Update 2021 - Read it 4 times. Very useful and challenging to my current way of thinking.

Overly long (330 pages) and repetitious at times but definitely one of my favorite books in the RichDad series. This book gets down to the nitty gritty of what it really takes to retire early and retire financially free (or rich if you would like). Its 21 chapters are broken down into 4 major sections:

1. The Leverage of your Mind
This section covers the unique shifts in mindset you need to retire early

2. The Leverage of your Plan
This section covers the importance of having a sound plan and tips on creating one

3. The Leverage of your Actions
This section covers the actions you must take to retire early

4. The Leverage of your first step
This section is a summary of the book along with practical tips on getting started

I took tons of notes and had many ah hah moments throughout the book but my favorite chapter came from Section 2 Chapter 13 The Leverage of Generosity. In this chapter Robert explains with great clarity why the rich are more generous than the poor (you must read it to truly understand the context of this statement) and how the key to great wealth is simply being more generous. I truly appreciated this chapter as it is definitely a game changer for me. This is another classic work added to the RichDad series I highly recommend it.

Tony Rogers Jr Author of Visionary: Making a difference in a world that needs YOU

I am embarrassed that I fell for this scam of a book.

As an avid reader, I forgot my own rule of buying a book before falling for this POS:

1. First check the NEGATIVE reviews on both Goodreads (preferred) and Amazon (only for reference)
2. Then read the positive reviews

After this if I am still inclined to reading it, I buy the book. Because at least I had been warned and I made the choice MYSELF.

Now onto the book. It is full of 368 pages of repeated empty words. Empty words repeated 1000 times are still as void a blackhole. The latter at least has value in science.

So why did I fall for it? I have an "excuse". An entrepreneur by the name of Mitchell Harper is someone whose articles about startups I enjoy reading and take heed of. He listed this book in his book list: https://medium.com/keep-learning-keep-growing/the-18-books-that-made-me-a-better-entrepreneur-father-and-husband-c29b6adb970

Harper's main argument for the book basically comes down to one word, leverage. (Read his other posts and you'll realize he is fond of leverage. Who isn't.)

But the book does NOT tell you anything applicable about how to use leverage. Kiyosaki throws 21 chapters of baloney at you that delude you into believing you can apply it. Once you get down to actually THINKING about HOW you would apply it in your own life, you realize you only learned one thing: use leverage.

There, I just saved you $11.99 (for Kindle version) with these 2 words.

Let me also bring to your attention to the fact that there are a lot of controversies surrounding Robert Kiyosaki. Google his name and his books. Let's just say that if you avoid MLM, you would avoid this guy and his books.

Lastly, you don't have to believe me. But if you waste time reading or even buying it and then realize it was a big mistake, you have no one else to blame but yourself.

I made a mistake that is my own. Don't follow me.