There are many personal finance books published every year. But only handfuls are written by Malaysians. These are the books in my book shelf, which are written by Malaysian authors, especially for Malaysians. The topics covered here range from financial planning, estate planning, tax planning to stock and real estate investment. If you are looking for books to buy, please bookmark this page and come back from time to time for books review update. Maximise What You've Got, No Matter How Much You Have Now The author Yap Ming Hui is one of ...

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. "Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" –Phil Town #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1 Chapters: Chronology of a Pathology Page: 13-17 Timothy briefly tells his exciting story in this chapter in a chronology style 1977 - born 6 weeks premature and given a 10% chance of living 1983 - nearly fail kindergarten because he refuse to learn the alphabet. 1991 - ...

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. "The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!" –Michael E. Gerber Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru Chapters: My Story and Why You Need This Book Page: 5-12 The author jokingly says that he will answer, "I'm ...

Finally, I found The 4-hour Workweek in my mailbox. I tried to find this book at the Borders bookstore in Penang Queensbay Mall. There are two copies recorded in the system, but found none on the shelves. I registered my name, but there is only a follow-up call weeks later saying that I had to order the book and it will take probably a month to arrive. Meanwhile, I had ordered my copy from Amazon. The shipping cost actually costs more than the book itself. The New Rich Timothy Ferriss created a ...

I've been following Zen Habits blog for months. Along the way, I learned a lot of tips on productivity, money, and life that I believe would change many other readers' as well. The blog author, Leo Babauta had just provided his book in digital form. I think I am among the first who immediately bought the ebook: Zen To Done: The Simple Productivity E-Book. Zen To Done is a simple system to get you more organized and productive, and keep your life saner and less stressed, with a set of habits. ...

I've just got a new cover design for my free ebook. I am pleased with the respond so far. For the time being, I am still providing free download of the ebook as long as your provide your email in the right sidebar. But if you are reluctant to disclose your email, you can purchase the ebook from Lulu.com for $0.99. Later, I am considering the option to withdraw the free download due to the tremendous respond. I think it would be great to sell it for some profit. Before I ...

I finally completed my first ebook. Due to busy schedule, mostly because of my newborn baby, every project on hand seems stalled for quite a while. There are moments when I had to carry my son in my left arm and do the editing with my right hand. This ebook is created by compiling the best money tips from this blog. Later on, I will include more money tips. The next updated edition might be the Top 15 Money Tips. Most of the content in the ebook is available by browsing ...

It has been suggested the British government should include personal finance as one of the school subjects.This would ensure that young people in Britain become as well versed in savings and loans as they are in algebra and Pythagoras' Theorem. Indeed, government statistics show that 26,956 people became insolvent in the second quarter of 2007 - an increase of 4.2 per cent on last year.Reported at Fair Investment Company. I have the book written by Robert T.Kiyosaki,  If You Want to Be Rich & Happy: Don't Go to School? sitting ...

I read this marvelous idea from The Carrot Principle by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. At page 118, they said author Quint Studer in his book Hardwiring Excellence provides four good engagement questions. After you had identified a contributing, energized person whom you wish to retain for as long as possible, ask these questions at your first service award touch-point: after 3 months of service. Question No.1 “You’ve been here three months now. Let me ask you, have we lived up to our promises to you? After all, when we recruited ...

Outsourcing bookkeeping is a new concept for most people. Let’s looks at the pro and cons: Pro: 1. free your time to work on more productive tasks. – as a businessman or entrepreneur, our main job is to plan and grow our business, not doing bookkeeping. It is a tedious work and we should just leave it to other people. This allows the owner/management to focus on the core growth activities of the business 2. Upgrade the quality of your bookkeeping department while saving costs! - Outsourced bookkeeping allows you to replace ...