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From Dirt Roads to Black Gold: An Oilman Follows His Destiny from a Small Village to the Mansions of Texas Kindle Edition
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJune 30, 2019
- File size1413 KB
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- ASIN : B07TWCC8C8
- Publication date : June 30, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 1413 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 175 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #487,594 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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I am impressed by the drive it reqiured to keep pushing the limits and not just coast once he was comfortable. I am inspired by the business aggression and leadership he portrayed thoughout hard times, but I am more impressed by the very honest and personal insight he shared in this book. I highly recommend it for any business minded person.
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In 1980 the Author was still living with his brother in a rented property and had to move out as his sister in law was pregnant so he rented a house close to his wofe (bushra's) workplace.
However, the author writes later in the book that his brother bought a house for $40,000 and he then in envy bought a house for $10,000 which he then sold for $22000 in 1975 and moved to Pakistan only to return later.
How come in 1980, author's brother was living in a rented property with his brother and also subleted a room to a student whereas he owns a fancy house prior to 1975?
Author also mentions that he came to canada in 1973 while his brother filed his visa in 1971 for him and his wife bushra. He also writes that it tool him some time to get a job for $3.3 per hour. How come he bought a house for $10,000 between 1973 and 1975 and that hkuse had increased in value from $10,000 to $22,000 within this timeperiod.
In 1967, author's brother Aziz came to Canada as a student in Uni Alberta but somehow manages to sponsor the Author and his wife bushra who was Aziz's ex-fiance in 1971 the year when Aziz got married and author still in Pakistan millitary academy.
Author also mentions that in 1979 he went to Kansas USA for leasing oil fields. He was a partner with his brother. However in the previous chapters portrays that he was kind of poor in 1980 still living with his wife in a rented property.
The author also mentions that he was a from a middleclass family which was cash poor and his father's land was snatched by his uncles but somehow his father managed to send his eldest som aziz to canada in 1967 to study engineering at Uni Alberta. How did he afford it?
The author writes that he is from Ahmaddiya sect and the founder of sect is considered by the ahmadis as Messiah like Jesus (PBUH). However he did not mention that the gounder of ahmaddiya community Mirza Ghulam Ahmed declared himself Jesus Christ and a promised messiah. He also at one occation declared himself Imam Mahdi and on one occasion he declared himself Prophet Muhammad.
Because all sects of Islam consider Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to be the last prophet as clearly mentionef in the quran, Ahmadis are considered Non-muslims bu all Islamic sects.
The author also writes that his father was jailed in C class prison and he pursuaded the authorities to move him to A class. This upgrade of prision class without court orders in itself is corruption.
Author's kids have written that the author never bought any expensive items for himself rather he would onlybuy it for his kids. Whereas the author himself mentions his custom made watches and custom made cars.
It feels that the author has glorified his struggle and has hide actual facts.
He surely would be a good businessman, salesman and oilman, however this book has many contradictions.