History Literature / RichDadPoorDad

The title comes from Robert's (supposedly authentic) childhood experiences, and how he had two dads ([[HasTwoMommies no, not that kind]]): A "poor dad", who was his biological father [[note]]Ralph H. Kiyosaki, who was Hawaii's Superintendent of Education in the 60s. As briefly mentioned in the book, Ralph's fortunes turned in 1970, when he ran unsuccessfully in Hawaii's gubernatorial election as the running mate of Republican candidate Samuel Pailthorpe King, against John A. Burns (the Democrat incumbent, mentioned as "Dad's boss" in Robert's book). After the election, Burns decided that Ralph could no longer work for the Hawaiian state government.[[/note]], a teacher who broke his back working his whole life and died poor, and a "rich dad", who was his best friend's father and a shrewd businessman who owned several stores, a construction company and restaurants in addition of teaching him everything he knows about how to become rich.

* DanBrowned: In the book, Robert claims to be a very successful real estate broker, yet many experts in the field have pointed out that the cases presented are either very unlikely, impossible to happen in RealLife or even [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/10/10/rich-dad-poor-dad-bankrupt-dad/ outright illegal]]. There's even [[http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html a page dedicated to debunk his cases]].

* AnAesop: Robert makes some legitimate comments about getting yourself educated on how to be an investor, and the pressures that come with investing.

* SchoolIsForLosers: Probably not the intended message of the book, but it downplays education like in the introduction where it mentions the names of several billionaires who were school dropouts, it mentions that higher education is becoming more and more expensive and that is much better to buy investments to get an income.

* SchoolIsForLosers: Probably not the intended message of the book, but the way it downplays education like in the introduction where it mentions the names of several billionaires who were school dropouts, and where it mentions that higher education is becoming more and more expensive and that is much better to buy investments to get an income, does become a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop.

The title comes from the (supposedly authentic) Robert's childhood experiences, and how he had two dads ([[HasTwoMommies no, not that kind]]): A "poor dad", who was his biological father [[note]]Ralph H. Kiyosaki, who was Hawaii's Superintendent of Education in the 60s. As briefly mentioned in the book, Ralph's fortunes turned in 1970, when he ran unsuccessfully in Hawaii's gubernatorial election as the running mate of Republican candidate Samuel Pailthorpe King, against John A. Burns (the Democrat incumbent, mentioned as "Dad's boss" in Robert's book). After the election, Burns decided that Ralph could no longer work for the Hawaiian state government.[[/note]], a teacher who broke his back working his whole life and died poor, and a "rich dad", who was his best friend's father and a shrewd businessman who owned several stores, a construction company and restaurants in addition of teaching him everything he knows about how to become rich.

** With the passage of time, the trope eventually evolved into RomanAClef. In May 2016, 19 years after the book was published, Robert finally revealed the identities of both "Rich Dad" and "Mike": Richard Wassman Kimi, a Hawaiian hotelier and his son, Alan. Alan explained that his father had requested that Robert keep his identity confidential (to the point of signing a confidentiality agreement). Robert also recalled an anecdote whereby some of Richard's staff (2 managers) actually quit after reading his book, which obviously annoyed Richard.[[note]]Richard died in December 2008, more than a decade after the book was published. On a meta level, modern technology had also made it harder and harder to keep Kimi's identity a secret without undermining Robert's credibility, as some of the tropes listed here can attest to.[[/note]]

A bestselling book by Robert Kiyosaki, which according to him, contains all secrets of the success of rich people. First published in 1997.

** With the passage of time, the trope eventually evolved into RomanAClef. In May 2016, Robert finally revealed the identities of both "Rich Dad" and "Mike": Richard Wassman Kimi, a Hawaiian hotelier and his son, Alan. Alan explained that his father had requested that Robert keep his identity confidential (to the point of signing a confidentiality agreement). Robert also recalled an anecdote whereby some of Richard's staff (2 managers) actually quit after reading his book, which obviously annoyed Richard.[[note]]Richard died in December 2008, more than a decade after the book was published. On a meta level, modern technology had also made it harder and harder to keep Kimi's identity a secret without undermining Robert's credibility, as some of the tropes listed here can attest to.[[/note]]

