Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Rich Dad Poor Dad... or is it?

I'm in a little of a quandry. When I sat down at my keyboard earlier this evening, I had only intended to write about a Robert Kiyosaki seminar that was happening next month in San Jose, which I wanted to attend. I wanted to put a link up to Kiyosaki's website, so I did a quick google search and came up with this rather interesting piece. I encourage you to read through it. It's long, but it is well backed up by research and definitely worth the time.

So anyway, now I'm lost.

On one hand, after reading Kiyosaki's books, I've found myself paying more attention to where I invest money, and how I think about investment. For that matter, my invest profits skyrocketed once I began becoming more attentive to my investments. On the other hand, the webpage pointed out so many loopholes in Kiyosaki's book that I'm beginning to wonder how much of his advice I can trust.

Right now, I believe that the main strength of Kiyosaki's seminar will be inspiration and ideas and all sorts of intagible little goodies rather than hard solid money earning techniques. As such I'm probably still going to attend the seminar, but only trusting what I feel to be true. You know, use my own common sense and knowledge as my guide. Oh, and research. Lots of it.

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