Author Archives: Raymond Yung

I have been going to physiotherapy for 3 months (Yes, I am getting better now. Thank you for asking). My physiotherapist and I have established and agreed that there are 2 types of pain. One type is a sharp pain that is hurting you badly (in which case you scream). The other type is working/stretching […]

An old friend of mine in New York face-booked me last week and told me that he felt like he was “floating” in life. He asked me what I would suggest him to do. It is a broad topic and I am not claiming to be an expert to deal with mid-life crisis and the […]

Today I had dinner with my honorable executive assistant/friend Gary to celebrate his new job. Yes, congratulations and well done!!! In passing, he said he prefers the moderated and calmer version of me. Well, I took it as a compliment because at least he noticed that there is a toned-down version of me that I […]

On the back of yesterday’s blog, let us take a look at what Deep Listening is. Based on the book The Coaching Manual written by Julie Starr (p80-81), Deep Listening is the ability to listen to and understand another person from insights into what they have said, or even understand what they have NOT said. […]

I have to admit that listening is not one of my strengths. Well, awareness is a good start. I would like to share certain characteristics of Active Listening based on the book The Coaching Manual written by Julie Starr which I found useful (p78-79) 1) The listener is using more effort to listen and process […]

I got my Valentine’s “gift pack” today which contains 50 copies of my book that I had ordered over the weekend (a gift from myself to myself :>). It only took lulu.com one business day to print. I am impressed by the efficiency. I guess I will have to put on the “salesman hat” again […]

I gave an ex-colleague of mine my very last copy of my book last weekend. The last time I met her was at her wedding in Barcelona 8 years ago. Now she is a mother of 2 beautiful kids and living in Brazil. She has also launched an international cosmetic product company recently. Not sure […]

My lovely nieces and nephews call me Big Uncle not because of my size (I am far from big if not counting my ego :>) but because I am the oldest of the 3 boys in my family.   I am a frequent (“loyal” is a big word and I don’t want to exaggerate it) reader […]

Here are the explanations for yesterday’s British expressions: 1) Bob’s your uncle = There you go/Sorted 2) All mouth and no trousers = All talks and no actions 3) Send someone to Coventry = Ignore or refuse to work with someone 4) Football’s a game of two halves = It is possible for someone’s fortunes […]

On the last business day of Jan-2015, I finished the first round of a new year resolution that I had started with a colleague. We, two non-British people, have decided to learn more British expressions everyday at work. Some of the interesting ones so far are: 1) Bob’s your uncle 2) All mouth and no […]