Today I finished Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. I actually read it in ebook (a pdf) on my computer in two days. I like the ideas presented in it and I see a similar trend in most of these books which is investment, specifically in revenue generating real estate. While my father was a commercial real estate appraiser in Memphis, he never really invested in real estate with one exception. That one exception had at least a 2000% return. Why he didn't do more of that, I will never really know. He said he wasn't interested in it, but clearly he had the knowledge to be able to do it... and successfully.
I, in my quest for knowledge, have been picking up more and more books and reading them faster and faster. I started The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell two days ago and right after that I started and finished Rich Dad Poor Dad. 
I also downloaded several audio books that I can listen to in my car on the way to and from work and to and from midtown including Freakonomics by by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss, and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I am also looking for 16 Percent Solutions by Joel Moskowitz and Beating the Street by Peter Lynch. I think I've become a little obsessive, but that's ok. There are much worse things to be obsessed with like Unreal Tournament, Grand Theft Auto, or drinking.
All of this talk of reading made me think of the time when I told my mom, "I hate reading." That was the dumbest thing I've ever said. I'm pretty sure I meant reading subjects that I'm not interested in, but that is still stupid. Now I love reading.. especially those subjects I'm interested in and some that I'm not. It exercises your brain and makes you want to read more and more. I'm just hoping I can implement some of these principles that I'm learning. That's when the real learning starts.
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You write very well.
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