That guy is FOS. Its just a money making scheme for him. There is a website that shows all his scams and fake military history. Do a search.

 

I just read "rich dad poor dad" about 3 weeks ago..... checked it out for free at the library also..... I learned nothing as well.

I love how people throw around examples...."i put $2k down on some vacant land, had it divided into lots before I took possession and sold 7 of the lots for $2M each and netted $13,998,000 on a $2k investment and have a lot for myself"....

Just like those "i bought this house for $345 at a tax sale, free and clear"..... there may be one house per year in the entire USA that actually gets purchased for something low like that but finding it is impossible.

I agree that all of these guys are all about making $ by selling books. Just like the Amway / Quixtar / etc...

I have been reading all of the John Grisham books that I missed. I read 'the firm', 'pelican breif', etc.... about 10 years ago........ I have now read 4-5 books in the past few months (painted house, bretheran, summons, x-mas, now rainmaker)....entertaining at least....

 

amazing non-fiction cold war stories from an insider: "At the Abyss" b Thomas C. Reed

amazing non-fiction cold was submarine espionage stories: "Blind Man's Bluff" by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew

my bibles (when I need to read them): "Art of War" by Sun Tsu, "Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi

excellent book on value investing: "The Little Book that Beats the Market" Joel Greenblatt (I'm up close to 50% this year, thanks in large part to this book )

 

"7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steven Covey followed by "The 8th Habit"

 

the game he sells "rat Race" is actually fun to play.

the whole passive income thing works well on paper, but unless you have a ton of start up capital and knowledge and time, you will fall on your face.

 

If you want non-fiction (or close to it), try some first-person biographies. I just read "The Fourth Hourseman" - it's the life story of Doc Holliday, written by someone else (duh - it's a biography) but from Holliday's point of view. Pretty interesting. I've done that with a number of those guys and they're always interesting.

 

yup. I think there was a guy who put $1 investment into a lottery ticket. A couple of days later, he got 1000000% return on his investment.
There, Clawhammer owes me $26.95 for my financial advice.

 

You want to read an incredibly funny book... "The Game: Penetrating the Mind of a Pick-Up Artist". It is hysterical. I still didn't get to finish reading it, but I've read maybe like a 1/3 of it, and it has me laughing the whole time.

Andre

 

[QUOTE=S2020,Nov 27 2006, 12:16 PM] yup.

 

Yup. One of my favorites as well. I wish he'd do a sequel or something similar.