I haven’t read rich dad, poor dad but I read his “cashflow quadrant” and this had a profound effect on me as it pointed out being an employee was the worst of all tax wise and the system is designed that way. Being self employed was better, being a business owner was better still and the best was the investor. It helped me to discover the benefits of passive income , first in property, then in the share market. It is still my focus and will ensure I come in retirement. Much of his comments were highly rewarding for a specific time and created a boom in regional Australia, where people started to buy cashflow positive real estate in country towns that produce little capital gains but add to your income, allowing you to easily buy 5,10,100 more. I don’t take his forecasting about the economy seriously though and think he is past his prime but his work did have real value to many, including myself.