* UnderminedByReality: For all his financial advice, the news that Kiyosaki declared bankruptcy a few years after the book was published, kind of undermined its message, though that bankruptcy is for one of his companies using Chapter 11 instead of Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

The title comes from the (supposedly authentic) Robert's childhood experiences, and how he had two dads ([[HasTwoMommies no, not that kind]]): A "poor dad", who was his biological father [[note]]Ralph H. Kiyosaki, who was Hawaii's Superintendent of Education in the 60s. As briefly mentioned in the book, Ralph's fortunes turned in 1970, when he ran unsuccessfully in Hawaii's gubernatorial election as the running mate of Republican candidate Samuel Pailthorpe King, against John A. Burns (the Democrat incumbent, mentioned as "Dad's boss" in Robert's book). After the election, Burns decided that Ralph could no longer work for the Hawaiian state government. Burns would later become ill to the point of incapacitation for the last year of the term. Although he remained the governor in name, Lt. Gov. George Ariyoshi (his running mate) took the role of acting governor from October 26, 1973 until the end of the term on December 2, 1974.[[/note]], a teacher who broke his back working his whole life and died poor, and a "rich dad", who was his best friend's father and a shrewd businessman who owned several stores, a construction company and restaurants in addition of teaching him everything he knows about how to become rich.

** With the passage of time, the trope eventually evolved into RomanAClef. In May 2016, Robert finally revealed the identities of both "Rich Dad" and "Mike": Richard Wassman Kimi, a Hawaiian hotelier and his son, Alan. Alan explained that his father had requested that Robert keep his identity confidential (to the point of signing a confidentiality agreement)

The title comes from the (supposedly authentic) Robert's childhood experiences, and how he had two dads ([[HasTwoMommies no, not that kind]]): A "poor dad", who was his biological father, a teacher who broke his back working his whole life and died poor, and a "rich dad", who was his best friend's father and a shrewd businessman who owned several stores, a construction company and restaurants in addition of teaching him everything he knows about how to become rich.

** In a more subtle way, once Rich Dad's identity is known, the sentence "They (both dads) sort of looked alike, though not of the same ethnic makeup." becomest his.

A bestselling book by Robert Kiyosaki, which according to him, contains all secrets of the success of rich people.

* SchoolIsForLosers: Probably not the intended message of the book, but the way it downplays education like in the introduction where it mentions the names of several billionaires who were school dropouts, and where it mentions that education is becoming more and more expensive and that is much better to buy investments to get an income, does become a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop.

* UnderminedByReality: For all his financial advice, the news that Kiyosaki declared bankruptcy a few years after the book was published, kind of undermined its message.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Robert has never revealed the identity of his "rich dad", other than saying that he was his childhood's best friend father, which is odd considering how prominently he features in the book; He has zigzagged between saying that he is a real person, a composite of several people and "Is Literature/HarryPotter real?"

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: The book repeats the assertion that "since increasing one's income makes you pay more to the government in taxes, then it's a bad idea to increase your taxable income". While it is technically true that most governments base their tax rate on it's contributors' income, only with a tax rate of 100% it would mean a bad thing to increase your income.

* DanBrowned: In the book, Robert claims to be a very sucessful real estate broker, yet many experts in the field have pointed out that the cases presented are either very unlikely, impossible to happen in RealLife or even [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/10/10/rich-dad-poor-dad-bankrupt-dad/ outright illegal]]. There's even [[http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html a page dedicated to debunk his cases]].

* ExactWords: At first, when young Robert and his best friend, Mike, try get into the task of "making money", they first make an elaborate plan for manufacturing (counterfeit) coins. Fortunately they get straighten out by both the rich and poor dads.

* ExactWords: At first, when young Robert and his best friend, Mike, try get to the task of "making money", they first make an elaborate plan for manufacturing (counterfeit) coins. Fortunately they get straighten out by both the rich and poor dads.

* DanBrowned: In the book, Robert claims to be a very sucessful real estate broker, yet many experts in the field have pointed out that the cases presented are either very unlikely, impossible to happen in RealLife or even outright illegal. There's even [[http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html a page dedicated to debunk his cases]].
** The stories that were used, could be done with caution. There are going to be people who are against anything that's immensely popular. He had a talk with Donald Trump in one of his books about people not believing him because he had to protect privacy.

* StepThreeProfit