GREAT START FOR JAN 2016

Dear Friends, Followers and Fans,

Thanks everyone for your kind support and encouragement that enables me to have a great kick start for January 2016 to yet another awesome month for me. As usual, my article will be featured in the Money Compass and Financial First. You may also find us at profile

My flagship book, Looking beyond Financial Statements – Third Edition was also recently published in Smash words and just in time to be kicked off with my next course on this topic on 5th Mar, 2016 in Ipoh. See what an awesome month of January brings to me; blessings after blessings and I pray that you too will receive much more blessings from Above. 

See my first and invaluable gift of 2016 from another great author, Kelvin Kiew. Attach below please find the front and back page of his physical book that I have recently received in my first visit to his office, Eurogain, at Jalan Tasik Selatan 3.

Wow! Best Jalan (Path) for Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs; sounds awesome with the tagline that we are all born entrepreneurs. This book serves as an eye-opener to the actual behind-the-scene of entrepreneurial world for those who aspire to be entrepreneurs. It also invites us to challenge ourselves whether we believe this statement or not. I must say that there is no coincidence and I consciously chose to believe the accuracy of the statement as I have also written a book of a similar nature before. Mindset Shift: Employee to Entrepreneur is the title of my book. It immediately ignites my flame working towards who I intent to be, in line with the saying, energy flows where intention goes.

The above event took place when a mutual friend, brought me to meet up with Kelvin It is a small world and he is another seasoned entrepreneur with solid 20 good years of experience. It was very timely as I was approached by a contact overseas in pursuit of this new field. 

Last but not least, I write to record my sincere thanks to him for giving me such a great book which discuss 5 best paths for entrepreneurs with much in-depth provoking thoughts.

This book is not only informative, but the readers will have much deeper understanding of the secrets of making any business successful especially in today’s fast changing and fluid world of government, business and community service. I have been so fortunate to have access to this book.

Stay tune for more exciting stories ahead. I can sense much more blessings coming along and I shall report to you guys as usual, from time to time. 

Let us work together to make 2016 another awesome year. Please feel free to contact me atjamesoh2003@yahoo.co.uk should you have any ideas to explore further.

Another great session with Daryl Wong for his inspiring sharing of what to make a successful trainer, at the Horizon, Bangsar South City, KL. A new and fantastic location for a good year ahead!!!

OUR BOOKS IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION

Dear Families, Friends, Followers and Fans,

Looking Beyond Financial Statements - An Investor's Perspective

In light of driving sustainable value creation, anyone who is an investor needs to cultivate best practice, discipline, and habit by investing as if you are buying a business regardless of how much you invest in. Understand the business you intend to invest in deeply both in its strengths and weaknesses. Then use the value investment’s sound principles as one of your investment tools. Here, the author preference is to adopt value investment as his strategies. It is a Conservative approach with huge returns from his tested and proven records of more than 20 sweet years as a part-time investor.

  

Chess King to Purpose Filled Life

The above book is based on author's real life experience. The book illustrated how the author translates both his strengths and weaknesses into sustainable value creation by finding his life purpose at his late forties, like an Eagle transform to its new life. At the cross road, the author needs to make a tough decision to transform his life and soar again in his new life.

Mindset Shift : Employee to Entrepreneur

Similarly, the above book shows the way on how the author makes a paradigm shift exactly reflected in the title of the book. He then took a bold, but seemingly an irresponsible decision to venture into internet business at his late forties. His popular 3 Bs approaches, Blog, Book and Business; enabled him to succeed in his business ultimately. He is not only actively involved in social media, but also active in training, speaking and writing assignments. He has trained more than 200 people from business owners, entrepreneurs and individuals in achieving sustainable value creation. He is a much sought trainer in the field of finance and mind changing programs.

His flagship training programs and articles writing are based on the above book where the author illustrates on how and why we need to look beyond financial statements and reap the miracles of looking beyond. For more details, please click the link below to access this book at https://kdp.amazon.com.

