


This Financial IQ is measured by how much money you have left after expenses. “Being able to live well and still invest no matter how much you make requires a high level of financial intelligence,” Kiyosaki writes. Protecting your money, especially from taxes, is the second Financial IQ. Once you earn your money, you need to hold onto it. If you make $100,000 a year, you have a higher Financial IQ than someone earning $30,000 a year. This is measured by how much money you earn. Kiyosaki divides financial intelligence into five “Financial IQs”: It's his hope that Increase Your Financial IQ can help readers improve their money “game.” financial intelligence, that makes one wealthy.” He notes that buying a new set of golf clubs won't improve your game, but paying for lessons will. “It is information, knowledge, wisdom, and know-how, a.k.a. “It is not real estate, stocks, mutual funds, businesses, or money that make a person rich,” Kiyosaki writes. Armed with my own advice about how to read a personal finance book, I decided to give Increase Your Financial IQ a chance. He really does think it's important to spend less than you earn - he just thinks the best approach to a budget deficit is to raise your earning power instead of reducing spending. Yet if you dig a little deeper, it becomes clear that Kiyosaki is saying a lot of this just to get attention.

He likes to make provocative claims like “people should not live below their means”. He's a vocal detractor of mutual funds, for example, and frequently seems to be pushing a new “hot” investment: real estate, oil, gold, silver. Kiyosaki loves to play the rogue, offering unconventional suggestions for building wealth.
