Rich Dad Poor Dad VS A Million Little Pieces
Verdict DROP IT DROP IT
The Reality Real-estate investor and author John T. Reed conducted an extensive, published investigation into Kiyosaki's claims and concluded 'Rich Dad' is fiction -- Reed found no evidence Kiyosaki ever got rich by any means other than selling financial-success seminars and books, documented numerous inconsistencies in the book's stories and advice, and reported that Forbes' own investigation into Kiyosaki's claimed Florida real-estate profits could not find a trace of him in Florida real-estate records. Kiyosaki has never publicly named or produced verifiable evidence of the 'rich dad' individual's real identity. On January 8, 2006, investigative outlet The Smoking Gun published an exposé documenting numerous fabrications in Frey's account, including his claimed criminal record: reporters found he had actually spent about 3 hours in jail, not the 87 days described in the book. On January 26, 2006, Oprah Winfrey confronted Frey live on her show, saying she felt 'duped,' and Frey admitted to fabricating elements of the memoir. The book had already topped bestseller lists on the strength of Oprah's endorsement before the fabrications were exposed.
SHORT ANSWER
Rich Dad Poor Dad: A published investigation by real-estate author John T. Reed found no verifiable evidence that Kiyosaki's 'Rich Dad' mentor existed as described, and Forbes' own check of Kiyosaki's claimed Florida real-estate profits found no trace of him in public records.
A Million Little Pieces: James Frey admitted on live television in January 2006 to fabricating significant elements of A Million Little Pieces after The Smoking Gun's investigation found discrepancies including a claimed 87-day jail stay that was actually about 3 hours.