1 comments about Rich Dad's - How To: Find Great Investments.

1. It is ok, but a real good deal when they give it to you for free by attending one of his many "free seminars". These "free seminars" are just a two hour sales presentation for one of his trainers to get you to pay for coaching, etc. The CD is ok, but not worth much. It is just another way for him to promote his stuff.

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5 comments about The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio.

1. The "Four Pillars of Investing" CD was very useful. Very easy to follow the basic fundamentals of investing. Explored some complex issues but broke each idea down to its most fundamental form. Well worth listening to for the beginner or intermediate investor.



2. One of the best investment books I have read. It is a must read for all the investors.



3. This book is superbly written and can enormously benefit all investors whether novices or experts. It is patrticularly suited for investors who want to manage their own money.
   It starts with pillar one(the theory) and explains asset alloction with scientific and historical data that are convincing. It explains the risk and reward of diferrent asset classes throughout history.Diversification into domestic stock, international and fixed assets are explained with historical returns and asset correlation.
   The chapters on history of the different markets are excellent and tell you what to expect in the short, medium, and long run.
   Behaviour finance discusses the mistake investors almost always make, following their intuition and the conventional wisdom of the era, and how to realize them and avoid them.
   Withdrawing money in retirement is discussed in great detail with different scenarios, very useful.
   The book is eminently readable; I have read it 3 times to reinforce some tough to implement ideas, including rebalancing, not selling in a panic, and to look at stocks as if they were tomatoes. Try to buy them when the're cheap and on sale.
   After reading over 50 books on investments, this is the one to go to and to recommend to friends. You will not be disappointed



4. This is an excellent overview for anyone beginning to invest or who has become disillusioned with active investing. It does a solid job of arguing the merits of asset allocation and index investing as a worry-free means to long-term financial security. I felt the most original part of the book and one of its most useful was the scathing but accurate indictment of financial journalism. As the author admits at the outset, this material is rather dry despite his attempts to inject some wit, but is truly valuable.
   My only criticism is that, in terms of winning converts to this unexciting but intelligent approach to investing, the same objective has already been achieved more concisely, entertainingly and convincingly by the original works of John Bogle (Bogle on Mutual Funds, for example), whose contributions are glowingly acknowledged here.



5. A book about investing that all should read. Not only is it readable, but the author makes the concepts interesting and enjoyable; the writing is tinged with humor as well. Brilliant exposition of the pitfalls of Wall St hype and financial management. A well-researched groundwork for a the rational approach to investing.

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1 comments about PgMP Exam Review: Processes Audio CD.

1. The Material was covered in a speedy way and there was no good transition from one topic to another (Process to another). The tools and techniques were not touched even though they are part of the exam preparation for the Program process groups. I hope these comments can help

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5 comments about Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying.

1. The book is very good and gives a lot of ideas to improve our lives and our planet in the process.



2. The book is a great addition to your library of David Bach books or as a stand alone book for anyone that is unfamiliar with David Bach's advice. I do not know of any other book on the market that combines environmentalism with creating personal wealth. Mr. Bach pulls it off nicely showing how living "green" causes one to quit over consuming and save money that can be invested for growth over the years. The book shows fifty quick and easy ways that living more simply will save you money while saving the earth. Whether it is saving $884 a year by getting a car with better gas mileage or $2,250 a year by bringing your lunch to work, you will be reducing Co2 emissions and trash into landfills. He also believes that green companies will be great investments in 21st century the way tech stocks were for the late 80's and 90's. I am an avid investor and stock trader but he introduced me to green mutual funds and ETFs that I had never heard of. His final piece of advice is to start your green business if you have a million dollar idea of how to do something better to save the earth. I am by no means an environmentalist or "Green", but I love to live frugally and simply, this book really made me think in ways that I have not in the past. I highly recommend reading this book to people interested in wealth building and to environmentalists (this is a new spin, a convenient truth:going green saves money). I am looking forward to David Bach's next book.



3. from the 3 books that I purchased is the one that I let a friend borrow so I have not see it jet, sorry



4. First I have to admit I did NOT purchase this title from Amazon. I bought it at a local used bookstore - where I buy most of the books I read. (If I can get it used I don't buy "new." - That's "green" ...right?)
   
   Now about the book. "Late to the party, much?" I can't believe the publication date on this is 2008. Where has the author been until now? Is he just cashing in on the most recent "green" movement? All the info in the book should be common knowledge by now...? Or have some people really not gotten the memo yet? Or perhaps this is aimed at the crowd who swallowed the line (promulgated by Limbaugh, et al) that climate change was a liberal myth? Now they're finally waking up to the new reality. Better late than never I suppose. The info is good - it's all (been) available elsewhere.
   
