Jumia Books Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book written by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. It advocates the importance of financial literacy, financial independence and building wealth through investing in assets.

The ideas presented in Rich Dad Poor Dad aren’t particularly profound or fancy, but the concepts were entirely new to me. This is especially true of how the book taught me to think of money not as an end-goal, but as a tool for wealth creation.

Up until that point, I had thought that all I needed to do was to find the right job and I’d be set. After all, this was exactly the way I’d thought about getting into the right medical school, the right residency, and the right fellowship (haha).

But after reading this book, I realized that the concept of trading time for money just isn’t the smartest way to go through life. Your money should work for you—not the other way around. The author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, believes precisely that.