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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
It might be good for some people but others could dislike this book too.
I have high expectations on this book. But oops, not until finishing the first chapter... I feel like I want to put this away and thinking not to finish this book, just because he's saying that "rich people don't pay taxes, only middle-class and the poor done that". His thinking doesn't surprise me tho, bcs that what the rich people do, then it makes me questioned "do the rich people influence other rich people not to pay taxessss, were you really did that?". But I took a breath and stop the evil and right inside me arguing, to take note that perhaps it bcs US taxes tariff is so high? so it would be insane if people just paid it right away (without making any tax planning?)
Nevertheless, I still manage to read this book bcs yess, I agree that some of his and his dad's advice here are easy to understand and to implement for our personal finance. In this book, the writer told readers in a very simple way what is the nature of our daily transactions, such as what are transactions categorized in assets/liabilities/expense, etc. However, to take this book for your first gate in personal finance is a no from me. It is simply because the author many times encourage and suggest you to start acquiring assets.... where the rule-of-thumb of starting to invest money by acquiring assets can better be done if someone has excess money, if the basic needs are fulfilled, or if you already have an emergency fund. On the other hand, to take this book for your investing tips is not suitable too. But, if you want to start investing when you have excess money, it kinda gave you encouragement on why you have to start to invest your money.
More, it such a contrary when his rich dad said that taking higher education is such a waste of time. But the other day, he said that people should take time in achieving themselves to be financially literate by not stop learning each and every day to understand about money. I MEANNNN, doesn't it take a lot of effort for a person to learn about personal finance??? doesn't it just the same as learning in higher education? both of them need us to be painstakingly serious in learning it so we can use it for our greater good. ANDDD personally for me, taking a higher education is also not a waste of time, it can easily bring you to the top level of career without stepping every career level one by one. It might drive you to start in the middle of it, or enabling you to take a big leap in jumping from one job to another job. Isn't it?
I learned many financial tips from this book, but am I satisfied after finishing this book? no. A tip for me, you can learn as much as knowledge that the author gave in this book, but please be active and ask yourself as many as you can: are those tips are suitable for me? are those tips are really right? are those tips better than what I've done before in maintaining my personal finance? By asking this to yourself, you can really know what aspect of your personal finances you should improve to pursue your own financial goals.
I have high expectations on this book. But oops, not until finishing the first chapter... I feel like I want to put this away and thinking not to finish this book, just because he's saying that "rich people don't pay taxes, only middle-class and the poor done that". His thinking doesn't surprise me tho, bcs that what the rich people do, then it makes me questioned "do the rich people influence other rich people not to pay taxessss, were you really did that?". But I took a breath and stop the evil and right inside me arguing, to take note that perhaps it bcs US taxes tariff is so high? so it would be insane if people just paid it right away (without making any tax planning?)
Nevertheless, I still manage to read this book bcs yess, I agree that some of his and his dad's advice here are easy to understand and to implement for our personal finance. In this book, the writer told readers in a very simple way what is the nature of our daily transactions, such as what are transactions categorized in assets/liabilities/expense, etc. However, to take this book for your first gate in personal finance is a no from me. It is simply because the author many times encourage and suggest you to start acquiring assets.... where the rule-of-thumb of starting to invest money by acquiring assets can better be done if someone has excess money, if the basic needs are fulfilled, or if you already have an emergency fund. On the other hand, to take this book for your investing tips is not suitable too. But, if you want to start investing when you have excess money, it kinda gave you encouragement on why you have to start to invest your money.
More, it such a contrary when his rich dad said that taking higher education is such a waste of time. But the other day, he said that people should take time in achieving themselves to be financially literate by not stop learning each and every day to understand about money. I MEANNNN, doesn't it take a lot of effort for a person to learn about personal finance??? doesn't it just the same as learning in higher education? both of them need us to be painstakingly serious in learning it so we can use it for our greater good. ANDDD personally for me, taking a higher education is also not a waste of time, it can easily bring you to the top level of career without stepping every career level one by one. It might drive you to start in the middle of it, or enabling you to take a big leap in jumping from one job to another job. Isn't it?
I learned many financial tips from this book, but am I satisfied after finishing this book? no. A tip for me, you can learn as much as knowledge that the author gave in this book, but please be active and ask yourself as many as you can: are those tips are suitable for me? are those tips are really right? are those tips better than what I've done before in maintaining my personal finance? By asking this to yourself, you can really know what aspect of your personal finances you should improve to pursue your own financial goals.