Rich Dad Poor Dad

Today I was able to see Seth during his birthday week. He was here in the United States and Los Angeles briefly and we were able to get together before going to see the Dodgers and the Pirates game at Dodger Stadium. Seth is now an adult and as you might imagine I am very pround of him.

Seth has told me that his plans are to remain in the United States untill Monday and then leave for Barcelona Spain where he plans on continuing to work for the next several months. I am hoping that he will be able to come back to Los Angeles and stay a while. Baring that Jennifer and I may be able to visit him in Spain after I finish school. That would really be nice.

During Seth’s visit this weekend we plan on doing some crazy things like visit Cupids Hot Dogs in Northridge California. This was one of his favorite spots growing up and you know how those memories make the hot dogs just taste better. Believe it or not I am looking forward to seeing the Cupid Hot Dog sign and munching down on a couple of those dogs. They have to be the best hot dogs in the world. For a review of Cupid’s Hot Dogs you can visit the HotDogSpot.com for full details.

Seth and I had a great talk about life and what it means to he successful. He told me about a book, Rich Dad Poor Dad that he has been reading. You know which one I am. A review of the book by Howard Rothman follows:

Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his “poor dad” (whose weekly paychecks, while respectable, were never quite sufficient to meet family needs) pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his “rich dad” (that “the poor and the middle class work for money,” but “the rich have money work for them”). Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retire at 47. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter, lays out his the philosophy behind his relationship with money. Although Kiyosaki can take a frustratingly long time to make his points, his book nonetheless compellingly advocates for the type of “financial literacy” that’s never taught in schools. Based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results than even the best of traditional jobs, it explains how those assets might be acquired so that the jobs can eventually be shed.