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Monday, February 26, 2018

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki


Wealth is in information...The problem is that information flies around the world at the speed of light.

"Rich Dad Poor Dad" talks about managing the financial information. The author Robert T. Kiyosaki is very clear in his thoughts and makes sure that he implements his principles – one of the most important being invest in assets instead of liabilities, at any cost.

"Rich Dad Poor Dad" was a book I had my eyes on for a long time. I finally got it on my kindle - thanks to the unlimited edition.

The author Robert T. Kiyosaki shares some of his experiences and offers advices on managing one's financial status by changing the way we look at our income and expenses. Robert was quite successful in explaining the difference in the way the three most popular financial categories (Rich, Middle Class and Poor) process their thoughts when it comes to money matters.

Pictures are best way to understand concepts and I am glad that the author used them quite well. Robert mentions:

Cash flow tells the story of how a person handles money. ...

Author used three diagrams of cash flow for rich, middle class and the poor:
 

Abbreviations are also a wonderful way to memories things. Here are two I can remember.

KISS principle—Keep It Simple, Stupid (or Keep It Super Simple)

FOCUS: Follow One Course Until Successful.

When I started with the book, I was extremely happy that I picked it up. I loved first two chapters. Full marks to chapter 1, not so good marks to chapter 2. But then I could see the frequent repetition. By the middle of chapter 3, I found myself skimming through and had to remind myself again and again to read properly.

Overall, it was a nice onetime read and about recommending, I might do it but with my feedback.

The book is full of one liners and quotes which might or might not be applicable to all. But at the end, they made their way in my notes. Here is the link to them;

Rich Dad Poor Dad Quotes

The book can be brought from Amazon:

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Monday, February 19, 2018

Usborne Phonics Readers - Big Pig On A Dig by Phil Roxbee Cox

We received this picture book from our kid's school library for a week. The school tries and send a picture book time to time in order to encourage reading.
Now, my lifeline aka son is still getting the hang of reading (he loves it if he just has to listen and I read the books to him). But when the book is handed over to him by the school, he obviously takes it a bit seriously and know he should try reading it by himself.

The story goes like:
The big pig discovers a map and tries the fat cat to help him with digging. But the cat turns out to be a napping cat! What's in store for the big pig?


Here goes the efforts kiddo put in:

What the kiddo Loved:
1. More pictures - less text.
2. Easy rhyming text. The words were repeating cleverly. Surprisingly, the kiddo noticed that himself and tried recalling the words which he just read.
3. Fold-out pages - He just loved the pages which had a little mystery to be revealed.

The story is actually dumb and does not have a moral. But still, the kiddo loved his break from all preaching and teachings. He immediately went to his grandmother's room with a big laugh and told her that it's a funny story!

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