You need to Grow Your Wealth Exponentially

As the title of the book suggests, one needs to grow his /her wealth explosively, exponentially yet effortlessly in every aspect, be it physically, mentally and spiritually. Once you have reached this optimum level, you will then be able to follow the flow of taking the ride of wave and soar higher above the storm, like Eagle without much effort. Amazing rewards will be given to those who are willing to adopt similar beliefs.

Letting Go and Moving On

This book is written based on the author’s real painful experience which resulted in a loss of his still born child. He shared his experience with the intention that other victims may use similar approaches to effectively let go of the pain and embrace forward moving mindset to live on. Best still, the person can make use of this painful process to transform it into a great blessing, like the author by embracing the appropriate perspective. In this book, the author shared his experience on how he let go of his limited and false belief which ultimately set him free from bondages.

                                                                better than The Best

This book is the author’s first published book which illustrates his point that being the unsinkable Titanic is not good enough in today's fast changing and uncertain business environment. More and more companies like Blockbuster, Nokia and Sony will go bust despite being the best in its industry at one time. This phenomenon is not going to disappear soon, but it is going to stay and this will become more frequent in today's business world. Therefore, we need to dig deeper into our lives and discover what exactly was our initial purpose/ intent/ design created in the first place.  By doing so, we will not only to stay alive, but also shine as well. 

Thanks for your continuously support that truly drive me to produce another new book, 
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More exciting news will come as we learn and move forward. We look forward to see you again and again. Your continuous support is greatly appreciated. We must recognize that we would not be in existence in the first place without your support. 

Thanks you so much in reading our articles with your precious time. We are committed to produce high quality articles to ensure that the reward is worth your time and effort. This is the token of our appreciation. 

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BOOK REVIEW - THE BULLETTRAIN ENTREPRENEUR BY PETER ONG

BOOK REVIEW - THE BULLETTRAIN ENTREPRENEUR BY PETER ONG

I was given this book, The Bullettrain Entrepreneur by Peter Ong, because of being one of the 100 interviewees in the book; through the author’s friend, who is also my long-time friend since primary school.

I have read it and felt it deserve a review. It really stimulates my mind to embrace the 4Bs; strengthening Belief, overcoming Barriers, pushing Boundaries and crossing Borders. We live in a fast pace of rapidly changing business world that demands we adapt to continual change from stakeholders, shareholders, customers; employees, regulators and societies. This book will provide you a sane, solid and sound framework in sustaining business growth and profitability – a new competitive landscape for the new business world.

This book is well crafted with powerful proven illustrations familiar to Malaysians and others around the world, inviting us to give what the writer says serious consideration. Peter Ong does a magnificent job in raising our awareness to adopt and adapt more holistic approach in sustaining our business growth and profitability.

I must confess that I too subscribed to the 5 Ps as stated by the author i.e. Purpose, People, Process, Performance and Profit in building the foundation of my business model, overcoming Barriers to gain strength in every aspect, physical, mental and spiritual. Shaping ourselves to be adept and to accept the new environment is the surest way of obtaining success. Keep learning, unlearning and relearning to navigate our personalized path to our pre-set destiny. 

What Peter did extraordinary well is using bullet train as a metaphor. He emphasizes the “secret” of success among SMEs and entrepreneurs is actually comes from the alignment, balancing, and integration of 5 master pillars.

Peter Ong illustrates his points with numerous compelling success stories by prominent business entrepreneurs worldwide. By doing so, we are able to see the entire scene through appropriate lens without being side tracked by the complication of the business process.

"The Bullettrain Entrepreneur" is a timely business book which dares to raise issues often neglected by the majority of entrepreneurs. This book is right for new and existing entrepreneurs who aspire to gain the highest, deepest and broadest perspective on how to sustain long term prosperity in today's changing world. It is not meant to persuade or dissuade you; it’s meant to inform and to inspire you in-gaining appropriate and broad perspectives so that you are much better prepared ahead.

