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Current read: How Starbucks saved my life

I read the book this week, actually it was not the first time I had it. I read it already last year. The first time I saw the book in booksale, I thought of how this is part of the marketing ploy of the coffee company but since it was sold for a mere 15 pesos and me being kuripot, I immediately grabbed it. As I read it, I realized that the book is more on motivating others than a book that sells more coffee. 


I saw it again in my disorganized bookshelf and decided to read it for the second time to see if I it would shed a different light. I personally like reading books twice, it's like visiting an old friend. 


The feelings are still the same. I still like it. It was a light and feel-good read. It is a true riches-to-rags story. The writer, in his sixties, was once a great executive in a prestigious company earning a huge amount of money, got fired, lost everything including his family, was diagnosed with brain tumor, then he met a person who offered him a job in Starbucks, mopping the floor and cleaning the toilets. He had his humble pie. While working, he made a lot of realizations and learned things which are important in life. Here's my favorite part of the book: