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Review Novel "The Greatest Salesman In the World" - review part 3

 “The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.” - Og Mandino Chapter 7: In this chapter, author pinned a sentence ” … Cultivate the habit of laughter.”  and tell about the only creature who can laugh, and the best thing to laugh at is ourselves.  Whenever things seem to serious or dismal, repeat the word, “This too shall pass, ” and all troublesome thoughts will seem lighter.  Laughers puts events –successes as well as failures – into perspective. Only with laughter and gratitude can we enjoy the fruits of prosperity. Chapter 8: In this chapter the author tell about seek out opportunities and experiences that will multiply in value.  A grain of wheat has not choice as to what it will become – whether it will be ground into bread or planted in the earth to multiply – but each human being has ...

Review Novel “The Greatest Salesman In the World”- review part 2

Review Novel “The Greatest Salesman In the World” Chapter 5 In this chapter the author explains the readers about live each day as if it were your last.  Dwellingon the failures or misfortunes of the past is useless, forwe cannot change them.  Nor should we think about tomorrow. The present hours and minutes, pass too quickly and are goneforever, and so, they must be traded only for things of value.  We should always treat our family and our friends asif today were our last day together. Chapter 6 And this chapter the author explains about we are masters over our emotions.  Although we daily pass through different moods, each of us has the power to control them; to “create our own weather.”  If we bring joy and enthusiasm and brightness to all that we do, others will react in a similar manner.  “Strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.”  No matter how we feel when we arise in the morning, we can sing or laugh and make ourselve...

Review novel "The Greatest Salesman in the World- review Part 1

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Author: Og Mandino Publisher: Bantam Books Publication date: 1968 Pages: 111 "Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time." - Og Mandino Synopsis: This book is about a shepherd boy who suddenly wants to become a trader after being a shepherd for a big merchant. Delivered his intention to his master, the cash was shocked and asked the reason. When the answer is because he fell in love with a beautiful princess, then the Master agreed to his wishes because the impulse of love must not be wrong. The first test was to sell luxury robes in Bethlehem, where residents thought buying robes was a luxury. What's more, fancy robes? Did the child succeed in his soul just a human who was easy to pity? Isn't trading is the calculation to get the maximum profit as taught in economic principles? After the sign that emerged from him after his first assignment in Bethlehem with th...

Review novel The Nightingale

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Hello guys, this time I will discuss about a novel entitled "The Nightingale" written by Kristin Hannah which amounts to 488 pages.  This novel has a background in World War II where Germany ruled France, Isabelle Rossignol, whose father did not allow her to go to live and accompanied her sister Vianne Mauriac who lived with her son, Sophie in a small town called Carriveau in the Paris suburb where Vianne's husband , Antoine must go to war to defend France. But when the war situation developed, a German officer had to live with them. Unable to stand a house with an enemy, Isabelle decided to leave home to join the French rebels. Successful with his missions, Isabelle became a famous French secret agent with a passcode "The Nightingale" taken from his name Rossignol which means nightingale. After the death of Isabelle, Vianne stayed in the city of Carriveau for the safety of her child in a difficult life. In a state of urgency, Vianne finally realized that h...