The lessons from book are truly terrific. Mr. Kiyosaki gives a great account of his experiences growing up and how he applies the combination of influences that his two dads had on him, into his life. That and he gives the readers a concept that is genuinely new, the concept of the four working quadrants of a persons income which he goes into to in more depth in his book called CASHFLOW QUADRANT. I also like the way that he simplified the process of understanding balance sheets and income statements into a visual representation that can be easily understood by most people. Overall, this book is worth reading, but it does lack in a couple of ways. Firstly, the material that Kiyosaki uses is rather repetative and very long winded. In fact he probably could have paired down this book to a few meaningful chapters. Especially near the end of the book where the last chapters are basically verbal diarrhea. My only other complaint about this book would be a lack of depth and conveyancing of the understanding of any sort of how to method to his readers. Basically Kiyosaki talks a lot about himself and his anecdotal experiences but gives only a few tidbits of useful information to his readers. As I said above, however, this book is worth the read if all you get out of it is a better understanding of income statements and balance sheets and about which quadrant your income comes from. These are the keys to basic financial literacy and are conveyed extreamly well in this book and in Cashflow Quadrant both of which are worth reading. The rest of the Kiyosaki series of books, on the other hand, are not worth the paper they are printed on, which doesn't say much considering they're printed on some of the cheapest pulp money can buy. I don't suggest wear any dark clothing while you flip through it's pages.