Robert T. Lechter's Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Have you ever read a book so sticky that you cannot put it down? If you want to have that feeling, you should read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. It was written in 1997 envisioning the mid-late 1900’s. This book is so amazing it has so many genres. The genres are personal finance, business, economics, and investment. This book can teach a teenager as well as an adult. The story is mostly based on Roberts’s childhood education and eagerness to make money. Even though they do not say it is Robert in the book. The setting in this story is in Hawaii. It starts with young Robert receiving advice from both of his fathers; the rich one and the poor one. Then later on, he gets older and more eager to make money and be

“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is a part of the process of success. People who avoid failure, also avoid success.” This quote is very important and it follows the theme, to strive to be the best. It states that all real winners were once a loser and that every winner has gone through failure to be where they are now. This very accurate and brief quote leads to the big theme. “The love of money is the root to all evil.” This quote states that one who loves money, is evil. This is also hides that you should not strive to be rich and wealthy. You should strive to be the best of yourself for yourself and not for others. “There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.” I think of this quote to be most important because it states that there is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary because you once had money and you used all of it and you can get more of it. Poor is eternal because you have no money now and you had no money to even start with and you have no way to get money. Those 3 quotes and many more lead up to the big theme of this story but those 3 stuck out to me the most out of the hundreds in the whole