I recommend you accept and follow the new solid foundation towards sustainability of business success as reflected in the title of the book.

To know more concisely and precisely, please pickup the book immediately and read it. Cheers and enjoy your reading.

GUEST POST FROM FLORA G ALEANA - WHAT ARE THE CHIEF THEMES OF THE BOOK "BETTER THAN THE BEST" BY JAMES OH

What are the chief themes of the book “Better than the Best” by James OH?

Better Than The Best is a must-read and is definitely a best seller. It has given tips to help readers to know more about themselves. It also prepares them to take up the challenges in life which crop up anytime because of the rapid changes in the environment and technology. It is a detailed personal account and a series of anecdotes which the author shares with us, the readers. The instances are nothing but his experiences and hind sights on how he came up in his life. The book obviously helps us in sharpening our minds and in boosting our confidence towards living a life of our choice. We should live our life to the fullest. In the process of living it we access several ideas, illustrations and insights. This book must be read by all those who want to live a life without any regret. 

James Oh is an author, speaker and accountant. His broad experiences and multifaceted talents together with his passion, enthusiasm and commitment make him a great difference maker. His expertise is in making people see the invisible, do the impossible and in helping people see new opportunities in life without losing sight of the details. Seeing things in a new, fresh light is very conducive to creativity. The author adopts a very practical approach and provides real life examples which readers understand easily and they are able to relate to it.

Many a times we do not realize that we are capable of doing many more things than what we actually do. We tend to go into a slumber thinking that we lack the potential to work. It is actually a grave mistake and an injustice we are doing to our own selves. Human life is a wonderful mixture of ups and downs, the good and the bad. Who decides what is good or bad? What actually is good and what is bad? These are all relative concepts we construct for our convenience. We tag something good and some others as bad. When our mind is free of all assumptions and preconceived notions we will see things in an unbiased way. For free and effective thinking some of us may need some training. Some people have very weak minds which do not stand a small misdeed or slight difficulty in life. Difficulties in life do not come to destroy us, but they teach us to stand up straight and to face whatever comes our way.

Life is often compared to a journey. We cannot jump over troubles, but we must take a baby step initially. We know that Rome was not built in a day. There is tremendous amount of effort which has gone into building such a beautiful city. Great thinkers, scientists and Nobel laureates did not become successful overnight. We should understand that there are years of hard work, many attempts which did not yield positive results, but the point to take home is their perseverance and the strong bent of mind to keep trying till they succeed. 

We often search in the outside world for some help which would help us in developing our personality. In essence, we need to look at our inner self and find out what is our strength which we may have kept unused for long. Dig deep within and find the real zeal within us which, if used to the optimum level, will take us to great heights in life. Life is never static, but it undergoes continuous changes. We must adopt ourselves to the changing times and accept that change is necessary. Therefore, we should know ourselves, love ourselves and take ourselves to be a great resource.

We should have faith in our positive qualities, strengths and merits. Never let negative thoughts creep into your mind if you are one weak-minded person. Believe in yourself, do what you love to do without bothering about what others will say. Your life is your choice. You decide how you want to live it and live it the best possible way. James Oh gives a series of great tips in the form of a book which should be widely read and followed in our daily life.

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WORK-RELATED STRESS - IMPACT ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT

Topic: Work-Related Stress - Impact on Physical and Psychological Health and how to deal        

              With it

Introduction:

Work-related stress is indeed a common phenomenon in 21^st Century human living. What is uncommon is how stress factors impact human lives, our bodies and our psyches, how we react to work- related stress and whether these interventions help control and manage stress inducing situations in the work place or only serve to exacerbate them, taking them to such an extent that induces major phsuyical health illnesses or a complete mental breakdown requiring hospital admission and necessary medical treatment courses.

