Rich Brother Rich Sister
Rich Brother, Rich Sister – Two different paths to God, Money and Happiness is a book written by Robert Kiyosaki with his sister, Emi Kiyosaki (venerable Tenzin Kacho, ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Dama). The book is told in separate voices of Robert and Emi , on their perspectives on life, spirituality, definition of success, and so forth. It also portrays the different paths they have taken, even though they were raised by the same parents and grew up in the same household.
I never read Rich Dad, Poor Dad but I have heard about the teachings behind it and the premises behind the “Rich Dad” and the “Poor Dad”. The reason I never picked out this book to read was because I fear my definition of “rich” is different and I would be dissapointed. Rich Brother Rich Sister piqued my interests because it is autographical and allows me to see the man behind the book and the drastically different path his sister has chosen was the hook.
The book reads a little disjointed and scattered compared to other books to me, a casual reader who reads during commute on a train. The Buddhist (Tibetan) teachings from Emi sound familiar and nostalgic as I grew up in an Eastern culture. Robert’s advice sections at times sound a little excessive in punchlines and contradictory.
Learning more about the Poor Dad, I somehow feel he was not poor at all. How it ends for a man does not define the man; it is the journey that defines one. As far as I am concerned, the Poor Dad accomplished much and serviced many throughout his life even though he was not financially successful.
And it is actually not that unusual that the siblings end up in different places in their lives. One is the eldest son and the other one is the middle daughter in a Japanese family in the 60’s. Different expectations and reigns from parents and the society probably set different paths for them early on.
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