Korner Talk

I grew up a Michael Chang fan because of the Chinese connection. But as I grew older and my hair continued to thin, I became a bigger Agassi fan, especially when he started playing in the satellite tournaments, the D-leagues of tennis. I still remember watching Agassi demote himself to play with the scrubs and [...]

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’ve been reading this book called let my people go surfing by Yvon Chouinard, the owner and founder of Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company. I was initially attracted to this book because of the title. The title is actually a policy at Patagonia where employees of Patagonia can [...]

I’ve been slacking on posting my book reports as of late. The last two books that I read were The Tipping Point and Freakanomics.  It’s been a while since I’ve finished the two so the material isn’t fresh in my mind. Consequently, all my sharp insights have been lost forever and all you’ll get is [...]

This week has gone by pretty quick. Usually that is a sign of being really busy, but that wasn’t the case this week. Tuesday was short because I went to the optometrist around 5. We had dinner with the Ngs that night at Ayara, a local thai place. I ordered Ka-Pow rice, a fried rice [...]

I’m currently finishing up Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell. It’s been a best seller for quite some time and if you’ve walked by a Borders or Barnes and Noble lately, then I’m sure you’ve seen the book.
Gladwell notes early on in the book that one reason that some people are super successful [...]