Indeed in this article, it is necessary to first consider the impact of work-related stress on physical health and well being, secondly, on psychological health and finally, and third and most importantly, how we could deal with such kinds of stress and overcome it for our own mental and physical health betterment, goodness and well being

How work-related stress impacts on physical health of people:

Stress in the work place can be caused due to number of factors, like deadlines, work pressures, overdose of official commitments, having to work under pressure or work which one dislikes and also increased anxieties and strain on human body system. While the causes of stress may be localized due to demands of the job, its impacts could be mild or serious, depending upon the nature, levels, intensity and duration of stress. Stress could also be short term or even long term, often given rise to number of physical ailments like hypertension, diabetes, stomach ulcers, migraines and headaches and could even support major ailments like heart disease, paralytic strokes and in extreme cases, even leading to cancers.

What is particularly disturbing about work related stress is that this promotes bad habits like uncontrolled use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs and unsafe sex.  Impacts of stress could give rise to major health risks arising from increased sugars, salts, alcohol, non prescribed drugs and tobacco in one’s system and could indeed be dangerous and fatal if not immediate corrected and medically resolved, since stress could also be primary causes of heart attacks and cerebral/body strokes.

How work-related stress impacts on psychological health of people:

Research have attributed major mental illnesses as a result of work related stress and the most important one is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD), once an domain of war veterans and soldiers but now even affecting civilians. The main characteristic of this disorder or condition is that victims are still in the state of stress-response even when the stress causes are not there. Other impacts of work related stress are depression, anxiety neurosis, nervous breakdowns, insomnia, withdrawal symptoms and social apathy. Since the minds are the precursors of bodily events and disorders, adverse impacts of stress can affect both body and mind in many idiosyncratic and unknown ways. Interconnectivity between body and mind could also cause bodily afflictions to affect mind. Patients have been known to have imaginary and medically challenging, disconcerting pains, aches and other malaise when none really exist- all impacts of fight-or –flee strategies developed by human minds to cope with stress and its after effects.

How to deal effectively with work related stress and overcome it:

Strategy Number #1: Identify the specific cause of the stress and eliminate it:

It is important to know the real and not indirect sources and origins of the stress and remedy it as

soon as possible, before it could do further physical and mental harm.

Strategy Number #2: Seek professional help from a counselor, psychologist and /or psychiatrist:

They could offer therapy, medication and advice on how to best deal with work related stress. It

would also make coping less stressful and even address main issues that create and promote

stress in the workplace. Stress is indeed a person’s reactions to environment and human

overtures and therapy could make this less stressful and more relaxing

Strategy Number#3: If dependent on alcohol, tobacco, drugs or other stimulants abandon them:

All these could only exacerbate and aggravate current situation and needs to be abandoned

forthwith. Some kinds of work stresses could be remedied by these forfeitures.

Strategy Number #4: Practice relaxation techniques like Yoga, deep breathing, meditation,

T’ai chi, etc. It relaxes body, mind and spirit and makes you more receptive to positive

environmental stimulants, while purging away toxins of the body and mind.

Strategy Number # 5: Physical exercises do induce positive and soothing brain chemicals that act

on nerves and body. This could relieve some of the stress causing thoughts and relax body and

mind

Final word:

It is important that work related stress is given the degree of seriousness, weightage and importance it richly deserves. Ignoring stress symptoms and signs could indeed prove imprudent and ill advised, since stress is capable of causing more damage and detriment to body and mind that could ever be imagined by humans. It needs to be addressed before it turns uncontrollable and unmanageable through medical interventions and therapies.

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BOOK REVIEW : LEARNING FROM THE MASTER - LIVING A SURRENDER LIFE

BOOK REVIEW: LEARNING FROM THE MASTER – LIVING A SURRENDER LIFE

I had the pleasure to review a powerful, hand on and practical hand book, Learning From The Master – Living A Surrender Life by Laura J. Davis. We live in times full of uncertainties, fear, doubts and challenges, learning and adopting the value of surrender is nearly impossible if not for God’s grace. This book will provide you the required tools both to overcome fear and gain trust in God simultaneously.

