Author Archives: Raymond Yung

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 […]

Agility is considered as one the key elements in today’s leadership according to John Whitmore in his book titled Coaching for Performance. He suggested that we should add variations and changes to our routines so we can adapt to changes more easily. This is important in particular when you become set in our own ways […]

Yesterday I had lunch with the Nobel Prize winner (Economics) Robert Shiller. Well, to be more precise (and accurate), it was a presentation to more than 50 audience with buffet lunch provided afterwards. One take-away point from his presentation is the importance of LONG data history in conducting research. To paraphrase and apply it in […]

The news of the prediction of a snow storm in New York triggered my thought on the idea of how to cope with an emotional “storm”. My suggestions: 1) Anchor yourself psychologically. For example, remind yourself of your core value system based on religion, family, friendship…. 2) Don’t lose yourself. For example, when a group […]

The topic of Chinese New Year came up in the office. It will be the year of the GOAT by 18-Feb. A non-Chinese colleague disappointedly told me that he was born in the year of the RAT and added that he knows it is not a good sign among the 12 signs in the Chinese […]