Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki is the New York Times bestseller and is a must-read for those who want to
1. Manage their personal finance well and become wealthy.
2. Be courageous to stand out from the crowd.
In this book, the author shares 7 lessons that he learned from his rich dad, which made him wealthy. Anyone can follow those and become a wealthy person.
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Let’s have a look at them one by one-
- Rich don’t work for money, they have money work for them.
In this part of the book, the author criticizes the current education system for just focusing on teaching students how to specialize a skill so they can get a decent job. In the author’s opinion, a job is a short-term solution for a long-term problem. The long-term solution, if you want to be wealthy, is to be financially literate. Learn to invest in real estate, gold, stocks, etc.
People’s lives are controlled by two emotions- fear and greed. Fear of losing the job, fear of losing money, fear of taking risks, the greed of the high salary job(though much of the money wastes in taxation) holds them back from growing the money they have.
2. It’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep.
Here, again, earning more money doesn’t solve the problem. More the money you have, more you will spend it. Financial intelligence(how to manage money) solves the ultimate problem.
Rich people acquire assets and the poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets.
Asset– puts money in my pocket. E.g. real estate investing.
Liability– takes money out of my pocket. E.g. Your home. Many people have this misconception that home is their greatest asset. We have to pay tax on our home, it can’t be an asset.
Instead, invest your money in income-generating assets. For example, give home, car etc. for rent.
3. Mind Your Own Business.
The rich focus on their asset columns while everyone else focuses on their income statements.
If you want to be truly financially independent then, don’t work for someone else only for the entire life. The author encourages readers to buy real assets, even if he/she has a daytime job.
Long term rich people build their asset column first, and then the income generated from it buys their luxuries. Poor and middle-class people spend, then gain liabilities and then try to get rid of liabilities.
4. The history of taxes and the power of corporations.
Knowing the legal corporate structure gives rich an enormous advantage over the poor and the middle class, especially to reduce taxes legally. The corporation provides much more protection. Corporation earns and then first spends and then is taxed on whatever it leaves. But an employee, after earning, pays tax first and then he can spend the money from whatever is left.
5. The rich invent money.
In the real world, it’s not the smart who go ahead, but the bold.
Author encourages his students to take calculated risks so as not to miss any golden opportunity. There are way many financial options, but only financially literate and bold people can explore them. E.g. investing in real estate at the correct time, analyzing markets. Inventing money is taking benefits of these opportunities.
Also, the author introduces the idea-the single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. Learn to manage risk instead of avoiding it. How to manage risk? Brief answer- Keep in mind that money is not real. For a long answer please read the book.
6. Work to learn- don’t work for money.

This is the primary aim of my blog too! Learn, learn and learn from where ever you can.
Today’s world is full of talented people. But talent only can lead you nowhere. Financial intelligence is a combination of 4 technical skills- accounting, investing, marketing, and law. Sales and marketing are the greatest skills one could have.
The author also shares the idea of knowing a bit about everything rather than being skilled in a particular field. The more specialized you become in only one skill, the more it traps you and makes dependent on it.
7. Overcoming obstacles
The primary difference between a rich and a poor is how they manage fear of losing money. Along with fear, there are some more factors like cynicism, laziness, destructive habits, arrogance, etc. Author illustrates in the book to overcome these.
8. Getting started
There is one more chapter in this book for those who want to get started regardless of anything. It encourages you to find your “why”, to make daily choices, to choose friends carefully, etc. Please go through the book for that.
What do I feel?
I highly recommend you to read this book, if you genuinely want to achieve something great in your life in terms of finances. If you have read till here, that means you are open to fresh ideas. This is an excellent quality on its own.
All the best for your journey!! Please subscribe to my blog for more such content. Let me know in the comment section which book you want me to summaries!
See you soon!
“the single most powerful asset we all have is our mind”
gr8 job aarohi
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (the book you may want to summarize)
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Thanks a lot! I will surely summarize that book too.
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Great work Aarohi. I think for getting rich this seven lesson are important. But I think saving is another one.write something about how to saving money for getting rich.
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Excellent Arohi….. Well done.Keep it up.
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Thanks a lot, Komal Vahini!!
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Excellent!!
Great job.
I think now you are fulfilling your hobby . like that Awani i would love to too read summary of THE POWER OF THE HABIT.
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Thanks a lot Pallavi Mavshi! I will write that book’s summary. 😊
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Very Nice, Aarohi !!!