I reviewed this workbook solely without reference to the novel and I receive it as my only remuneration for my independent review.

This is a well-designed workbook, which invite us throughout the book to scrutinize our own lives and dig deeper into our hearts to a new discovery that brings us closer to the Saviour. Laura J. Davis does a magnificent job for directing, nurturing and nourishing us in living surrendered lives, based on love and respect.

I subscribe to similar formulae i.e. trust, obedience and submission, to strengthen my faith which was not the case prior to acceptance of Jesus into my life. Through trials and tribulations, God strengthen my faith and caused me to submit to Him voluntarily out of His grace. By knowing my true self deeply and thoroughly, I am able to solve whatever challenge in my life through Christ who strengthens me. This is because there are no challenges, even when combined, larger than Him inside us, provided I surrender to Him.

Laura J. Davis is a firm believer of living a surrendered life, illustrated with numerous compelling and captivating scripture’s stories that truly convinced and convicted me before she raised the relevant and material questions at the end of each chapter. By doing so, we are able to see and connect to this scripture so that we are not side tracked. Here, she relates the real life of Joseph in this context.

"Learning From The Master - Living A Surrender Life" is a practical, hand on work book which serves wide and diverse needs especially for those who want to gain the highest, deepest and broadest perspective on how to live a life surrendered to God. It is not meant to persuade or dissuade you – it’s meant to inform, ingrain and inspire you in gaining appropriate and broad perspectives in such a life.

Her approach is also possible with statements like:

“It can only be done through the work of Holy Spirit and a person’s willingness to surrender to the Lord’s will.”

To know more, please grab hold of the book immediately and read it from the horse's mouth. Well done and I pray that Lord will continue to use her mightily for His will, Amen.

INTERVIEW WITH LIFT YOU UP BLOG

Dear Family, Friends, Followers and Fans,

We have interviewed many authors and they gave us very encouraging feedback.We understand that there are many more authors who want to be interviewed by us, much more than we can accommodate.

To serve you mightily as its name suggests, we encourage you to send in your interview to jamesoh2003@yahoo.co.uk so that we can give your interview a spin.

We are looking forward to read your amazing stories. Kindly do yourself a deserving favour so that we can help you with our utmost best.

Thanks and looking forward to receiving your interview with Lift You Up.

James Oh

FINANCE MAVERICK, SPEAKER AND AUTHOR 

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Are you hungry for any specific solution?

I have another Ebook coming, after Looking Beyond Financial Statements, and I need your feedback! 

Please share what topics, in the comment column below, you would like me to cover in my forthcoming new Ebook. As usual, our Ebook is less than 100 pages and can be consumed and digested comfortably in one sitting.

Thank you and very happy working with all of you!

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INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR 

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LIFT YOU UP COMMUNITY - ANNOUNCEMENT

LIFT YOU UP COMMUNITY - ANNOUNCEMENT

In this series of Lift You Up, I started out by telling my story. I explained how I started off with some challenges and over the years through trials and errors I was able to overcome these challenges. In many cases I have been able to create value.

I then compiled my experience, insights and hindsights into a series of Ebooks with the intention that you may apply similar sound and solid principles to achieve your success. This is the way we rise from lifting others. Meanwhile, we hope you in turn will help others in the same manner and not stop from there. Ultimately, we are able to lift up larger magnitude of people so to speak. Indirectly, we are lifting everyone worldwide which we initially thought not possible.

Time will tell. One good thing we are consciously aware is that our Blog, Books and Business are growing and spreading to more than 180 countries at the time of writing this post. With the support from you and others, we believe that we are gaining the momentum and it seems unstoppable so long as we keep moving no matter what.

With the clarity of our core purpose and the blessings from the above, we strongly believe we are heading to the appropriate direction to the promised land.

Therefore, we urge you to take a wise step in joining our community group so as to move steadfastly to the destiny.