Winning The Game Of Life - Adam Khoo

It's the best book I ever read written by Adam Khoo, Asia's top success coach.

It's the best as it touches soul and opens mind. 

Here are some of the sentences that I like best :

1. "Singapore is a tiny island with no natural resources. So, Lee Kuan Yew and his team decided to study the success blueprint of Switzerland, a first world and wealthy country with no natural resources as well. The Singapore leaders then modeled and replicated the Israeli Army for their defense system, the British for their education and legal system and the Americans and Japanese for their trade and economic success. By literally copying  and improving the success models of these countries, Singapore leap-frogged all her neighboring countries to become a developed country in just 30 years. Singapore has achieved in 30 years what other countries had taken over 100 years to achieve. Again, this was made possible because of Singapore's willingness to use what has worked and make it even better."

2. "People who are at the top of their game know that to get there, and stay there, they have to feed their minds every day. On the other hand, the majority of people only feed their stomachs. They believe that after 16 years of schooling and college, their minds have enough knowledge and intellect to last them for the rest of their lives. What a grave mistake."

3. "Rich and successful people do not have the habit of watching television the moment they come home. Poor and mediocre people tend to have this habit. ....... Successful people get enough mental stimulation and enjoyment from real life that they do not see the need to entertain themselves by starring at a box."


4. " If you want to master a domain of expertise, you have to focus on practicing that skill consistently, every single day. The more hours you commit in practicing that skill, the better you will get. It is when you surpass the 10,000 hour mark, that you will find yourself being able to perform exceptionally well with very little effort."

5. "Warren Buffett literally studied all 27,000 publicly listed companies in alphabetical order, short listing the best stocks to invest in. Did he spend over 10,000 hours perfecting his craft ? You bet ! "

  

Like A Virgin - Richard Branson

Found a book on Richard Branson - Like A Virgin, Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School, which is very relaxing to read, with real examples and touching stories ..

This book is divided into small tiny sub-topics which makes reading very pleasurable. Those sub-topics are :

1. Five Secrets To Starting A Business
2. People Power
3. Nice Guys Can Finish First
4. The Weakest Link
5. Business Philosophy

6. Screw You, Goliath !
7. The Importance of Not Being Earnest
8. The Perfect Pitch
9. The Opportunity of Risk
10. Private Space

11. They Say
12. A Perfect 10
13. If You Never Make Mistakes
14. The Customer's Always Right
15. Brand Awareness

16. Steve Jobs
17. First Impressions Are Huge
18. To Win The War On Drugs
19. Science : The Last Frontier
20. Chocks Away

21. Like A Fine Wine
22. What's In A Name ?
23. So, You Want To Be CEO ?
24. The Chinese Plate Trick
25. How To Bake An Entrepreneur

26. Change Is In The Air
27. Don't Like The Second Opinion ?
28. Breaking Up
29. If I Could Do It All Over Again
30. More Walking and Talking

31. Accidents Happen
32. Reach For The Skies
33. Sustainable Energy
34. New Ventures
35. Get Big

36. Selling Customers Is Easy
37. What Is Success ?
38. When Going Walkabout
39. Surviving A Downturn
40. Rising Above It All

41. Living The Branson Life
42. Early Endeavours
43. Change Is Good
44. Managing The Launch
45. A Shocking Revelation !

46. A Noose Around The Neck
47. Today's Failure
48. Real Change For Good ?
49. Be A Leader
50. Great Customer Service

51. Can Bad News Be Good News ?
52. Choosing A Partner
53. Invest In Your People
54. The Day The Music Didn't Die
55. Good Training

56. Rebranding
57. Social Services Redefined
58. A-B-C-D
59. Empowerment And Appreciation
60. Launching A Business

61. Keep An Eye On The Details
62. The Lonely Entrepreneur
63. The Planet's Problems
64. "Let's Shake On That"
65. Office Relationships

66. Earn Your Customers Trust
67. To Work Better
68. Strike Up The Brand
69. Sharing Life's Lessons
70. Power To The People

71. Watching Your Waistline
72. What's Better Than A Handout ?
73. Home And / Or Office
74. Kick-Start The Economy
75. Rules Of The Road

76. School of Hard Knocks


happy reading ... =)

50 Facts

50 Facts That Should Change The World (by Jessica Williams)
This book looks and sounds good, I will get it from a bookstore to find out myself whether it's really good in substance .. (also time to buy some books to enjoy my taxable income reduction by RM700)

About Asia -- Asia Future Shock

I had finished reading this book by Michael Backman on the current landscape of and future outlook for Asia.


The countries that he touches are :
1) China
2) Japan
3) Korea
4) India
5) Vietnam

6) Burma
7) Indonesia
8) Malaysia
9) Singapore
10) General countries in Asia





Some complements on this wonderful book.


I paid RM9.99 for each of the country covered, not too bad huhh ..

With the insight and extra understanding that i gained from this book, it will definitely assist me in my future decision making process, be it personal or for strategic purposes (:

Asia Future Shock

Asia Future Shock:
Business Crisis and Opportunity in the Coming Years

by Michael Backman
Published by Palgrave-Macmillan,
2008Hardcover, 188 pages
Published December, 2007

Asia Future Shock takes a look at major trends in Asia over the coming years and decades - sectors and countries are looked at. Asia Future Shock is an excellent tool for business planners and strategists.

Asia Future Shock is published worldwide by Palgrave-Macmillan. This means that it can be ordered from any bookshop anywhere.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1
Population Dynamics: How Asia’s Face is Changing

Chapter 2
The Internet, Big Business & Freedom

Chapter 3
China’s Military Build-up

Chapter 4
20 million Japanese to go Missing

Chapter 5
The Two Koreas to Reunify

Chapter 6
The Rush out of India by Indian Companies

Chapter 7
Asia’s Nuclear Future

Chapter 8
Water Wars

Chapter 9
China to have the World’s Biggest Number of English Speakers

Chapter 10
China’s HR Nightmare

Chapter 11
India’s HR Nightmare

Chapter 12
Wanted! 250 million Wives: Asia’s Shocking Gender Imbalance

Chapter 13
Asia’s Meaningless Borders

Chapter 14
Growing Family Breakdown in Asia

Chapter 15
China builds an Economic Bloc based on Corruption

Chapter 16
Vietnam: The New China?

Chapter 17
Burma: The Next Vietnam

Chapter 18
Does Indonesia have a Future?

Chapter 19
From Malaysia Boleh to Malaysia Bodoh?

Chapter 20
China’s Healthcare Sector to Boom

Chapter 21
The Next Tsunami: Mainland Chinese Tourists

Chapter 22
Medical Research to shift to Asia

Chapter 23
New Switzerlands: Private Banking & Money Laundering shift to Asia

Chapter 24
Asia’s Coming Medical Tourism Bonanza

Chapter 25
Growing Corporate Ownership by Charities in Asia

http://www.michaelbackman.com/Asia_Future_Shock.html

The Special Ones ..

1. China Shakes The World - the rise of a hungry nation (by James Kynge)

2. China Condensed - 5000 years of history & culture (by Ong Siew Chey)

3. Lasting Leadership - what you can learn from the top 25 business people of our times (by Mukul Pandya and Robbie Shell, Wharton School Publishing)

4. SHOTS - 50 recipes for a little drinks with a big kick ! (by Allan Gage, Hamlyn)

5. ideaSPOTTING - how to find your next great idea (by Sam Harrison)

6. David Beckham_Making It Real - my soccer skills book (HarperSport)

7.GERRARD - my autobiography (Bantam Books)

8. Jose Mourinho (by Luis Lourenco, dewi lewis media ltd)