Saturday, August 30, 2008

Use Your Head by Tony Buzan

"Are you worried that you're not achieving your potential?"

A lot of us are having this problem - short term memory; forgetfulness; can't seem to be able to remember. Whether we are in school or at work, we are always overwhelm with information that we simply can't seem to remember what we are supposed to remember.

Is it really we are forgetful? or is it just that we don't know how to capitalize our brain so that we can remember things better?

Tony Buzan's Use Your Head will provide the answer on how to capitalize your brain so that you can use its full potential and remember things very well.


A few years after this classic book on how to improve your brainpower was first published, a fairly average student announced that he intended to try for a place at Cambridge University. His chances were assessed as 'slim', since his grades were usually unexceptional. But with the help of Use Your Head, he went on to achieve four As at A-level, two starred firsts at Cambridge and a top job with a multi-national company.


Since 1974, Use Your Head has been translated into over 27 languages, has been published in five continents and 100 countries, has sold well over a million copies and still the demand increases! Its author Tony Buzan now travels the world teaching his thinking, learning and memory techniques to help people awaken that sleeping giant - the human brain.

Use Your Head will: -

- teach you the vital skills of learning how to Think and Learn

- increase your creative thinking and problem-solving capacity

- enable you to make the best of your brain

- provide you with both the confidence and the means to fulfil you own mental potential.

Tony Buzan is the inventor of Mind Maps and the world's leading authority on the brain and learning. His books have achieved massive success in more than 100 countries and have been translated into 30 languages. He lectures worldwide and acts as advisor to numerous multi-national companies and governments. He is also President of the Brain Foundation, founder of the Brain Trust Capacity and the World Championships of the Brain.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Key to Success

"The Starting Point of All Achievement is Desire.
Keep This Constantly in Mind.
Weak Desire Brings Weak Results,
Just as a Small Amount of Fire Makes a Small Amount of Heat."
By Napolean Hill


"A Genuine Leader is Not a Searcher for Consensus,
But a Molder of Consensus."
By Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader

"Don't Worry About Impressing Others,
Impress Yourself.
Who Are You Trying to Please, Anyway?"
By Mark Mckeon


"In the End, All Business Operations Can Be Reduced to 3 Words:
People, Producer and Profits.
People Come First."
By Lee Lacocca, auto executive

"Excellence is to do a Common Thing in an Uncommon Way."
By Denis Waitley


"Don't Be Distracted by Criticism. Remember - the Only Taste of Success Some People Have is When They Take a Bite Out of You."
By Zig Zaglar

"Motivation Alone is Not Enough.
If You Have an Idiot and You Motivate Him, Now You Have a Motivated Idiot."
By Jim Rohn


"Only Those Who Dare to Fail Greatly Can Ever Achieve Greatly."
By John Kennedy, 35th president of USA

"Bigness Comes From Doing Many Small Things Well.
Individually, They are Not Very Dramatic Transactions.
Together, Though, They Add Up."
By Edward S. Finkelstein


"I Remember Saying to My Mentor,
"If I Had More Money,
I Would Have a Better Plan."
He Quickly Responded,
"I Would Suggest That If You Had a Better Plan,
You Would Have More Money."
You See, it's Not the Amount that Count; it's the Plan that Counts."
By Jim Rohn

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money by Robert Kiyosaki

This book focus on the five key financial IQs to help us get smarter with our money. The five financial IQs are: -


- Making More Money


- Protecting Your Money


- Budgeting Your Money


- Leveraging Your Money


- Improving Your Financial Information



1) Making More Money


Emotional intelligence is essential to financial intelligence. Many people are unable to make more money as they can't live without instant gratification. Furthermore, instead of taking on new challenge and learning, they play it safe and stick to what they know. The higher a person's financial IQ, the less he works while acquiring more and better quality assets.


2) Protecting Your Money


Financial IQ #2 measures the % of income a person keeps against the % of income financial predators take. Working for earned income does not allow for much protection from taxes.


3) Budgeting Your Money


Increasing income, rather than reducing expenses, is a better way to solve the problem of a budget deficit. Spend time, money and energy to increase your income. Don't cut back on expenses. Budgeting your money is measured in % of income that reaches your asset column.


4) Leveraging Your Money


Leverage makes your money work harder for you by using other people's money and if you have high financial IQ #3, you can pay less and less in taxes. If an investor lacks the financial intelligence to control the investment, the use of leverage is very risky.


5) Improving Your Financial Information


Information is the single greatest asset of this era. It is not the asset that makes you rich, it is information and intelligence that makes you rich.


The integrity of all 5 intelligences is required if a person wants to grow rich, stay rich. If people want to become rich, they need to find an environment that allows them to develop and apply their genius.

For more details, please read the book "Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money" by Robert Kiyosaki