made up exposition. That doesn't nullify the usefulness of the content though.

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Read John T. Reed's analysis of the rich dad below.
John T. Reed's analysis of Robert T. Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad, Poor Dad
I've seen this, and one thing you need to keep in mind is that Reed is Kiyosaki's competitor. What he's doing reminds me a lot of politicians pouring dirt on one another when trying to get our votes. A lot of what he picks on isn't the content but rather that Kiyosaki didn't base his stories on actual events. He also picks on Kiyosaki himself. Even in the content he picks on many trivial things.
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