Books 03 (Dec 09 - Dec 25)

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3 – Anything by Michael Masterson

Back in April I finished up 7 Years to 7 Figures after seeing Masterson speak at a Dan Kennedy seminar, but his book with the greatest impact on me has to be Ready, Fire, Aim. You simply can’t go wrong with any of my (our) mentor’s books. In addition, he has also adapted his Automatic Wealth series for graduates, which should be required reading if you have kids in or finishing college. I wish I had known about Michael Masterson when I was in my early 20’s.


2 – Man’s Search for Meaning

This is not a business book, but instead a book about the human spirit and what people can overcome.

Viktor Frankl’s book chronicles the horrors of World War II as seen through the eyes of a concentration camp survivor, and should be mandatory reading for every high school student (and adult) in the world, in my opinion.

After you’ve read this book, you’ll never have a “woe is me” attitude towards life or business again. Or at least you won’t let things get you down for long.

Everyday I hear someone say, “Oh, I could never do that…”, but the truth is, if they stopped complaining and tried, they’d learn pretty quickly they could do a lot more than they think.

Despite the depressing circumstances of the book, there is still a positive lesson to take away from Man’s Search for Meaning. We need to understand we are capable of much, much more than we might initially believe. Never, ever, EVER give up.


1 – The Rockefeller Habits

By far the most practical business book in my library, The Rockefeller Habits focuses on building a team, a vision, and a future for your business.

Like many books on this list, it is not an easy read, and it includes several exercises you’ll need to do. But when you’re done, you’ll have a detailed 90-day plan and a powerful long-term vision to fuel your business and work environment. I suggest setting aside three 90-minute blocks to get through the entire book.


Source: Early to Rise

[winston]

I used to spend my week-ends here

What caused Borders to close?

SINGAPORE - The iconic Borders bookstore located at the junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road was once the top-earning outlet of all the Borders chain stores in terms of sales dollars per sq ft.

But on August 16, it suddenly shut, leaving many of its loyal patrons and gift-card holders in shock.

So what caused the previously profitable bookstore to close its operations after 13 years?

Consumers say they are "tired" of Borders' poor book selection and proliferation of non-book products – including toys and cookware – in the past few years, reported the Straits Times.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BN ... 96507.html

[kennynah]

latest book..

WHY SOYABEAN MILK DRINK IS BAD FOR SOCIETY

[winston]

The Greatest Bestseller of All Time
by Alexander Green

The word spiritual may be the most nebulous word in the English language.

When I started this project nearly four years ago, I used the term spiritual wealth not to argue for or against any religious point of view, but rather as a general term to distinguish the content here from our usual discussions about material wealth.

However, some readers conflate the term with a particular religious perspective and so I am regularly asked, "Where is the Bible in your Spiritual Wealth?"

I would not presume to lecture anyone on matters of faith or belief - indeed I am utterly unqualified to do so - but since this year is the 400th anniversary of the King James Version, let's take a closer look at the book itself.

In England in 1604, an extraordinary group of 47 clergymen, scholars and translators - authorized by King James and divided into six committees - began laboring intensively at Westminister, Oxford and Cambridge.

Seven years later, they completed the King James Version, a famously eloquent and beautiful translation that rendered the Old and New Testaments into crystalline English prose.

It quickly became an object of inspiration, instruction and devotion. (Indeed, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" may be the best encapsulation of ethical wisdom ever articulated.)

The King James Version had a monumental effect on our language. Many everyday terms originated there, including "labor of love," "skin of your teeth," "bird in the hand," "drop in the bucket," "the powers that be," "bite the dust," "eat, drink and be merry," "salt of the earth," "see eye to eye," "ends of the earth," "old as the hills," "give up the ghost," and, perhaps most famously, "turn the other cheek."

In his plays, Shakespeare alludes to the King James Bible more than 1,300 times. Coleridge, Donne and Milton - among other immortal poets -mined its riches.

And its grand language and powerful message inspired American novelists from Herman Melville and William Faulkner to Saul Bellow and Toni Morrison.

The Bible is the most influential book ever written. It is not just the best-selling book of all time. It is the best-selling book of the year every year. (Worldwide, more than 80 million copies are sold annually.)

The Bible, of course, has been used for purposes both good and ill throughout its history. It has engendered faith, hope and charity as well as violence, sectarianism and intolerance.

It provided the theological underpinnings for American independence, the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage and the U.S. civil rights movement, as well as the divine right of kings, the Crusades, the Inquisition and the Salem witch trials.

Its poetry and prose remain unsurpassed. Yet - aside from the letters of Paul and a few other exceptions - much of the Good Book's authorship remains unknown.

