BEST Robert Kiyosaki Books & Quotes of All Time (February 2023)

by Arthur Worsley
M.A. Psychology, Oxford. McKinsey Alum. Founder & Editor at TAoL.

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Contents

1. Who Is Robert Kiyosaki?

2. The Best Robert Kiyosaki Books of All Time

3. More Books Like Robert Kiyosaki's Books

4. Best Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

5. Wish There Was a Faster/Easier Way?

Who Is Robert Kiyosaki?

Robert Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an American businessman and author. Kiyosaki is the founder of Rich Global LLC and the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos. He has written many books but is best known for his internationally bestseller, Rich Dad Poor Dad.

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The Best Robert Kiyosaki Books of All Time

Why these best Robert Kiyosaki books and not others? To stay objective, I rank all my book recommendations by a combination of what’s most loved (Goodreads rating), what’s most popular (Goodreads review count) and what’s proven timlessly relevant (first publication date).

This isn’t a whimsical list. It’s a data-driven, crowdsourced collection of the best Robert Kiyosaki books ever published as decided by book lovers like you.

And if you think something's missing? I LOVE book recommendations so if there are any other books by Robert Kiyosaki that you think deserve mentioning, email me and I’ll be sure to include them in the next round of updates.

Until then, here are the best Robert Kiyosaki books of all time...

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

1. Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant - Robert Kiyosaki (FREE Summary)

Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom

Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant is the practical sequel to Rich Dad Poor Dad that'll show you EXACTLY how to take control of your cashflow and build massive wealth - by businessman, investor and best-selling author, Robert Kiyosaki.

Published 1998 // 376 pages // Rated 4.1 over 47,600 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad Poor Dad

2. Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki (FREE Summary)

Rich Dad Poor Dad is one of the few must-read handbooks for anyone who's serious about earning their financial freedom - by businessman, investor and best-selling author, Robert Kiyosaki.

Published 1997 // 195 pages // Rated 4.1 over 472,500 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: The Business School For People Who Like Helping People

3. The Business School For People Who Like Helping People - Robert Kiyosaki

Published 2001 // 136 pages // Rated 4.2 over 5,200 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Guide to Investing

4. Rich Dad's Guide to Investing - Robert Kiyosaki

What the Rich Invest in That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Published 2000 // 384 pages // Rated 4.0 over 12,900 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich

5. Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich - Robert Kiyosaki

How to Get Rich Quickly and Stay Rich Forever!

Published 2001 // 383 pages // Rated 4.1 over 7,100 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job

6. Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job - Robert Kiyosaki

10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business

Published 2005 // 304 pages // Rated 4.1 over 3,200 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Who Took My Money?

7. Rich Dad's Who Took My Money? - Robert Kiyosaki

Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins!

Published 2004 // 243 pages // Rated 4.1 over 1,700 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ

8. Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ - Robert Kiyosaki

Get Smarter with Your Money

Published 2008 // 240 pages // Rated 4.1 over 5,400 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

9. Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens - Robert Kiyosaki

The Secrets About Money - That You Don't Learn in School!

Published 2004 // 132 pages // Rated 4.0 over 3,800 reviews on Goodreads

Best Robert Kiyosaki Books: Rich Dad's Prophecy

10. Rich Dad's Prophecy - Robert Kiyosaki

Why the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History Is Still Coming...and How You Can Prepare Yourself and Profit from It!

Published 2002 // 286 pages // Rated 4.0 over 3,000 reviews on Goodreads

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Best Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

Here are some of the best Robert Kiyosaki of all time...

"Success is a poor teacher... We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don’t be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You can’t have success without failure."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"Most people who are overweight do not eat because they are hungry. They eat to feed an emptiness in their emotions and their soul."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"The reason so many people fail to achieve success is because they fail to fail enough times."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"To my rich dad, what was important was: Having lots of time to raise his kids. Having money to donate to charities and projects he supported. Bringing jobs and financial stability to the community. Having time and money to take care of his health. Being able to travel the world with his family."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"Your boss’s job is not to make you rich. Your boss’s job is to make sure you get your paycheck. It’s your job to become rich if you want to."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"If you have too much debt, the world takes everything you have, including your time, your work, your home, your life, your confidence—even your dignity, if you let them."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"Your profit is made when you buy, not when you sell."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"So many people look everywhere for the perfect person, the person of their dreams. They look for the right person instead of working to become the right person."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"People think that working hard for money and then buying things that make them look rich will make them rich. In most cases it doesn’t. It only makes them more tired. They call it ‘Keeping up with the Joneses.’ And if you notice, the Joneses are exhausted.”"

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"To be successful as an investor or a business owner, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"You can always quit. So why quit now?"

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"The six people you spend the most time with are your future."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant

"One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle-class struggles in debt is that the subject of money is taught at home, not in school."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Money is one form of power. But what is more powerful is financial education. Money comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealth."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"The poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have money work for them."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"An asset puts money in my pocket. A liability takes money out of my pocket."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Often I ask people, “What is your business?” And they will say, “Oh, I’m a banker.” Then I ask them if they own the bank. And they usually respond, “No, I work there.” In that instance, they have confused their profession with their business… If I have to work there, it’s not a business. It becomes my job."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"One of the main reasons net worth is not accurate is simply because, the moment you begin selling your assets, you are taxed for any gains."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Knowledge is power. And with money comes great power that requires the right knowledge to keep it and make it multiply."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"If you work for money, you give the power to you employer. If money works for you, you keep the power and control it."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Often in the real world, it’s not the smart who get ahead, but the bold."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Games reflect behavior. They are instant feedback systems."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"I know why I continue to learn and develop. I do it because I know there are changes coming. I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"What is risky for one person is less risky to someone else… It is not gambling if you know what you’re doing. It is gambling if you’re just throwing money into a deal and praying."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn… We learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"It’s not having fear that is the problem. It’s how you handle fear. It’s how you handle losing. It’s how you handle failure that makes the difference in one’s life. The primary difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they manage that fear."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

Best Robert Kiyosaki Quotes: It’s not having fear that is the problem. It’s how you handle fear. It’s how you handle losing. It’s how you handle failure that makes the difference in one’s life. The primary difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they manage that fear.

"Failure inspires winners. And failure defeats losers. It is the biggest secret of winners. It’s the secret that losers do not know. The greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they’re not afraid of losing."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Whenever you find yourself avoiding something you know you should be doing, then the only thing to ask yourself is, “What’s in it for me?” Be a little greedy. It’s the best cure for laziness."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Many people use arrogance to try to hide their own ignorance."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"A reason or a purpose is a combination of ‘wants’ and ‘don’t wants."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"If you watch business channels on TV, they often have a panel of so-called experts. One expert will say the market is going to crash, and the other will say it’s going to boom. If you’re smart, you listen to both."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"The sophisticated investor’s first question is: ‘How fast do I get my money back?'"

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

"Whenever you feel short or in need of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets."

- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

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