Keep it up !
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Thanks a lot!😊
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Nice job
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Thanks a lot!
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Excellent Arohi … superb keep it up.
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Thank you so much!
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Thanks Awani for sharing my article on your blog ‘the Voyager ‘👍
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Excellent Aarohi…… Keep it up.
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Nice first try, Aarohi….hoping to see more and I have confidence you can write more 🙂
Can you write a summary of ‘the power of habits’ next?
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Thank you so much Awani! I will surely write upon ‘the power of habit’.
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Excellent Aarohi…… Keep it up.
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Thank you so much! 😊😊
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Nice try Aarohi, keep reading and writing.Good habit.
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Thank you so much!
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Books can change our life drastically.keep reading.you red this book at proper time of your age. I suggest you to read more books of Robert Kiyosaki, or like who moved my cheese, the most famous book — monk who sold his ferrari of Robin Sharma.
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Thanks! I have read ‘the monk who sold his Ferrari ‘. I will definitely read the other one.
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Great start! Keep going, Aarohi!
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Thanks a lot, Apurva tai!
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Very nice Arohi.
Read more, write more.
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Thanks a lot Swati mavshi!😊
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I HV read this book long back in 2000, since then I red it 2 times. I made some of my financial dicission based on the principles given in this book.
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Excellent 👍👍
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आरोही खूप छान वाचनाची चांगली सवय आहे आणि त्याचा उपयोग सुद्धा चांगला करीत आहे अभिनंदन अभिनंदन…
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Thank you so much!
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Great work! Keep it up!!
Be consistent in your work 🌺
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Thanks
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Gr8!!!!! Keep it up……
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Thanks a lot!
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U are like a valuable Diamond
(Kohinoor)
No one can refund to their parents but u actually refunded to yours
I appreciate ur hard work
There is no sentence that I can explain with
Thank u,
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Thanks a ton! Your kind words really mean a lot to me.
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Excellent Aarohi. keep it up
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Thank you so much!
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Very nice Arohi
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Thank you so much!
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I hv gone thru.
Studied.
Found well reviewed.
Good written.
Good grasp of subject & domain.
My suggestion:
This is your review of that Author i.e. foreign author. So u hv put his thoughts in nutshell. Alongwith this, if you put Our Local Indian Psychology against respective foreign thought, your thoughts ALSO will BECOME pronounced simultaneously with him.
Keep going up.
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Thanks! I will surely look up to it!
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Excellent work, keep it up and best of luck Aarohi
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Thanks a lot!
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आरोही तुझ्या शाळेतून व घरून तुला लहानपणापासून दिसेल ते वाचण्याची सवय लागली आज त्या रोपाचे वृक्षात रूपांतर झाले तुझे हे वय छान छान पुस्तके वाचण्याचे आहे तुझ्या लेखन कार्यासाठी शुभेच्छा स्वामी विवेकानंदांची पुस्तके तू वाचून संपविण्यासाठी तुला आशीर्वाद
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Dhanyavad!
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Great ,keep it up 👍
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Great,keep it up 👍
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Thank you so much!
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Great ,keep it up👍
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Great,keep it up👍
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Great,keeping up
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It’s grate to see the blog on such a nice topic keep it up .
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It’s grate to see the blog on such a nice topic keep it up .
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Very nice . It’s grate job done Arohi to summarize the book content. Really it created interest to go through the book
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Thank you so much!
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Best Job ..Arohi
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Thanks a ton!
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Excellent work, keep it up, hopes are rising. Best luck. Stay safe.
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Thanks a lot!
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Very nice start, keep it up, Best wishes
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Thank you so much!
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Great work Aarohi!!
INSPIRED!!
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Thanks a lot! I will post similar inspiring content on regular basis.
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Great job Aarohi nicely summarised
I’m tempted for reading after going through blog
Keep it up
Best wishes
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Thanks! It’s really a great book. Do read it.
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U are like a valuable Diamond
(Kohinoor)
No one can refund to their parents but u actually refunded to yours
I appreciate ur hard work
There is no sentence that I can explain with
Thank u,
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First trial and very Excellent work…keep it up and best of luck for future..
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Thank you!!
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Very well summarised. Will be waiting for your next blog. Keep it up:-)
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Thanks a lot!
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Excellent topic you focus, I really like it, We definitely follow those rules & I also waiting your next topic, Best wishes for your journey !!
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Thankss!!
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