Tag Archives: communication

Dare to voice out, but not too much 4

Consider the following 2 examples: Not a quiet person in the office. But when it comes to meeting, he prefers to remain quiet even though he does have some opinions/ideas/suggestions. He is worried others will look down or laugh at him. So he prefers to keep those points to himself. And sometimes, after the meeting, [...]

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Listening is a very difficult skill to master for some 2

Asians are not well-known for being outspoken except for a small group of people. For most Asians, we prefer to remain quiet especially when it comes to discussions and meetings. But that’s not the only issue here. It seems like Asians are pretty bad when it comes to listening too! Some people love to interrupt [...]

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People will not listen to a nobody 6

Have you ever been in a situation where you voiced out your opinions to your seniors, only to be regarded as lies or bullshit? The worse thing is, when someone who has is more experienced than you came along with exactly the same opinion, your seniors would believe him! What kind of nonsense is this? [...]

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Importance of sincerity 3

Chinese New Year will soon be over at the time of this writing. I still remember that many years ago, when I was still a young boy (ok..it’s not really THAT many years ago), my friends and I used to send Chinese New Year greeting cards to each other. Some of those cards were from [...]

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Talk less, listen more 6

It seems like most people have no problem talking more, especially with the people they know. The problem they have is not to talk more, but to listen more. Most people find it hard to stop talking and listen to others. True, there are those those don’t talk much, but the amount of people who [...]

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