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Brad Kong (공덕영, Cyb Knight) is a Gogh in writing — the retired owner of the video games, "Cyb Knight." He won two American certificates of medical coder and pharmacy technician; he received Bachelors of Science from SUNY at Buffalo and Hallym Univ in Korea. Brad’s writing models is Bill Bryson: Translating hard concepts into simple writings. His favorite author is Dickens, as he cared about "the have-less" and wrote masterpieces on them. Brad resides with his wife and daughter in the Midwest. ...more

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	15 Things You Didn’t Know About Korea: Unusual Facts Tourists Have No Idea About 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UnBrokable* III: The 3rd 10 Reasons Why People Go Broke Despite Working liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robbery at Cyb Knight 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UnBrokable* II: The 2nd 10 Reasons Why People Go Broke Despite Working 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quotist IV : The 4th 100 Quotes by Brad 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing with You (Poetry Book 1) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embracing My Poverty (Poetry Book 2) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UnBrokable* V: The 5th 10 Reasons Why People Go Broke Despite Working liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	30 Reasons Why I am Great: How to Boost Self-Esteem Via Unusual Confession liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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One Summer: America, 1927

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“Use what you already paid first.
If that is not enough, spend money.”
― Brad Kong, Introduction to UnBrokable*: 5 Reasons Why People Go Broke and Never Get Out of Poverty Despite Working Hard

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“Some spend triple for the same result.”
― Brad Kong, UnBrokable* I: The First 10 Reasons Why People Go Broke Despite Working

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“It's better for a man to have a relationship with a girl who is into him. Otherwise, she may spend your money on another man she likes.”
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“I decided to be content that I had a chance to live a human life once.”
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“Pig butchering scam is increasing nowadays; it’s a type of financial fraud where scammers cultivate a long-term romantic relationship with victims, before manipulating them into fake crypto platforms – meaning 'fattening' victims before 'slaughtering' them. I know there is one Korean woman who lost $70,000 due to it. The major origin of scammers is known to be Cambodia.”
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“No one need to have more than one child; otherwise, we go fast to extinction, while wasting too much, financially.”
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“The ability to do things through to the end is 70% of success in any case – more important than intelligence or gifts.”
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