<prompt> Human: Ive been reading Robert T. Kiyosakis books, Rich Dad Poor Dad, and his investing book. In the investing book, it explains how its very important to have a financial plan for being each financially secure, comfortable, and rich. But he never explained what a financial plan physically looks like. Can someone explain to me what a financial plan would look like? Is it something that says Year 1: make 100,000, invest 20 of it, get more rich etc. I have no idea what it can look like. So please, if you can explain it to me it would be great! Im 17, turning 18 in a month, and I want to learn as much as I can about investing for when Im 18.  <response>: You are going to find that most people around here think that RDPD is a scam artist. I would be surprised if anyone tries to help you implement his advice.He, talks about setting up corporations to hold your assets, not investing in stocks, focusing a lot of money on building a real estate empire, then he contradicts himself and encourages pure speculation on stock options.Generally speaking, you are probably better off using his book to motivate yourself to go do something, and then doing exactly opposite of what he does. You will note that there is no evidence for the existence of any of the RDPD story that either the rich dad or poor dad ever existed, etc, that he has bankruptcies and stuff on his records, and that almost all of his actual income is from book sales.Turning back toward your actual question, I wouldnt start by trying to just jump right to the end. I dont think you can or should try to just build the whole final ending plan on day 1.Instead, I would suggest setting up some basic accounts like your 401k and start funneling money into them in basic ways, like investing all that money into a target date fund.When it makes sense to, add another element to the plan. If you get a spouse and kids, maybe think about getting some life insurance.The plan should slowly get more sophisticated over time as you add stuff like Credit Cards and IRAs to the mix.The best thing you can do, though, is to just learn more about personal finance on your own. You also have the best tool in the world to do it, the internet, readily available. Just sit down and start reading. Maybe 15 min a week or 15 min a day. Whatever you can find time for.Google search a topic and read contrasting articles on the subject. Dont just limit yourself to reading a bunch of articles that all take the same stance on an issue. Figure out what the opposing stance is and why the opponents think its better.While you are doing that, you will come across words you dont know. Google what those words mean.This is a process that you try to get better at throughout your whole life, not something you just spend one day doing when you are 17. 