kakinota : to sell is human by daniel pink

The beginning part of this book is quite boring. It explained about all the researches and outcomes done by the author and other group of researchers. Actually it is important because the author wanted to give some proven proofs before he went on to the solutions and conclusions part ( the 2nd section) which I find it interestingly useful and can be used in our daily communication with others too.

The result of all the tests done explained the difference between an extrovert (loud & pushy) and an introvert (shy & timid) as known by public but findings also found the 3rd personality - AN AMBIVERT which consist some traits of an introvert and some from an extrovert. In simple terms - an ambivert know when to speak up and when to shut up. It is considered as a PERFECT traits not only in sales but as a whole person too. Interesting!

According to Jim Collins, a well known author, a great way to start a friendly and
comfortable conversation is by asking
" Where are you from? " rather than " What do you do? " which sometimes considered as rude for certain cultures.

I personally loved the 3 step of essential rules :

1. Amazing Silence
    which taught us to wait for 15 sec before
    giving our thoughts. The 15 sec silence
    give us enough time to process infos
    we heard and think for the suitable
    answers especially if received negative
     infos about oneself.

2. "Yes and ..."
     A conversation begins with " Yes and .."
     will likely turn into more friendly
     discussion rather than " Yes but ... "
     which sometimes seen as a start for
     more negative outcome.

3. Make your partner look good.
     This require a lot of positive traits in a
     person to do this kindly act. In this world
     well known as "dog eat dog world",
     everyone doing their best to outsmart
     one another. With all the reality shows
     showing that people can and will do
     whatever it take to been seen as winner.
     It is quite refreshing to meet someone
     that is totally different from the rest.


                 

   
   
   
     

kakinota : Three weeks with my brother by nicholas & micah sparks

I have this love-hate relationship with nicholas sparks. I loved his books just like any of his fans but I hated the heartbreaking ending. I've read some books with sad ending before but his books were heartbreaking sad.

I read Night at Rodanthe and I... cried. I just can't believe it ended that way but I think life just don' t filled with happy endings only. I can say that the book make me traumatized with the author. When I saw his books and feel tempted to read, my heart will say " Nope... not going to go through THAT again". Not even the movies too.

But I do loved their memoirs though. I loved reading about their life experiences and how they overcome adversities (toughest one) The higher their successes the higher the sacrifices they had to endure. How their persistence in achieving their dreams to become millionaire and not to be poor ever again.

In every places they went, I searched for the exact photos so I could understand the whole story better.

But what touched me the most is their childhood memories. How they grew up. The sibling rivalry. The closed relationship among family members. And I did cried...... again when I read about Dana.

At the end of the book, not only I admired their inner strength but the way they've been supportive to each other and will do so until the end.Kudos to them. Kudos to their parents too.

kakinota: love & misadventure by lang leav

I stumbled this book while reading a newspaper. It suddenly become the no. 1 seller book for Malaysian readers.

Naturally I was curious to know about it and went to look for it. The book is quite simple for me who use to read books which have more than 250 pages if you cramp all the wording though.

I have to read and reread again and again since this is the first time I read poem book. I could not fully understand some of them but I do love the above poems. And I also do not understand the need of short stories in between those beautiful poems.

It is also suitable for light reader or any person who have limited English vocabulary since the English is quite simple.

I like to read it aloud so I can hear the beauty of the poems because some do sound funny and cheeky.

It is also a lovely reading for bedtime stories for kids too.