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Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ

Get Smarter with Your Money

Robert T. Kiyosaki

First published 2008 · 224 pages

A blunt, motivational playbook that shifts your mindset from working for money to making money work for you.

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What it feels like

Reading this book feels like sitting down with a blunt, highly successful mentor who refuses to sugarcoat the realities of wealth. The pace is brisk and punchy, driven by conversational prose that strips the intimidation out of personal finance. Instead of drowning you in spreadsheets, the narrative focuses on profound mindset shifts, creating an atmosphere that is both urgent and deeply aspirational. It replaces the dread of the daily grind with an empowering sense of control, urging you to rethink everything you know about earning, protecting, and leveraging money. It will delight readers who are tired of conventional, play-it-safe financial advice and are hungry for a pragmatic, no-nonsense framework to finally escape the rat race.

Mood
  • aspirational
  • empowering
  • urgent
Tone
  • didactic
  • motivational
  • blunt
  • confident
  • pragmatic
Pace
brisk
Themes
financial literacy · mindset shifts · wealth building · self-reliance · escaping the rat race
The writing
Conversational, punchy, and deliberately repetitive, using simple anecdotes to hammer home complex financial concepts.
The arc
Moves from a state of financial confusion and anxiety to one of empowered, strategic clarity.
Who it's for
Readers tired of traditional financial advice who crave a blunt, mindset-altering approach to building wealth and escaping the daily grind.
Content notes
  • financial anxiety

About the book

For years, Robert Kiyosaki has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how one's finances work. Too many people are much more interested in the quick-hitting scheme, or trying to find a short-cut to real wealth. As Kiyosaki has preached over and over again, one has to truly under the process of how money works before one can start out on trying to escape the daily financial Rat Race.Now, in this latest book in the popular Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Kiyosaki lays out his 5 key principles of Financial Intelligence for all to understand. In INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides real insights on these key steps to wealth:o How to increase your money -- how to assess what you're really worth now, what your prospects are, and how to start mapping out your financial future.o How to protect your money -- for better or for worse, taxes are a way of life. Kiyosaki shows you that "it's not what you make....it's what you keep."o How to budget your money -- everybody wants to live large, but you have to learn how to live within your budget. Kiyosaki shows you how you can.o How to leverage your money -- as you build your financial IQ, knowing how to put your money to work for you is a crucial step.o How to improve your financial information -- Kiyosaki shows you how to accelerate your wealth as you learn more and more.

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