Tony Tam

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  • Perspective On Work

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    I worked for SGI from 1993-1999 and was bleeding SGI blood. I was the cheerleader for the company and our group. I left SGI when the company just couldn’t deliver the financial results it promised. A friend from SGI mentioned to me that when I left SGI, I swore I would not be emotionally involved…

  • Living A Life Without Regrets

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    If your life were to end on this Earth in a couple of months, would you have any regrets? Would you regret not having gone on the trip you’ve always wanted to? There is no reason to wait, plan for the trip, buy the tickets and you can go. If this is your priority, set…

  • Malaysia : Bangalore : Taj Mahal : 2008

    Malaysia : Bangalore : Taj Mahal : 2008

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    I’m one of the luckiest guys in the world! I get to spend a day in Malaysia just to watch the Badminton Super Series in Kuala Lumpur before traveling to Bangalore, India to work remotely for a week. Off to New Delhi and Agra on the weekend and visited one of the seven wonders of…

  • The +100 Push Up Club

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    In 2005 I watched the movie Coach Carter where Samuel Jackson was trying to get the kids running suicides drills from one corner of the court to the other side and back again. That is brutal. What peaked my interest was actually the push ups. One kid was being punished and Samuel Jackson asked him…

  • Push Up Thursday, week 2: 200

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    Listening to Maria Callas starts my 2nd week of push ups.  I set a 15 minute timer to do 40 every 15 minutes, but  you can spread it out over 24 hours if you wish 9:19 am @ cube +40 40 9:38 am @ cube +40 80 (listening to Handel) 9:53 am @ cube +40…

  • First Gary Danko Dinner To Celebrate Our Wedding Engagement

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    On January 3rd 2011, Katherine and I are engaged to be married! As celebration, we watched Stanford play in the Orange Bowl and then a late dinner at one of the finest restaurants in San Francisco: Gary Danko. We started off with 2 glasses of Veuve Brut, which I enjoyed very much.  The bubbly was…

  • Help someone at work tomorrow

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    As we start the year, look around your work cubicles, these are the people you will spend every weekday with. Ask yourself what you can do to help your fellow co-worker. Some ideas: * Give constructive feedback how on she is running a meeting. * Send one less reply-all email to a plea for help,…

  • Push Up Thursday Week 1: 100

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    A few years ago, I started a club in Yahoo to do as many push ups we can in 24 hours. We started at 100 and each week, we increased it by 100. most members got to 1,000. I got to 2,200 in 24 hours. It is based on a simple concept that if you…

  • Be Kind To Yourself

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    For the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that C. says self-deprecating comments about herself. When I notice it, I would tell her there is no need to put herself down. In the dictionary “self-deprecating” is defined as “belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest”. It’s ok to be modest, but not at the expense of one’s self…

  • 30 Minutes Of Focus Time For Children And Adults

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    I spent Christmas night and the day after Christmas with my parents and my sister’s 2 kids. A 2 year old girl “C”. and 4 year old boy “M”. We all spent the morning filled with sounds of the TV and the new Nintendo games the kids got for Christmas. Thirty minutes before we are…