   One thing the author "could have" included on his list of green behaviors: Guys, get a vasectomy... all the environmental problems we face today (all of them) stem from one simple fact: over population, and American kids consume a vastly disproportionate share of global resources.



5. In the past 50 years we have lived a wasteful lifestyle. We throw lots of stuff into the landfills and use a lot of energy and fossil fuels. There has been a movement in favor of using our resources in a more thrifty manner, with the color green applied to this movement because it is the color of vegetation. We hear of all kinds of ways we can save the environment.
   
   Here is another one, with David Bach's "Go Green, Live Rich". He presents 50 different ways of living life in a more earth-friendly manner. Some examples include "Grow a Greener Lawn", "Switch to Compact Fluorescent Bulb", and "Upgrade to a Hybrid". Further, he provides a way you can calculate your planetary footprint.
   
   The biggest advantage of this book is the large number of references it gives. Everywhere you look there is a URL that you can access to find more about the subject. There is a list of references at the end of the book. Mr. Bach provides references for many of the statistics he provides us, so the book is well documented.
   
   I think the book would be improved if it had a table of contents so you can go quickly to the area you want. Some of the statistics tend to be hyperbolic. For example, Americans use 800 million gallons of gasoline in lawn mowers. Don't use huge illion numbers when a percentage gives a truer picture. In this case, 800 million gallons is around 19 million barrels of oil; since Americans use 8 billion barrels a year, this is 0.23% of the total. Although gasoline-powered mowers do use fossil fuels, they pale in insignificance compared to the usage in automobiles.
   
   Like most green endeavors, this book does not go far enough. In the future we simply will not have all these resources to use. His emphasis is on driving cars, maintaining lawn and so forth with less fossil fuels, even though we may not be able to drive at all when impending oil shortages occur. He talks in terms of pollution and global warming, when the running out of fossil fuels is by far a worse problem. Further, he advocates driving hybrids, using solar panels, and using CFLs without considering the possibilities of shortages of lithium, nickel, tellurium, indium, and other resources this might cause and the possibility of mercury pollution from CFLs. He does mention "Grow your own food", which some peak oil experts say will become necessary in the years ahead. But I think a slant towards living within our resource means and a warning about the impending fuel shortage would improve the book.
   
   This is an elementary book. He does not go into the details of solar panels, for instance, as to whether you have southern exposure, the dimensions required and so forth, for example.
   
   I still think this is a good book to get if you want to get started with living more within our planet's means.

5 comments about How Come That Idiot's Rich And I'm Not?.

1. There is not that much of good stuff in this book, but it provides some useful tidbits here and there. I would even venture to say that out of 1000 serious followers there may be 1 moderate success.
   
   However, this book is simply overflowing with tons of meaningless banter that conveys no information at all.



2. Blablabla!!!
   The title of this book should be: How come THAT idiot didn' t buy this book and I DID?



3. It is like most other get rich books. A few new points but mostly the same old thing.



4. This is exactly what I have been looking for. Talk about hitting the financial nail on the head! This is the type of investing I have been looking for, I just needed someone to break it down into plain English for me. Robert Shemin does this easily and effortlessly for you.



5. I was some what reluctant to read/buy this book but after reading all
   the positive reviews, i figured what the heck, maybe this guy knows
   something I don't so i gave it a shot.
   
   This book is somewhat informative but the problem is,
   
   - to someone who is financially in the hole, ALL his techniques about BUYING STOCKS, buying investment property, going to buy that FANCY car (PREOWNED ) at half price, eating at the fancy restaurant once in a while to FEEL rich , buying fancy clothes and looking/acting like a million bucks to attract other wealthy people, etc. --- will be useless
   
   - and to someone who is already somewhat well off and on the path to success, this book offers nothing new - advice that can probably be taken off 1 episode of SUZIE ORMAN's tv show
   
   The chapter that deals with the "SPIRITUAL" aspect of attaining wealth just amazes me. The author claims that the world is FULL of riches and that if you GIVE enough of it away, eventually the world will give it back tenfold. he PROMOTES donating your money or time away no matter how poor or in bad shape you are. - TRY TELLING That to someone who can barely feed his family or is facing foreclosures..
   
   There are self question and answers portions, and in the spirituality chapter, where he states that if you believe that some people are born rich and others poor, you are wrong; That somehow , all people can attain wealth if they believe in it hard enough - Then in the final chapter, he contradicts himself and goes on and on and on about how grateful he is after visitng 3rd world countries where people are born into poverty with no way out.
   