In "Who Wrote the Bible?" , Richard Elliott Friedman writes, "People have been reading the Bible for nearly two thousand years. They have taken it literally, figuratively and symbolically.

They have regarded it as divinely dictated, revealed, or inspired, or as a human creation. They have acquired more copies of it than of any other book.

It is quoted (and misquoted) more than the others as well. It is called a great work of literature, the first work of history.

It is at the heart of Christianity and Judaism. Ministers, priests, and rabbis preach it. Scholars spend their lives studying and teaching it in seminaries.

People read it, study it, admire it, disdain it, write about it, argue about it, and love it. People have lived by it and died by it. And we do not know who wrote it."

Archaeologists and historians are still putting the pieces together, but much of the Bible's history is shrouded in the mists of time.

Traditional attributions vary - and there are no original copies of the books that make up the Old and New Testaments. Or even copies of copies of copies of the originals.

Most of the teachings were passed down orally at first, transferred to scrolls many generations later and today bear the inky fingerprints of hundreds of anonymous writers, editors and translators down through the ages.

Yet the Bible is an amazingly enduring document, the most controversial and influential text of all time and a major force in the development of Western culture.

Its influence is so pervasive that it is hard to call anyone educated who hasn't considered its key passages. Yet there is still widespread ignorance about its contents.

Pollster George Gallup has dubbed America "a nation of biblical illiterates." Only half of Americans can name even one of the four Gospels. The majority cannot name the first book of the Bible. Less than a third know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount.

Fewer still can identify the Trinity or explain what Easter commemorates. The most widely quoted Bible verse in the United States - "The Lord helps those who help themselves" - is not in the Bible.

In 1924, in an argument about whether Spanish should be used in Lone Star schools, Texas Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson proudly declared, "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for the children of Texas." It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry.

The Bible has always meant different things to different people. To Jews and Christians, it is the Book of Books, the Word of God. They have invested these writings with their greatest fears, highest aspirations and most extravagant hopes.

Others are less devout but consider the Book an unsurpassed guide to wisdom and moral action. Still others consider it the supreme work of literature, one that infuses the entire Western canon.

Many of today's most heated arguments revolve around what in the Bible is to be taken literally. One of the most haunting scenes in Genesis, for example, is when Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious stranger and discovers in the morning that he had in reality been struggling with God.

Perhaps the best question for the modern reader is not where did it happen, when did it happen, or how can we be sure it happened, but rather "what does this passage mean?"

In her book "In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis," religion scholar Karen Armstrong writes, "In almost all cultures, scripture has been one of the tools that men and women have used to apprehend a dimension that transcends their normal lives.

People have turned to their holy books not to acquire information but to have an experience. They have encountered a reality there that goes beyond their normal existence but endows it with ultimate significance...

It has helped human beings to cultivate a sense of the eternal and the absolute in the midst of the transient world in which they find themselves."

This sentiment is perhaps best expressed in an injunction from Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Source: Spiritual Wealth

[sidney]

In the bible,

i like the stories of sowing & seaping. 7 years of plenty & 7 years of famine.

It is useful in practical context as well as spritual.

[sidney]

I came across audible.com. I buy it as a xmas gift for myself

Can buy 24 audio books (1 credit = 1 audio book) for about USD 10 per credit.

So the advantage is there are some audio titles much cheaper compared in other website which are more expensive. But then again, the disadvantage is there are a few (exceptions) audios books which are available but cannot buy due to distribution rights not applicable in SG. AMong my disappointment is i cannot DL lessons of history by Will Durant.

Worth taking a look if you wish for alternative platforms.

So choose the audio books wisely. Because some audio books cost only 5-9 USD, so if pay using credits very lugi.. BUt there are audio books cost ard 20 USD so it is worthwhile..

My list includes:

Stop acting rich
One yr daily insight with zig ziglar
How the mighty fall
Heroes of history
Networking with Millionaires
Naploean Hill in his own voice (this one is limited edition) and only sell below USD 10

[sidney]

Page One in Vivio is closing.. Whose next?

[iam802]

Page One in Vivio is closing.. Whose next?

Harris is gone as well

And the old Times and MPH have pretty much 'disappear'

[winston]

Casey Research Recommended Reading by Robert Ross

We at Casey Research are often asked, "What books have had the biggest impact on your investing philosophy?"

To find out, we took a quick, informal poll of our most prominent economists, editors, and analysts to see which books helped form their unique economic outlooks.

http://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/c ... 444ED0312A

[winston]

How To Read Intelligently By Tannor Pilatzke

http://www.thetradingreport.com/2013/10 ... lligently/