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The result of the  SSC examination in Bangladesh is published today. The result will play a significant role in the educational life of the examinees. It may change the track of their lives. And " Who Moved My Cheese? " is a book talking about change and how to get adapted to it. The author, Dr Spencer Johnson, wrote some best-selling books. " Who Moved My Cheese? " is one of them. The book is sold over 12 million copies worldwide ( printed on the back of the book). The Daily Telegraph has said, "One of the most successful business books ever". The book is also praised by some business personnel. So I decided to give it a read. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, in a reunion of school mates, Michael (not Corleone) tells a story named " Who Moved My Cheese? " and says that it has changed his outlook about 'Change'. In the next part, the story revolves around two mice and two little people of different charac...

Finally, I finished reading " The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck ". It the first English non-fiction book I started reading and I wrote my first book review about this one in February ( obviously I didn't finish reading the first chapter at that time, but I didn't give a f*ck and wrote a superficial review). The writer, Mark Manson, started blogging about relationships. Gradually, he started to write about making our lives happier. In the book, Mark tried to teach us to stay away from the rat race of giving more f*cks about everything in the era of consumerism. Mark started the book with the story of Charles Bukowski who hadn't given a f*ck about becoming a humble person despite achieving success. Mark talked about the process of generating happiness by solving our problems. He also wrote about maintaining our mental health. I enjoyed the style in which he wrote about many serious issues of our lives. To make us understand some serious subjects, Mark u...