   A few chapters are devoted to real estate and the author promotes going out there and BUYING investement property - his philosphy seems to be, that by JUST going out and BUYING and buying and buying, atleast your DOING something , - DOES FLORIDA, VEGAS, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA Foreclures ring any bells? He offers nothing in terms of property evaluation or finding good deals,but inteads explains basic "leveraging" of properties, and uses straight line appreciation levels of 8% over 60 year terms. So that suddenly that $150,000 property is worth 4 million in 60 years. WOW!
   
   Honestly, his real estate advice is VERY to the surface at best and offers 1/100th of what any other real estate 101 book can offer.
   
   I gave him 2 stars b/c
   #1. the author is not how i imagined him to be when i first picked up the book. I imagined some sleazy, slimeball only infatuated over money and ways of being cheap and frugal. But suprisingly, the book's main theme isn't about what things money can buy, but rather the time money can buy -whether its spending more time with family, friends, kids, etc. The author actaully seems like an honest guy, and a decent human being.
   
   The book is very easy to read and seems to be written for the MASSES. So considering the average (maybe even majority of) americans are in DEBT and have $.01 in savings, ratio wise , more people willing reading this book will find it helpful. For the small minority of people who are not borrowed to the max and looking for new techniques to "GET RICH" , you should probably skip this one.

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5 comments about Think and Grow Rich: Original Version.

1. This "book on tape" is in Mp3 format. You need a CD Player or CD Boombox that will play Mp3 CD's. The best one is made by Sony. As for the book itself, it's worth "reading" or "listening to" in any formt. If you want to know about my favorite Mp3 players either email me or look at the rest of my reviews. Email:boland7214@aol.



2. This is such a classic. Definately something people should read over and over again. Getting it on mp3 is the best because you can listen to it in the car etc instead of all the normal radio garb that doesn't help you.



3. This is a great book.
   
   The mp3 download is also available:
   
   Think And Grow Rich [Mp3 Audiobook]
   
   Think And Grow Rich Mp3 Audiobook
   
   Highly recommended!



4. I've heard a lot of motivational, educational, and financial audiobooks in my day, and while this one is a classic, I was disenchanted by the readers style of delivery. The readers monotone energy becomes tiring after an hour of listening. And he pronounces 'Socrates' (the philosopher)...like the guy on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. You know, 'SocrATES'.
   
   The material seems to be centered around the want for money, money, money without much focus on WHY you want the money for yourself....like a blind faith that acquiring money is the end all be all.



5. After finishing listening the "Think and Grow Rich" MP3s I have suddenly realized that this simple slogan is the single way of life in a capitalist society. In this book, as the only way of getting rich, the author advocates goal-directed way of life, purposefulness, constant self-perfection, courage, the skill to think and to act, and the other similar traits of character.
   
   Many people came to a conclusion that the wealth, in some extent, depends on a level of education, motivation, self-esteem, and so on. The problem is that not all the people in equal extend incline to the education, to their self-improvement. This is because of the differences of their needs, habits, abilities, capabilities, and so on. Leo Tolstoy in his novel "Resurrection" arose a question of how to improve the level of education within a society: from inside of each individual or from outside? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Should first the level of education of each and every individual be risen which yields a revolution (dialectic transition of quantity into quality) or the revolution should make the environment to foster the education of every individual?
   
   The traits advocated by Napoleon Hill correspond to the first Leo Tolstoy's way of improving society. If each and every individual will improve, the society will automatically improve. The second way of Leo Tolstoy (create the environment which will foster the education of every individual) is contrary to Napoleon Hill's ideas: "if something is got for free or without big effort, it won't be appreciated, won't be handled with care or you won't trust it". Free education and medical care won't be respected properly by people, regardless how good this education and medical care are. That's why the socialist society will develop slower than capitalist. Marxists knew this and have built the concept of World revolution (to overthrow of capitalism in all countries), and a further idea by Trotsky that it was impossible to build socialism in a single country. Trotsky wrote that the socialist economy is not as efficient as capitalist and without the World revolution the USSR won't be able to overcome its economic underperformance.
   
   Napoleon Hill praises the freedom and opportunities of the capitalist society of the U.S. in particular, which gives, according to Napoleon Hill, boundless opportunities for an individual who is able to think and grow rich.
   
   I also recommend "The Road to Serfdom" by F. A. Hayek in addition to this book. Although "Think and Grow Rich" is a classical self-help book for a general reader while "The Road to Serfdom" is mostly academic, I think that both of them should be read.