Books Review #1

Assalamualaikum dan good morning

Entri kali ni buat hybrid sket, English + Bahasa Malaysia sebab ada 2 buku yg akan di-review.

Tajuk: Rancang Wang Sejak Jatuh Cinta
Penulis: Shamsuddin Kadir, Ain Muhammad
Penerbit: PTS Milennia
Harga: RM25.00 (SM)/ RM27 (SS)
Personal rating: 6.5/10.0

Sumber: www.shamsuddinkadir.com

Alhamdulillah, terjumpa buku ni masa ‘bertugas’ di Seminar Baitul Muslim 3.0 di Bangunan SUK Shah Alam, Selangor awal Mac lepas. Masa mula2 agak was2 nak beli ke tak. Lepas lebih kurang 5 kali ulang alik tengok buku ni, akhirnya beli jugak.

Personally, buku ni lebih kepada general information yang boleh dikatakan hampir kebanyakan orang tau (ye ke?) namun mempunyai keunikan tersendiri. Beberapa cadangan2 penulis sangat bernas dalam menyusun dan merancang kewangan bagi pra- dan selepas-perkahwinan (sebab diri tak pernah terfikir macam tu) dan sebahagian yg lain macam….. agak ekstrem, especially bagi golongan2 bandar.

Selain tu, buku ni menarik kerana penulis menyusun buku kepada beberapa fasa seperti fasa permulaan,  fasa persediaan sebelum berkahwin, fasa kahwin dan fasa selepas berkahwin. Walaupun ada beberapa bahagian yang terdapat sedikit pengulangan isi, namun secara kesuluruhannya masih menarik.

Digalakkan bagi mereka2 yg bakal/sudah berkahwin bagi mendapatkan cadangan2 out-of-box bagi merancang kewangan lebih baik.

Antara yg menarik:
-Akal ataupun emosi
-Sistem sampul surat
-Sekiranya semua orang buta
-Ilmu yang mencuri duit dari poket

Source: productivitubookgroup.org

Title: Eat That Frog!
Writer: Brian Tracy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Price: £7.99 (Bought for RM8.00 at Big Bad Wolf Sales)
Personal rating: 8.8/10.0

Very catchy title, which did it work by getting my attention during the sale. One word to describe it: SUPERB. A very nice book on life management, as the caption says “Get More of the Important Things Done Today”.

Although some points are indeed repetition of general knowledge like planning ahead of time and consider the consequences of the action (this is general knowledge right?), other tips are more interesting.

For example:
-Creative procrastination
-Focus on key result areas
-Leverage Special talents
-Identify key constraint

My favorite ‘mindblown’ part is in the preface part as I’m quoting it here: “There is never enough time to do everything you have to do……… But the fact is that you are never going to caught up.”

This book is not too thick in my opinion and hence, will not take much time if you continuously read it.

But please don't eat this frog! >.<
Source: amani-mehta.com

To sum up, both books are good and worth to read if you have some leisure time.

Do drop any comment or suggestion if available. Thanks for reading.