Author Archives: Raymond Yung

Another key element of adaptability is the maintaining of a positive attitude and turning away from being even remotely negative. For example, it can mean not just seeing problems, but also suggesting solutions, or even better be part of the solution. It can also mean being helpful to your new colleagues and at the same […]

Planning and reviewing constitute another key component of the adaptability. Even though the situation may be new to you, it can be helpful to come up with a plan (short-term, medium and/or long-term) to make sure you are making progress and doing well. The plan may include identifying your own strengths and areas of improvement […]

Another important point related to the previous one is freeing up your existing schedule to make room for adaptation-related activities. You may need time to pick up a new skill and/or get up to speed on certain subjects. You may also need to work longer hours and/or spend more time building up new relationship at […]

Having some personal private time is critical in making adjustment and adaption to a new situation. For example, a quiet time of 15 minutes alone to reflect on your situation and how you feel is crucial in the adaptation process. Don’t rush through your busy life. Take your (personal) time.

The next step after acknowledgement is acceptance of the changes as well as the need to adapt to them. Changes come in many different shapes and forms. Sometimes they are chosen by us. But more often than not, we are affected by changes of large scale that are beyond our control. Regardless of their nature […]

A friend of mine who has recently started a new job and is very kind to share his experience with me to form the base for this mini-series of my blogs on adaptability. First of all, it is important to acknowledge the changes that one is going through with a new job and the need […]

FT columnist Simon Kuper wrote an article this weekend titled “How to live to 100 and be happy”. He emphasized that the important of life-long learning is the key which I can’t agree more. “Future careers will contain many transformations. Lives will have fourth, fifth even sixth acts. People will have to make more choices: […]

Feedback from others is only feedback. It is not the truth nor the next step that you have to take. It is not the truth until you have verified the fact objectively. It is not the next step until you have decided so. Your feedback-givers like all mortals have preconception, assumptions and subconscious that may […]

Good things come in pairs perhaps :> On my second business trip to Amsterdam in the past 3 weeks, I had a different but equally “memorable” experience like the first time. This time I arrived safely in Amsterdam (instead of Rotterdam last time). I had the very good “fortune” to stay at a hotel next […]

A free new magazine in the UK called Balance offer some good advice on better skin. They called it “Three Steps To Better Skin” as quoted below 1) Cool the heat: Hot water dries out the skin, and causes redness and the breakdown of collagen – so lower the temperature of your shower or bath. […]