So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

In 2010 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation investigated the Rich Dad seminars associated with Kiyosaki on their consumer advocacy program Marketplace. Kiyosaki's criticisms are supported by the founder of the mutual fund Vanguard John C. District Court jury that former business partners of Kiyosaki were entitled to $23687957.

Kiyosaki is perhaps best known for his Rich Dad Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material publiRobert Kiyosakid under the Rich Dad brand. Three of his books Rich Dad Poor Dad Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant and Rich Dad's Guide to Investing have been on number one on the top 10 best-seller lists simultaneously on The Wall Street Journal USA Today and the New York Times. Kiyosaki also operates his own blog and maintains a monthly column on Yahoo Finance writing about his latest thoughts on global economics investing business world financial markets and personal finance.