BOOK TITLE: First
Job and Ten Mistakes
ISBN: 9789383952281
AUTHOR: Uttam
Kumar
GENRE: Non
Fiction
NUMBER OF PAGES:
FORMAT: Paperback
SERIES / STANDALONE: Standalone
REVIEW BY: Dhivya
Balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK:
SUMMARY:
In
just four short sentences:
"Credit Cards are your advance salary and not additional
Salary."
"Avoid SpEaR, adopt ESS"
"Loan for Loan is Suicidal."
"It's always the first step that matters; the rest will
follow."
REVIEW:
The book is, by far, the shortest I
have ever read for review. So the review is also going to be unique.
First
Impression:
The book is small – way too small than
expected. It came as a surprise to me since I hadn’t realised that its total
page count was 53. It seemed like a booklet that has all the important points
it wanted to convey and was short and sweet.
The
cover:
The first thing that attracted me to
the book was its brilliant cover design. Starting with the colour scheme, font
and the doodles, the cover is pretty attractive. Though I am yet to find the
actual connection between the images used in the cover and the concepts covered in the book,
this sure caught my eye and therefore led me to pick up the book and read its
summary and the other content. So this wins in making the book way more
attractive at first sight.
The
Summary:
Four short sentences given as the
summary give a hint of more content inside. Not to mention the two acronyms using which we
get a short idea of what the book is going to be about. It is concise enough to
draw the readers in but quickly dispels the notions of any story in the book.
The
content:
First Job and Ten Mistakes is NOT a
book about the mistakes you would actually do on a job and ways to rectify
them. It concentrates instead, on the financial mistakes you might make after
you get into a job and earn your salary and also what not to fix as your first
job. The ten mistakes are each given as one chapter and the details are almost
given as bullet points. The content covers the major points in the said header.
What
to expect:
First Job & Ten mistakes is a book
you would find informative at the first glance and as a good reference of what
you should learn further with more detailed books once you get the basic idea.
It also does sound like the ten commandments of finance. Thou shalt not do this
– instead, do this!
WHAT I LIKED:
The cover image and the short
summary.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:
The book could be made a bit more
interesting by adding a few examples and case studies. It would add volume to
the book and make it even more understandable.
VERDICT:
Go for this! It really is
interesting in the way it highlights common mistakes people make financially
and also how to skirt around them.
RATING: 4/5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I am a born
Human, trying to Be Human. Never lived life along defined Rules! Have done my
Masters in Mathematics, spent 19 years in Commercial, Sales, Marketing and
Finance! Had a liking for writing since my School days. But there was no one to
guide so could not do anything. As I attained 35 years of age, I started my own
business to take a break from hectic Life. Started writing. "First Job and
Ten Mistakes" is my first published work.Working on few projects. Will
keep updating!
Open to Reviews and Suggestions, especially if critical!
Open to Reviews and Suggestions, especially if critical!
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Paperback.
PRICE: Rs. 95 for Paperback
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