Robert Kiyosaki is author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad.  In it he advocates financial independence by means of investing, real estate, owning businesses and the use of finance protection tactics.  His book is meant to be entertaining and is written in an anecdotal way to make finances interesting.  The central focus however is his advocacy of owning the system or “means of production” rather than being an employee of someone else.  Kiyosaki’s book is based on his real father, a graduate of Stanford and Northwestern.  His father attended on full scholarships and was the head of the Education Department of the State of Hawaii.  In the book his father is highly respected until he takes a stand against the governor of Hawaii.  This leads directly to the “Poor Dad” losing his job and his inability to find comparable work ever again.  His father dies in severe debt.  Compared to Rich Dad, his best friend Michael’s father dropped out in 8^th grade but became a self-made multi-millionaire.  He teaches Kiyosaki and Michael a variety of financial lessons and insists the boys learn to make money work for them, to avoid spending their entire lives working for money.  Next, Anthony Robbins holds a seminar called, “Wealth Mastery” and one of the keynote speakers is a gentlemen named, Keith Cunningham.  During the seminar Cunningham claimed to be Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad.  Some have claimed that the Rich Dad is a person named, Richard Kimi, the dead founder of Sand and Seaside Hawaiian Hotels.  Throughout the book there are highlights of different and varied attitudes towards money, work and life of these two men and how they influenced key decisions in Kiyosaki’s life.

Today you can visit Kiyosaki’s website to purchase a plethora of books, courses, videos, audio CDs, coaching programs, package deals and even play games to learn.  He also offers international sites to Asia/Pacific, Sweden, Germany and Japan.