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Read Good Books

a friend mentioned today that he read somewhere,
"what you are five years later, depends on who you got to know and what book you read"

i quite agree leh.

so yeah... i guess it reaffirms my need to start reading good books.
though in today's world,
many books are bestsellers and yet toxic.

sometimes, i feel that the best leaders, the best experts out there,
are not those who earn their living writing books and conducting seminars, teaching people how to be one.
well that's besides the point.

now.. the point is.. which book should i start with?

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