I couldn't go back... I just couldn't

BusinessPundit explains why he quit Entrepreneurship and got a 'real job'. I think I'd rather do the Robert T. Kiyosaki desperation thing and live in a car with my wife (if I had a wife) while trying to get my business off the ground, instead. Anything but going back to a 'real job'.

Comments

[CGorman]

I can't stand Roberts books! I tried to read one of them, but could'nt make it past page 70, he just repeats himself over and over "I'm rich because... i'm rich..." - I've found these sort of books much more useful, interesting... and enjoyable: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740703579/002-8613018-8045652?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964190567/qid=1136419469/sr=1-18/ref=sr_1_18/002-8613018-8045652?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0753504561/026-5910833-2968407

[James Corbett]

I completely agree Ciaran! I bought the Cashflow Quadrant book a few years back because, leaving a well paid job for a non-paying startup situation demanded a new discipline of me as regards personal finances.

I'd read so much about Kiyosaki's books that I was suckered. However I have to admit that I did get some value from it and even absorbing the principle of his Cash Flow Quadrant made it worthwhile. It still makes me think about finances differently than I did before. It's not so much that Kiyosaki's books are a reference guide so much as a philosophy. But the thing is he could have written that philosophy down in 10 pages and skipped the fluff. I definitely wouldn't buy another of his books for that reason.

Thanks for the great book links - I'll be adding them to my wish list.