The Chinese Businessman Paradox - Commoncog
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The Chinese Businessmen Paradox: what is it that makes uneducated, superstitious Chinese businessmen successful?
Also in this series: Let Reality Be The Teacher, Superstition Doesn't Count, Maybe Strategy Matters, Cash Flow Is King. I met my friend Samuel in the first year of secondary school, way back when we were beginner teenagers. Samuel’s dad was a traditional Chinese businessman. He ran a pharmaceutical import business, supplying a handful of pharmacists around Kuching, population 300,000, the small city on Borneo that we both grew up in. Over the years, Samuel’s father expanded the business into other interests: small real estate holdings, food & beverage outlets, retail shops selling mobile…
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