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好一本把“吃苦当作吃补，磨难化为祝福，杀出热血人生路”的一本好书籍！！！

好久没阅读这一类书籍。因此此番阅读，感慨多了些，感动更是一摞摞。或许，吃得苦也不少了。。。因此里头的每一则小故事感觉上都似曾相识。难道真的是成功方法很多种，而失败原因就是那几个？？？？如果说做个小总结，失败原因真的不多。来来去去还真的是那几个。。。

本人挺享受这本书籍的。。。激励书籍不能时常阅读。毕竟，激励就像毒品一样～～～ 接触的越多，只会要求更多，更高深的激励书籍。但，激励书籍又不能完全不接触。人生毕竟是残酷的。无常的黑天鹅事件多到你我都不能设防。而，这本书恰恰也真的起到它的作用。因此，10分满分，个人给足10分。出版社真的很用心的在累积这些小故事。虽说失败原因来来去去就那几个，不过，里头的故事还真的能够唤醒偶尔迷失的你我。。。。

以下这些语录非常有意义。既有激励作用，还应该时常留在我们的脑海里以起到提醒作用。结尾了，就用这些语录与我共同在同一条道路上奔驰的战友们共勉之吧：

人在面对压力时可利用C.A.L.M. DOWN，亦即调整面对（CHANGE），坦然接受（ACCEPT），过去就过去（LET IT BE），以及管理生活（MANAGE YOUR LIFE）。

不生气，要争气。～戴晨志

越早失败越容易爬起。面对人生困境时，应该做的是沉淀自己，找出弱点加以补强，否则一定会从蹈覆辙。先自助而后人助。～戴晨志

失败来的越早越好，年级越大遭遇挫折，越难以逆转胜。～林育贤

如果事先预想最糟糕的状况，那就根本不可能去实践梦想。。。追逐梦想充满太多无法事先料想的变数，如果左顾右盼，前瞻后望，多半会半途放弃梦想，回归较为安稳的人生道路。～林育贤

要相信自己！如果连你都不相信自己，别人怎么相信你？～林育贤

成功者专注一事，失败者多方尝试。～徐和森

把简单事情做到极致，把平凡事情做到不平凡。～徐和森

我越读成功者传记，发现他们最大公约数就是生于贫穷。我有了成功的必要条件，剩下的就是要努力。～许峰源

不要三心二意，想一次做很多事情。。。你应该生一个儿子，培养他将来做总统；而不是生一大堆儿子，养的都不怎么样，而且各个都很会花钱。～何飞鹏

想成功，就必须学会『简单的事情重复做』。就像打拳击只有六个动作，但是必须练到炉火纯青，才能击倒对手。～李经康

很少人可以一生顺遂，挫折说穿了，就是成功前必经的道路而已。～齐云

每天进步一点点，哪怕是多少一点，只要不往下走就好。～郭子乾

有人说机会是留给有准备的人。但，我更相信，机会是留给沉得住气的人。～郭德麟

贫穷教会我，思想是因，环境是果。。。会陷入几乎破裂的困境，是因为负向思想。～江宛青

每个人的一生只有三天。昨天，今天和明天。更严格的说，人的一生只有一天，因为昨天过去了，明天还没有来，必须好好把握今天。～张锦贵

Russia 2010: And What It Means for the World

This is a book written in 1993. Frankly, I did not realize it when I first grabbed the book. I thought it is a book written in 2010 and the author will tell us everything about Russia in 2010…What a “beautiful misunderstanding”!!! LOL…

Like I mentioned above, it was my mistake in the first place. As such, negativity had existed just when I finished the preface. I knew that I am in the wrong place, studying the wrong book. It is definitely not the book I want. I am not keen on predictions, forecasting or any sort of outlook for the future. After all, I truly believe that human beings cannot predict precisely. Hence, what is the point of reading something which may not be correct at the end? The fact is… certain forecasting by the author was proved wrong in year 2014. With due respect to the author, I thought I went through tons of wrong facts and wrong information… although the foundation behind each idea may seems valid in the first place. Again, it justifies my points that prediction and forecasting may not have value in long run.

Rating wise, I am going to give 2/10. I appreciate the author’s hard work in producing this book. It could serves as an effective model for countries planning. Well worth studying for those who love this sort of stuff. As for me, this is definitely not my cup of tea. 

Loopholes of the Rich: How the Rich Legally Make More Money and Pay Less Tax

This is a book from national bestseller with over 200,000 copies sold. Usually, such a claim would prevent me from touching it, LOL! However, I was forced to buy this book when there is an offer from getting another book I want. As such, this is how this book ended up on my shelf.

Well, this is in fact a simple book… All the complicated tax details are presented in terms that every reader will understand easily. Besides, the author did his best by presenting tons of case studies and diagrams which really helps readers to digest easily throughout the book. Well, I may not agree 100% with his idea. For example, the leveraging in housing estate especially for owns staying is very much against my principle. I already did my leveraging somewhere else. As such, I find no reason to leverage as what the author suggest, LOL. Cash is king to me at times… LOL.

The only flaw perhaps lies with the fact that this is a book which is based on United States. As such, many items and ideas may not work for local Malaysians. As I mentioned above, I was being forced in a way to purchase this book. Hence, I really should not complain much on it, LOL.

Overall, I rate this book at 4/10. The low rating is simply due to the facts that the information and ideas presented may not be relevant due to regional issue. As I mentioned above, this is actually a good book. Thumbs up for the hard work especially on the author’s creativity in proving such a “simple” book!

The Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Throughout the Ages of Wealth

This is a long story... In fact, it is a real incredible story about "money" that range from 3000 BC in Mesopotamia to modern-day Wall Street. The late Robert Sobel was a very famous financial historian. Since I love history as much as I love "money", this book surely is my cup of tea...

End up... I had few dissatisfaction after went through the whole book. It is a book on the history of money. Yet, the huge dynasty of China was not mentioned even though the title stated that it is a story about “Money” throughout the ages. Come on, before WWII, monies was everywhere in China dynasty. Even though China was “closed” (not fully closed and not closed at certain dynasty) in a way during that long period, it is certainly part of the story of money. As such, the title itself a bit misleading. It should either be the stories of capitalism or the author might as well put a region on the whole story.

Apart from that small flaw as mentioned above, I must compliment the author for providing readers a detailed history of money.  Overall, it is a bit academically. However, the interesting part lies with the nature of money. To me, anything about money is always interesting. As such, I personally do not find boring in exploring the whole book. Rating wise, I am giving 6 out of 10. A nice work by the late Robert Sobel!