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Rich Dad Poor Dad VS Three Cups of Tea

Rich Dad Poor Dad Three Cups of Tea
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. In April 2011, '60 Minutes' and author Jon Krakauer published parallel investigations finding significant fabrications in the book's central story. A companion from Mortenson's actual 1993 K2 attempt disputed that villagers in Korphe nursed him back to health, and two porters who accompanied him told '60 Minutes' Mortenson did not stumble into Korphe lost and alone -- he didn't visit Korphe at all until nearly a year later, on a separate trip. A photo used to support a claimed Taliban kidnapping in Mortenson's second book was also found to be staged, showing people who were not Taliban. The investigations further alleged Mortenson used his charity's funds to enrich himself and promote his books without sharing proceeds, prompting an investigation by the Montana attorney general's office.
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.

Three Cups of Tea: 60 Minutes and journalist Jon Krakauer both independently found Mortenson's central Korphe rescue story was fabricated -- he didn't actually visit the village until nearly a year after the claimed events -- and a photo supporting a separate Taliban-kidnapping claim was staged.