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It reminds me of the criticisms of Guy Kawasaki (of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame). He gives mostly excellent advice, but markets it to the lowest common denominator
by klbarry 16y ago
It reminds me of the criticisms of Guy Kawasaki (of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame). He gives mostly excellent advice, but markets it to the lowest common denominator so a lot of smart people turn away.
It actually shows something about the HN crowd. We're actually susceptible to marketing; the stuff we value is stuff that doesn't look like 4 hour workweek, even if it might work better.
EDIT: It's actually Robert Kiyosaki, how embarassing.
- apalmblad 16y agoDidn't you mean Robert Kiyosaki? I'm not sure how Kawasaki is attached to Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
- patrickgzill 16y agoGuy Kawasaki is an early Apple employee who wrote the book "The Macintosh Way" among others. Roert Kiyosaki wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki
- AlexC04 16y agoI also really liked Rich Dad, Poor Dad. :)
- rikthevik 16y agoWoah. Guy Kawasaki was chief evangelist at Apple. Robert Kiyosaki is the hack who wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad, a book that advocates highly risky real estate maneuvers and multi-level marketing. His books are endorsed by the newest incarnation of Amway.
- salemh 16y agohttp://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html "A number of people asked me about Robert T. Kiyosaki and his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. When I said I didn’t think he was a real-estate guru, they insisted he was. Several told me I would like him, that he preaches a message like mine. Eager to find such a guru, I bought his book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, in a bookstore. Summary Rich Dad, Poor Dad is one of the dumbest financial advice books I have ever read. It contains many factual errors and numerous extremely unlikely accounts of events that supposedly occurred. Kiyosaki is a salesman and a motivational speaker. He has no financial expertise and won’t disclose his supposed real estate or other investment success. Rich Dad, Poor Dad contains much wrong advice, much bad advice, some dangerous advice, and virtually no good advice."
- klbarry 16y agoHe doesn't advocate the real estate maneuvers particularly, he just uses it as an example of an asset that can be built using leverage. He gives MLM literally two sentences, as an example of something that can bring recurring income (however misguided he may be). You have to admit the description of assets and liabilities (85% of the book) is spot on and excellent advice for many people. Look at any Indian immigrant with taxi medallions or franchises.
- jamesbressi 16y ago+1 for making my brow bend and then laugh out loud when you corrected yourself and ended with "how embarrassing". I really needed that today, hope you don't mind it was at your expense--so I gave some karma your way. I was just in a miserable mood and relief came in an unexpected place. Cheers! (sorry this is off topic to the rest)
- jarin 16y agoI tell you what, despite the lack of any actionable information whatsoever, Rich Dad, Poor Dad was what inspired me to go into business for myself. Four Hour Work Week (despite not having THAT much actionable information for me) was the book that inspired me to stay in business for myself when times got tough. Maybe Four Hour Body will be the book that inspires me to not be fat, who knows.