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Selling the Invisible

The book drew my attention by its title. I completely realized that selling physical products that consumers can see, touch, even try has been always a challenging job. Selling something invisible was therefore absolutely a lot harder as all you … Continue reading

14. May 2012 by adiarifin
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Search Inside Yourself

Finding this book was just like most enlightenment moments, by coincidence. Finding nothing interesting in the bookstore I returned to a few titles I spotted once spotted but decided to buy later. Reminded me of the way I shop by … Continue reading

21. April 2012 by adiarifin
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What Would Steve Jobs Do?

I spotted the book featured in Amazon months before it came to the market and instead of making a pre-order at Amazon I decided to do it at a local bookstore. Something that attracted me about this particular book was … Continue reading

19. April 2012 by adiarifin
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No such Thing as Can’t

There were many emotional connection that made me grab this book as soon as I saw it. Seeing a book with Indonesian author in an international bookstore is just as rare as seeing a fish walking, and the author, Dahlan … Continue reading

28. March 2012 by adiarifin
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Seems like it is a mega best seller of all time. I have been seeing enormous amount of praises, tons of incredible reviews, featured in many blogs and books, cited in many publications, and still enjoying prominent spot on the … Continue reading

17. March 2012 by adiarifin
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Start With Why

I do not know why I took this book when I saw it. The title was so so, the cover design looked more like failed bestseller wannabe, and and a bubble saying “with a new preface and afterword” declared that … Continue reading

13. March 2012 by adiarifin
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The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Being fans of Sharms’s book for more than a decade, it is a delight to see this one at the front shelf of a book shop. It has been about two years since the last book I read The Leader … Continue reading

06. March 2012 by adiarifin
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Screw Business As Usual

Richard Branson is phenomenal. Not only because of his phenomenal idea to give wealthy people a space tour, but because the way he sail the wave to his success. Technology industry has seen many successful business leaders who achieved their … Continue reading

27. February 2012 by adiarifin
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Inside Apple

It is the first 2012-published book I bought and among a few long awaited ones as I have been reading previews months before its launching schedule. First of all, previews exposed that it will talk about post-Jobs era of Apple, which … Continue reading

21. February 2012 by adiarifin
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