I found "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" to be horrible. He said he built a lot of wealth by camping outside bankruptcy lawyers' offices and buying the houses from people filing for bankruptcy for super cheap. Then he'd turn around and sell them for full value. He seems like a total charlatan.
What's wrong with that? Like most arbitragers, he provided liquidity. It sounds like he helped people.
Are people who go to liquidation auctions bad?
The behavior itself is in a moral gray zone. I wouldn't feel good about myself at the end of the day if I made money preying on people going bankrupt. Morality aside, it is bad advice because it isn't feasible to do that in today's world, and it isn't a valid career track. To me it sounds like he's selling a get-rich-quick real estate scheme in an infomercial.
Can I ask how these books fundamentally changed the way you look at the world?
in my case - it changed how i think about "buying things" and how to priorities spendings that will yield return over just immediate pleasure.
This sandwich doesn't cost $5, it actually cost me $179 over a 20 year timeline!
Not trying to speak for the parent commenter that posted, but those books are part of an overall shift in my career/business thinking from "me working more" to "building assets/systems that work for me".
I'd throw in Ramit Sethi's writing as well in shifting me from trying to "cut" as much expense but rather to grow the profit side of my work.