So today I went to shopping and I bought a couple of books that I'm going to be reading over the next couple of months or the next couple of quarters, depending on how fast I'm going through it. So I thought it might be a good idea to share with you. So we got some books here that are talking about, you know, thinking statistics, general economics,

Real estate, and more.

So I'm going to go through a couple of ideas on what kind of books I read. I'll also go through how to buy cheaper books that is generally 20 to 30% cheaper than when you buy from a bookstore. So one of my favorite bookstores from Hong Kong is in hasten places, kind of on a nine floor. And there's a lot of people going there and it has a wide range of Chinese and also English books. Now, when it comes to Chinese books, some of my favorites are actually Japanese translated books. So for example, here, you can see the author is actually Japanese, Yoshi [inaudible], and this person will be talking about statistics. And when you're looking at Japanese books, they usually have a lot of diagrams and whatnot. So it was actually very easy to speed through. So I also have another book that is also from a Japanese offer and it talks about deep and fast thinking.

So it was translated into Chinese. Sometimes it might be available in English, but if I can find it, I'll just buy the Chinese version. Now the next book I'm probably going to be reading is how real estate developer works. So real estate is actually something I'm interested in so far. My entire portfolio focuses on investing in stocks because that's what I'm good at. I analyze financial statements and whatnot. I'm going to be heading into real estate in the future. My plan is really to be buying real estate properties and whatnot, using the gains from my stock investments. Most people kind of do it the other way around. They make money from real estate and then they invest in stocks that for myself, I'm investing in stocks and going backwards to buy real estate. And then I book I'm probably going to read verses atomic habits.

I think this is actually a best seller over a million copies sold, and it talks about habits and how you can change your life with that. The next one is called jobs. So I'm going to be reading that as well. And another one is how are we going to explain this? So it talks about our future. I think it talks about climate change as well. So that's something I'm interested in. So I'll be reading more on it. Now I showed you only a couple of books I bought. And when I'm walking around a bookstore, I usually do a price comparison to see if I can find a cheaper deal online. And this usually apply to English books. And a website I use is called book depository.com. So book depository.com ships worldwide, and they usually have free shipping and it gives you a discount as well.

So what I would do is I would type in the name of the book that I'm interested in reading, and usually I can get a discounted price. So for example, I bought a small data. It's a book about data analytics and it's 23% off. So it was only 91 Hong Kong dollars instead of 118. And I think when I was in the bookstore, it was closer to 130 to $140. The next book I got is how to get to great ideas and not our English book, 34% off. And there's no shipping to it. It's $105 at an expo case called grit, $110, 20% off. And when you're looking at the bookstore, it might be charging me 160 Hong Kong dollars, or even the next one is the Bezos letter. This is actually recommended by one of the community members, Sam. He is reading it to as well.

And for the bayzos letter, 27% off, which is fantastic. And an afterwards, I also purchased leap written by Howard you, and it is only $85, which it didn't show the exact discounted price. And finally, I bought the rocket man Elan Musk in his own words, because I'm a big fan of Elon Musk, as you can see now, because I'm looking to buy a Tesla in the future and it's 21% off. So it's $85 or so when you're looking at the screenshots, you'll see, that's actually got it for even a cheaper price. And that is because if you sign up for the newsletter on book, depository.com and you'll get a promotion code from time to time, so you can get an additional 10% discount or whatnot. If you sign up for the newsletter and I kind of save up all the books I want to buy, and I just wait until there is a discount and it just purchase it all in one go.

So as you can see, just from today alone, I have over 10 books that is kind of in the pipeline that I'm about to read. Reading is really a way for me to gather ideas. Now, when it comes to reading, it is not as efficient as learning through courses and whatnot. I have signed up for quite a few courses in my lifetime. I get the most results when going through courses instead of reading, because when I'm reading, you get a lot of ideas, but you also need to test the ideas, uh, one by one to see if they truly work. So I use reading as a method of inspiration and learning more about a subject. It doesn't necessarily lead to a fundamental change in life, but it does lead to a fundamental change in my mindset. In order for you to achieve a fundamental change in life, you'll need to implement what you learn, put that into action and make it become a habit.

So it needs to go from reading, getting the idea, testing it, have a change in mindset, implementing it. Then you will see results in life. And I was actually very different from taking a course where you get instructed on what to do, what is the problem you're trying to solve and how do you do it? So that's kind of more like a course. So if there's something I really want to change or achieve in my life, I would take a course on that subject. Instead of reading a book, reading a book might get you around 20 to 30% there, but it doesn't exactly get you all the way there. So do you have any book recommendations for me? And if there's anything you think that is a good book, leave a comment below and I'll be interested to know what is the latest book that you read that has transformed your life.

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