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Yin & Young Episode 22 - Dates, Death, and Talent

October 11, 2017 in Martial Arts, Asian American, Relationships, Society & Culture, Fitness, Health

Dan and James discuss past/future dates, car troubles, inevitable death and the nature of talent and effort. Also...

Busy periods for Chinese Restaurants - Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's, Mother's Day.

James recaps his second date with the white girl with Yellow Fever. The girl turns out to be very particular and wants to have the guy pay for everything. 

James has a better date later with an Eastern European girl; there's hope for a second date.

There are places in Koreatown where you can rent a room to watch movies.

Applying Tai-Chi push hands principles in social interactions and all facets of life.

GHOST TEXTS Segment: Assessing James' texting skill.

Dating single moms.

James' last car was trying to kill him with the smell of burned oil from the engine.

Yin and Young debate pure effort versus being gifted with natural talent to get to the 99th percentile in any given activity. They reference scientific research and anime as evidence.

LANGUAGE CORNER

Young - Taiwanese - 歹勢 - pai sei - sorry, excuse me

Yin - Japanese - すまん - suman - sorry/excuse me (more slang Japanese)

RELATED LINKS/TOPICS:

Aziz Ansari's "Modern Romance"

Josh Waitzkin's "The Art of Learning"

Tim Ferriss's Blog

Rarámuri people (Mexican tribe of ultra runners)

Tags: yin young podcast, podcast, cars, japanese, taiwanese, dating, asian american, yellow fever, Chinese Restaurants, relationships, texting, talent, effort, language, performance, Tai Chi, martial arts, naruto, goku, rock lee, anime, Josh Waitzkin, Aziz Ansari, Tim Ferriss, Raramuri
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