I’m hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas is always a great time to show some people how much you appreciate them with a gift that requires some deep thinking. This year my father and mother or “Santa” purchased me “Why We Want You to be Rich“audio CD by Donald J. Trump, Robert T. Kiyosaki. Even though there were many mixed reviews about this book (mostly negative) there’s a ton of great information in the book. First thing that I loved about it was the topic of financial education. Financial education should be taught at every school in America. It amazes me that someone can learn how to become a doctor and still not know how to balance a check book.

Second thing I liked about the book is its controversial topic of social security and Medicare. Because both of these authors are so popular they can spread an unpopular message and make it a hot topic. I like the fact that they think “gimmies” are the reason why America is failing. Right now, I’m reading the book Atlas Shrugged; which revolves around the notion that socialized programs makes people lazy and unsuccessful. I’m a total believer in reforming our social programs in the U.S. because they are designed to motivate laziness.

Third topic that I liked about the book was fact it wasn’t an investment book. When I originally read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, I was kind of disappointed that it didn’t really teach me how to become rich. All it taught me is to think outside the box and not to become a corporate robot. All of Robert T. Kiyosaki books are educational and motivational references. They are not “how to become rich” books, but more on the lines of “what knowledge do rich people have”books. The line that they hammered in my head throughout the audio book is “You can give a man a fish and he eats for a day. You can teach him how to fish, and he’ll not go hungry the rest of his life.”

So instead of just reading all the negative reviews about the book, decide for yourself and either buy the book or audio CD’s. In my eyes it was an interesting book.