Wilson Ng started helping the family business since 9 years old. Since then, he had dreamt to be a successful entrepreneur, one who starts great businesses  ( he has started 7) from scratch with insight, guts and initiative. He keeps his focus on growing the business by creating value-- not on politics, or wasteful distractions. He brings the same focus to community service, teaching, life and family.

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	Monday, June 13, 2005

Coach Carter Review  (Reviews) The movie, starring Samuel Jackson, is based on a real life story of a basketball coach, who believes that life is more than winning basketball, and it is about winning in life.  He advocates being tough, and espouses discipline and education as central to success. It does have some good parallelisms in a workplace.  As a coach, he is also a manager, and a teacher, one who is responsible on training and motivating people how to move up in life.  And nothing is harder a job than to convince people about your principles of success and the means to get there than when they don't agree with you on what success is.  Coach Carter had difficulty when initially, the players already become bull headed after a small success, and also increasingly with parents and teachers who believed that dumbing down standards is the way to go.  They want success but do not understand that success, or at least sustainable success needs to be properly courted and won over. We all want the best for our people and our children, but are we prepared to be tough for them to get there? Great performance from Samuel Jackson, and it is great to see that Hollywood still turns out movies that motivates and inspires.  I see myself as being advantaged because I have read good books, and watch inspirational movies, and this is definitely one to see.  I may also get the book as I was informed it is also well-written and inspiring. Five stars out of five.   8:42:32 PM     comment []   trackback []

Encouraging People NOT to Save  (on business) As you might have known, I have always advocated frugality as an essential virtue, both for the achievement of family bliss by reducing your worries.  As you might have noted, I have always been wary that increased material consumption can really go a long way towards making a person really happier.  On a national scale or in the world of macroeconomics, however, the mechanics are different  < more>....   1:08:07 PM     comment []   trackback []

CEO Blogs   (on business) Last year, Bill Gates in the Microsoft CEO Summit made it a key messages on Why CEOs should blog  ( here is the full speech text).   Here is a rejoinder on a comment on why until now, CEOs still don't blog.   The debate on how blogs matter and don't matter continues.  Meantime, here is a list ( growing fast) on the CEOs that DO blog.  Check out the list, and if you may want to be included in the list.   9:44:22 AM     comment []   trackback []

Network Security  (techdrivenlife) It is really a hot topic nowadays.  Two months ago, I was in a Microsoft conference.  Priority no. 1 - Security.  Last week, I was in a Cisco conference.  Opportunity no. 1 -  Security.  The other week, Businessweek had its cover story the 'hacker hunters'.  It highlighted that things like viruses, spyware, ... <more>   9:05:32 AM     comment []   trackback []

Five Ways Internet Changed Small Businesses  (on business) Small Business Trends, a blog about the global small business market, comments on the article of My Magazine, which talks about the top 5 ways Internet has changed small businesses.  <more...>   9:03:58 AM     comment []   trackback []

Madagascar  (Reviews)   Interesting, original, entertaining.  But most important, we see ourselves in the characters and story that they spun. Five stars out of five. <more ... >   9:02:40 AM     comment []   trackback []

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