nsoonhui, Author at BOOX Malaysia

What do your customers hire you for?

by nsoonhui | Mar 7, 2020 | book-review

Why are you in this or that business? Very few of us venture into a business just because we want to look good and make money; the truth is that we do it or found a company because we find a niche that we can serve and we get paid. This is the business 101: you...

Why do you care what other people think? The subtle art of not giving a ****

by nsoonhui | Feb 8, 2020 | book-review

The pursuit of happiness is, ironically, the source of all unhappiness, declares Mark Manson, the author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a f*ck”. Living in this world, with all the modern facilities and instant entertainment, one should be very happy. We...

The art of parenting: just let your kids get bored

by nsoonhui | Jan 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

I know I will draw a lot of flak for saying this, but I just say it anyway: being bored is good for you, it’s good for the kids too. Nowadays, we are surrounded by so much entertainment that it is very hard to get bored. Have you tried to just remain silent for...

A promise of Elixir

by nsoonhui | Jan 1, 2020 | book-review

Today is the start of 2020. A lot of us was and is enjoying our year end holiday. What did you do during your holiday? For me, it is a time of reflection and reading, and today I want to introduce a book that I read Lifespan: Why We Age– and Why We Don’t...

Scribbling notes directly on PDF documents

by nsoonhui | Dec 21, 2019 | Tips

One of the benefits of physical books or documents over ebooks is that the former is writable– you can write notes on the physical books, or in the margin. This feature is very much missed on Kindle. For an ebook device that wants to penetrate the professional...