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My focus on blogging is to write economics view, investment thoughts(there will no be tips on which stock to buy), life, movies review, animes review, drama review, books review.
Check the opinon of a book i just read.
Title:Losing my virginity : the autobiography
Author: Richard Branson
Year Published: 2005
Synopsis:
He is writing all his life experiences on this book. This time it is full verison with greater detail compared to mini verison titled 'Screw It, Let Do It'.
Opinions:
He shared most of his fantastic experiences which i find them useful for my future application business dealing. One or two life experience he had sharply met my belief with strong approval.
Remember two faces people?Richard Branson recounted how he received the letter that was wrongly posted by his former employee who sang songs for Virgin Music. It contain of his disgust. Richard had no choice to let him go free as he was deemed as redundant. At the same time before his former employee wrote two letters( one polite verison to branson and the another disgusting verison to branson' employee, Mike Oldfield). Somehow, his former employee wrongly posted two letters. Exactly, that is what i mean by that. What a disappointment especially when Richard genuinely told his sincere truth that he didn't want to let him go but there is no choice to do so otherwise Virgin Music will fall.
His experience with Virgin Altantic against British Airways in ugly airline competition with knowledge of BA's dirty tricks from Sir Freddy Laker who was the victim of it who warned Richard about it was fantastic lesson for me to learn.
It is extremely important to practise honest and clean business ethic.
At the same in previous blog entry, i always believe that there is no need to 'stab back' when someone did badly on you in any means. Richard justify my belief by using any possible honest menthod to make BA to stop the dirty tricks without 'stabbing back'.
How did i have this belief? When i was negligent young boy during the time where the gangsterism was in young boys' trend, i friendly gave a hi to a young boy who used to study in the secondary school. Amidst of suspicion of myself moving from one gang to another gang among the tongues, you can see the power of people's mouth. One statement from one mouth can easily spread to every person's ear. That is why i hardly give attention on this kind of conversation right now.
Suddenly, he traded me off with a fist. Out of sudden with lapse of mind logic being switched off, i returned back. It last few minutes. We didn't get beaten so badly and at that point i am already tired of it. My classmate, Michael ran all the way from hostel home to the destination to seperate me from him.
He is one true friend helping me out of the trouble. He insisted that i should go with him back to the school rather than going home with his careful warning that this young boy may gather his friends to line up for a revenge. I heaved a sigh and followed. The matter seem to be small thing just between boys and it was blown to big matter where principal who i respect her without any question called police to deal the matter ensuring that i do not get beaten. In the end this young boy and i have to go to police station to take our statement. It was really shocking one which is unthinkable to our imagination because we never dreamt that it is the case.
Subsequently, policemen decided to handcuff us which i thought it was totally unnecessary.
In the police station, a malay policeman warned us that we must not cross our legs after hearing the situation between us. It is a rule we must abide. I kept forgetting it and cross my leg subconsciously. He pointed at my leg and i apologise while putting my leg down. While waiting our turn to be interviewed by plaincloth cops, i look around. There is one side that dividing two rooms. I am in a room with a door away from another room where people have to be in the cages.
All this incident, i found out that the law act that described that we were distrubing the public. It is so amusing that it left my impression that law can be this silly. Therefore, law will not protect you at all but i strongly believe that justice have long arms to catch not-so-sophiscated criminals because whatever crinminals do, the quote 'leopard can never changes its colour spots easily' really strike them hard as police always use MO to track them down.
It may make me look bad but i think it is a good experience to educate me.
I still have the same guts but i decide to keep using it wisely from now on.
I don't need such respect from junior students who look me up for unusual stunts. I can see them glazing at me with much respect. All i want to get things to be done rightly.
Warren Buffett and Richard Branson have one similar trait. It is to appoint the right person to do such management. That is why they are successful. With this skill and respect to employees, you don't need degree to do business. If Kar Ho claimed that it is 21st centurty, Branson is still using the same old method till today and he is so successful investing all different industries provided that the business proposal look fun to him. It should serve a reminder to you.
His love life justify why i am so careful to make a relationship with ladies. I was so horrified that his freind told his friend's wife that he wanted to have experiment having sex with all kind of ladies.(Psst, who knows you lady may be one of them. Don't ever think that your boy is not like that!). I guess i am like that because i don't like be in the position where i have to beg wife to come back to me just because we have lost interested in each other which spelt out of love as well as no sense of security. It pay to wait until you are totally convinced that she/he is the one for you who you can live for life regardless of how much love store in this relationship.
I think i will be buying his book but final edition after Richard last wrote before his future death.
Rating:9/10
Bonus:1)Superb battle between Virgin Altantic and British Airway 2)insights how Branson lost the deals to sign some excellent singers right the minute he thought he got them. 3)great detail how branson negotiate with few countries to grant the permission to cross the countries with his hot-air balloon 4)Branson's love story
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 6:54 pm
