Knowledge is power. Hence the reading quest. As the list of books that I have read on investing grows, I’ve found that even the worst book (‘The Big Short’, by Michael Lewis), has nuggets of value. Then I stumble upon a book that takes you “behind the curtain”. The one that doesn’t just tell you how to be the best investor you can be in this world, but explains that there is a whole other world out there! One you never knew about. The key is in the subtitle, “What the Rich Invest In, That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!”

Most of the books I’ve read try to turn the layman into a stock analyst. The stock market might be a path to wealth for some. But what Robert Kiyosaki explains in Rich Dad, is that rather than being satisfied with chasing the S&P 500 for 21% in a good year, there’s a 1,000% return you can have in their world. You just have to know how to get there. This book is the map to get you there. The first 28 pages have taught me more in a way than all the other books. The Yellow Brick Road to wealth is a paradigm explained in this book. That path may be through stocks, but there are many other paths.