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Mycroft · 11-08-2006, 01:03 AM

I too am not a fan of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". The only thing I got out of it was Kiyosaki's concept of an asset being something that makes money. As far as I could tell, the only money he ever made came from writing a book and perhaps some real estate investments.

The books that had the greatest influence on my financial success have been:

1. "Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey - I already wrote about my experience with that in this thread.

2. "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias - Great information for when you're ready to invest after you get out of debt!

3. "Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin - This book is an eye opener and gets you to equate money with life energy. From what I recall, after all the various taxes, you have to earn something like $2 to be able to spend $1 so if you make $20/hour, that dinner and a movie just cost you over 4 hours of your life, not counting the time spent staring at the movie screen.

I have lots more, but these were the biggies for me.

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Mycroft Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lakewood, WA, USA Posts: 21	I too am not a fan of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". The only thing I got out of it was Kiyosaki's concept of an asset being something that makes money. As far as I could tell, the only money he ever made came from writing a book and perhaps some real estate investments. The books that had the greatest influence on my financial success have been: 1. "Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey - I already wrote about my experience with that in this thread. 2. "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias - Great information for when you're ready to invest after you get out of debt! 3. "Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin - This book is an eye opener and gets you to equate money with life energy. From what I recall, after all the various taxes, you have to earn something like $2 to be able to spend $1 so if you make $20/hour, that dinner and a movie just cost you over 4 hours of your life, not counting the time spent staring at the movie screen. I have lots more, but these were the biggies for me.