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Monday, July 14, 2014

Recommended book: Your Money or Your Life





We might have heard that “Good movie can change your life” Today I would like to confirm that this sentence is true. This words is not a commercial thing, it is not someone trying to sell dream to you.  I want to talk about this book “Your Money or Your life” The version that I have is publish by Komol charity, as the picture that show above.

This book is very old, I read this first time ten years ago; I feeling old already. As I told you this book is very old from what I remember the first English version of this book is publish on 1992. Their already publish new version of this book, but I read only Komol charity publish. Then I will review from version that I read.
The version that I read is publish long time ago, then the way that they told story is very slow, how slow it is? You can compare with The Lord of The Ring first part. That they will told a little tiny detail such as environment of the Hobbit world, you will remember if you read it. This book also telling little tiny detail that will make you bore and want to stop reading: it describe every single tree and grass.
I am very lucky that I can read through this part to the excited part same as Load of the Ring. After I think over about why it describe detail and how their think about work because it is collect a lot of people experience inside. It has collect and cover many story that the writer, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, has experience because both of them has work in Wall Street and retire when their 31 after calculate that they will be more happier!!!

Many people that read this book including me has use the methodology from this book to start investment. Many book also telling about the principle inside this book. The important that I got from this book is “How much you earn?” your net income. Because each one of you need to exchange your energy and time for that. You might think that why I just summaries the book and told what I have got. I would like to say that you might not get the feeling and deep meaning, it might be better if you read by yourself.
The climax of this book is when it telling you that “Why we need to saving?” You might remember when you was young your teacher teach you how to do account book to understand why we have to saving. When we grow up we understand the saving but why we need to do so? In real life, we go to work and it is not so beautiful. It has many stress and pain then sometime we think why we need to saving when we die we cannot bring it with us. Then many people starting using money to buy happy. At this point many people still do not know that point of saving event myself.

This book can give you a clearly answer of this question above!! I resist that. This book is only 520 pages in Thai version, the problem is you can get through the boring part and finish this or not?

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Recommended book: The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work by Jon Gordon



Cover in Thai edition



When I was young, about ten years ago, I don’t think that I have to read this type of book. This type of book is not what I looking for when I was at book store ten years ago. I told myself that I never going to by this book, why? Because this book is for people that do not have inspiration in their life. Their life might not have target, it like when you are young you can eat as much as you can because you will not fat. But now, you just see the food you feeling you already fat. Hahahaha

Cover in English Edition



During on my life time…that I have to read this type of book. It is the moment that this book has translate to Thai version. “The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work”, is a book that will takes you on a quest for the meaning and passion behind work. The story told about a guy that work very energetic and have a good works, many year past by his work life is going down and do not have inspiration to work. Then his boss challenged him to take two weeks to decide if he really want to continue working here or should start looking for new opportunity. He take off for the country, where he meets a wise farmer who gives him a seed and a promise: find the right place to plant the seed, and his purpose will be revealed.
You might having the same situation now or in the past, while I reading this it like we are on the same page!!! The story telling his journey cross-country, you will find surprising new source of wisdom and inspiration in your own business and life. Each moment of his journey it is like he collect new experience to level up for example: go back to see parent, back to university to see teacher or event revisit some place and of cause looking for new opportunity by going for an interview!!
Did I get more encouragement after read this? Hmm…I get more peaceful inside of my heart. I will not make a rush decision, I want to think it over and over again. Why I feel like that, because I have read a lot of this type of book, some book after finish it like to drink a coffee and make you furiously but not for this one. The writer of this book has put many trick and many inspiration in this whole book, while reading this I cannot find all trick that Jon Gordon is hidden in this book. It is a readable book.

Let me know, what you think about this book.


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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Recommended book: The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

“There is a reason God limits our days” 
– The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom





I buy this book because I have read another book that written by Mitch Albom, Tuesday with Morrie, I think this book in many people heart. The Time Keeper is written by Mitch Albrom too.
For this book, he telling a story like novel that have something that you would like to continue reading. On the first part is a little boring. The story is about starting long time ago, when the first man that trying to count the hours. He has invent many tools that counting the time. God punish him by banished him alone in the cave until Hell and Heaven will come neatly together… how long this could be?

Eventually one day, he granted his freedom with an hourglasses that can control time!!! For redeem his mistake he need to teaching two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and the other one is a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever.

For me the book is disclose story step by step then it keep me continue reading and find out what will happen for key person in the story. In each chapter it has many good idea about time that will make me understand ‘Time’ more.

Sometime in our life is in a hurry, too serious or even more leisurely then we forgot that we have limited time on earth. This book will reminder how important the time is and the true meaning of the time. You can find answer in the book.

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Recommended Book: Awaken the Giant within by Anthony Robbins

"The only true security in life comes from knowing that 
every single day you are improving yourself in some way. 
I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, 
because every day I work on improving it."

Anthony Robbins



If anyone can finish this book I 100% guarantee that you are excellent because this book is really thick. How thick it is?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has 1,047 pages in Thai version
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has 697 pages in Thai version
Awaken the Giant within has 893 pages in Thai version!!!

How is that? Event it less than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix but it has 200 pages more than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Let’ start….

I read this book few year ago and cannot remember that how I finish reading it because it really thick. But what I remember after finish reading this is I reading a lot faster. This book is written by Anthony Robbins, he use tell a story instead of writing it in principle that bore when reading. He tell many way to become more active in the way of life. Even this book is really thick but I still remember what I have been read such as He is in private Jet heading to his own seminar then he look out the window as very bad traffic because everyone is heading to his seminar. Suddenly, he saw the building and remember that “this is a building that I work as a janitor 10 years ago”!!!!

This book will showing potentiality inside of you that you cannot imagine of. Even how depressed of your life is, where you are at this point, you can get what you dream of. You just need to know what you want and which direction you are heading to.

But if you think “if I cannot make my dream come true”, I can confirm with you that if you put all your effort to get there at least you has far away from starter point. How far? You will surprise when you look back and thinking “I really did that!?” or “I finish reading this think book!!” Life is very short, for me I think it good to take a risk if it can make my dream closer. Even you do not have private jet to avoid traffic, but I guarantee your life should be better if you TRY!!!

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Friday, July 4, 2014

The pursuit of HAPPYNESS

“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, 
they wanna tell you, you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.”

The Pursuit of Happyness



“Happiness” is a noun that you need to change ‘y’ to ‘I’ then adding –ness at the end. As you remember if you spell it wrong when doing dictation. Even Christ Gardner, leading actor of movie, the pursuit of HAPPYNESS. He know how to spell it. Never the less he did not know how it feel like. Say it correctly, his life is far far away from happiness; no money, his wife dump him, cannot pay the rent and the point he is very unhappy with his life.

At one point of his life he wonder why the Declaration of Independence of the United States that written on 4 July 1776 by Thomas Jefferson has saying that.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness;”


Even the Declaration of Independence of the United States is involve with politic also saying about searching for Happiness!!! Person that I describe above he is a millionaire that in the past he struggled with homeless while raising his son. He chasing to find pursuit of happiness. You can find his biography in the book or even movie.

I really like this movie, how special is it? I like it because it present how life will be. Movie is not like other common movie that leading actor trying hard on the first part then it getting better in the middle part and have a happy ending. Some of you might not like it because it too stress or too pressure. Christ Gardner, try so hard to get money to raise his son. In some day he do not have a place to sleep then he sleep in subway’s toilet. The movie has a happy ending at the end but only few minutes!!! That is what I trying to say, the movie using almost 1-2 hours to telling how he chasing happy and he get one at the end.
May you find happiness?!


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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

เราได้อะไรจากการอ่านหนังสือ

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. 
The man who never reads lives only one.” 
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons


เราได้อะไรจากการอ่านหนังสือ ข้อแรกเลยครับ ทำให้เราอ่านหนังสือปีนึงเกิน 7 บรรทัดตามมาตรฐานคนไทย ฮ่าๆๆๆ (มาตรฐานนี้ใครไปหามาก็ไม่รู้ แต่คนไทยก็ยึดมาตรฐานนี้กันแล้ว)



จริงๆแล้วไม่ว่าจะเป็นวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย ยุโรป หรืออเมริกาก็ตาม เราจะได้เคยได้ยิน คำพูดต่างๆที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการพัฒนาตัวเองให้ดีขึ้น ให้ประสบความสำเร็จ มักจะมีความเกี่ยวพันถึงหนังสือ ถ้าเป็นของฝรั่งคำพูดที่เราจะได้ยินบ่อยที่สุด คือ 

"คุณจะเป็นคนอย่างไร ขึ้นอยู่กับ 5 คนที่คุณสนิท หนังที่คุณดูบ่อยๆ และหนังสือที่คุณอ่าน"

ดังนั้นแล้วถ้าคุณอยากจะเป็นคนที่ประสบความสำเร็จ สิ่งที่ควรทำก็คือ พยายามไปอยู่ในกลุ่มคนที่มีเป้าหมายแบบเดียวกัน(ยิ่งประสบความสำเร็จแล้วก็ยิ่งดี) และหาหนังสือดีๆมาอ่าน... ถึงตรงนี้หลายคนคงคิดในใจกันบ้างแล้ว ก็ที่ที่ ฉัน/ผม ทำงานมันไม่มีคนแบบนั้นอยู่นิ จะให้ทำอย่างไร? 

สิ่งที่ผมจะแนะนำ ก็คือ อ่านหนังสือดีๆครับ อ่าน อ่าน อ่าน แล้วก็อ่าน เพื่อเป็นการย้ำคิด ย้ำทำ ให้สมองและจิตใจของเรา FOCUS ไปที่เป้าหมายที่เราตั้งใจ โดยไม่หวั่นไหวต่ออุปสรรคต่างๆที่จะเข้ามา สิ่งเหล่าผมเชื่อว่า คุณๆทั้งหลายเคยได้อ่าน ได้ยิน ได้ฟังกันมาหลายครั้งแล้ว เพียงแต่ยังไม่ได้ทุ่มเท ใส่ใจเต็มที่ก็แค่นั้นเอง ที่ผมเขียนมาอาจจะเหมือนกับที่คุณเคยได้ยินมาแล้ว ผมแค่มาบอกว่ามันเป็นจริงดังที่ได้กล่าวมาแล้ว

ทีนี้การอ่านหนังสือ สิ่งที่ยากที่สุด คือ ตอนไหน?
จากประสบการณ์ของผม คือ.... ตอนที่จะเริ่มครับ เพราะว่า วันๆนึงคุณๆทั้งหลายต้องเจอเรื่องราวต่างๆมากมาย ไม่ว่าจะยังเรียนอยู่ ทำงานแล้ว หรือไม่ได้ทำงานก็ตามแต่ การที่จะเริ่มเรามักจะมีข้ออ้าง...ต่างๆ วันนี้เหนื่อยแล้ว อยากพัก วันนี้เจอเรื่องหนักๆมาก ปวดหัว...ไปนอน(เล่นมือถือ)ก่อน โดนไหม!!!

วิธีแก้...ก็ยังหาอยู่เหมือนกัน ฮ่าๆๆๆๆ ถ้าใครหาวิธีแก้เจอมาบอกกันบ้างนะครับ
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Book that I want to read but don’t have a chance to read yet, “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly – by Jean Dominique Bauby”


I know this book when I listen to sermon by W.Vajiramedhi. He has describe that a writer has to use a lot of assiduity to write this book. You can say that it need a lot of assiduity and endure to written and that why this book is excellently

cover in English version


The writer, Jean – Dominique Bauby, was a well-known French journalist, and editor of the French famous fashion magazine. It is like his destiny that one day he found himself that entirely speechless. He could only blink his left eyelid and he use only left eyelid to write this book. That’s amazing.
How he write this book? His assistant will read each alphabet; A B C D… continuously and when he found the right alphabet he will blink his eyelid. His assistance keep repeating over and over again from alphabet to word, from word to sentence. (Later on the way of writing has develop to faster by having a list of word that use a lot) This is a fist book of the world that written from the left eyelid. Also, the book that use a lot of assiduity in the world too. When this book has publish for three days, Jean – Dominique Bauby has pass away. 1.5 million Books has been sold in first week. It already has Thai version, and has many cover too.


cover in Thai versions




Because it told story about assiduity and endure of Jean then it has a movie version. This movie got Golden Globe Awards and got 8.1 review point from IMDB.



Some method that can help to write book faster




I will write a review about this book when I buy it. I searching for this book for a while but still cannot get one.
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Recommended Book: The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews


I Will Persist Without Exception.
From The Traveler’s Gift


This book is a book for develop yourself. Over all for this book is explain each principle in a small section or tips that easy to understand. Sometime that why we read a lot of develop book we will get bored. But this book explain in different way.





The truth is I read this book two year ago, but writing about it today. I still remembering thing in this book event read only once. It might be an indicator that it is an easy and understandable book.
Andy Andrews is a writer that has an identical but very fun to read. I have a chance to read this book because I have read another book that written by Andy and like how he told the story. These book is told story about a man with no hope in his life because he has no job, then he do not have money for his kid that sick and trying to end up his life. That is how start journey, he have a chance to talking with a lot of people in the past such as president Truman, President Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, etc. He learn a lot of trick from personage of the world. That’s incredible of how he told the story.


If you have a chance, reading this book. It’s like a novel that make us learn and know a lot of thing that can make us success!!
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