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56: Bonus Episode
Season 1 Wrap Up
55: You Are More Than Your Job
Do you feel that you are being defined by your job and your emotion correlates significantly with your performance at work, or how your bosses or colleagues perceive y...
54: Loving My WFH
Do you enjoy the autonomy of working from home? Or do you miss the personal space of being at your office desk with all the tools that you need to run "Business As Usu...
53: Is Working From Home Here to stay?
Working from home has became the norm with the onset of Covid-19. From being a fallback option for policy makers to a trending topic on social media, working from home...
52: I Need a Vacation to Recover from the Vacation
Have you gone on a vacation and feel like you needed another break to recover from the vacation which you had just went? In this episode, Dr Yong shares some techn...
51: You Will Always Gain Something
If it is good, it is wonderful. If it is bad, it is experience. Sometimes, we overly focus on the negative events that we forgot the positive side to the experience. ...
50: Practise Empathy To Gain Results At Work
A key success factor of doing your job well lies in the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people. In this episode, Dr Yong s...
49: An Afternoon Conversation with A Chinese Massage Therapist on Digitalisation
Digital tools are enablers to achieve business outcomes. Therefore when businesses are considering digitalisation for their business, they need to consider how it wou...
48: There Is No Shortcut to Success
In this episode, Dr Yong shares the truth beneath the glamour of success. Change begins with a choice to step out of your comfort zone and leave behind what you are fa...
47: Is It Real or Is It Fake? - Why We Are Tricked By Our Brains But It May Not Matter At All
Reality is like a picture, and what we know and can grasp at any point in time are just pixels of the reality. Where there are more pixels which are fine grain, it me...
46: Are You The Tapper? Nobody Can Hear You.
Are you trying to get people to change, but not making much headways? Do they understand where you want them to get to? Have you tried making it more explicit to the...
45: Lesser is Better - Taking Control of Your Life
It is a myth that doing a lot of things is a sign of strength. However, juggling different things at once could derail you from putting up your best work. In this ...
44: Enabling Digital Adoption Using ADKAR Model
To ensure no one gets left behind as Singapore rides on the digital wave, the Singapore government has introduced the SG Digital office to double down on outreach effo...
43: Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
Think you are past your prime and there is a limit to what you can learn? In this episode, Dr Yong (who is an ""old dog"" by her own definition) will share how she...
42: "Does This Look Like a $1,000 Piece of Work?" Understanding Your Value And Why It Matters
Perception of value is not absolute. Very often, it differs between the receiver and the giver. In this episode, Dr Yong will share the importance of understanding...
41: Call Out My Emperor's New Clothes - Embrace Criticisms To Improve
Life is a journey of continous learning but our ego may get in the way sometimes. In this episode, Dr Yong will share why it is important to get over our ego and e...
40: Selling Underpants At The Public Bathhouse - Knowing Where You Will Shine
How valuable are you to your organisation, to your boss, to your team, or even your clients? Are you mulling over these questions? In this episode, Dr Yong will s...
39: Only A Thirsty Horse Will Drink - Cracking the Motivation Code
"If you are not willing to learn, nobody can help you; and if you are determined to learn, nobody can stop you". The key to drive successful change starts from you. ...
38: Resourcefulness Beats Having Resources
Do you feel constrained by the amount of available resources you have? Do you feel limited in your capacity to make a change? Did you know, scarcity is a driver to inn...
37: Adjust Your Side Dish Intake According To How Much Rice You Have - How to Work Within Constraints
How do you respond to clients who slash your budget by half and yet wants you to deliver something of value? Inspired by a client who always imposes the challenge o...
36: Are You Sure People Love Your Ideas As Much As You Do?
Do you fear rejections? Have you shyed away when others are giving you their honest opinions? We know the value of feedback and yet we may fear hearing them if they ar...
35: You Are Not Done With School Yet! - Knowledge Enables Transformation
"Do you really need to go to school to learn about building a business? Afterall, there are many entrepreneurs who have made it big without going through any formal t...
34: Mr Client, I Know Nothing - And That's My Strength!
"Must good consultants necessarily know more than the client? In this episode, Dr Yong reflects on the value that her undergraduate students bring to clients in sol...
33: I'm Allergic to "You Can Do It!"
Is this scenario familiar to you: you're falling behind in your work and somebody comes by and say ""You Can Do It!"" which is a cheer for you to work harder. What if...
32: The Side Effects of Action
When we start a journey, most of the time we have some idea of why we are on that journey and where it's going to lead us to. Many times, we will find that there are ...
31: Your Business Is Your Utopia
"When you make a company, you make a utopia. It’s where you design your perfect world….When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control a...
30: My PhD Journey
In this episode, Dr Yong shares her PhD journey which can be divided into 3 stages: the Honeymoon Zone, the Danger Zone and the "It's Up to You" Zone. This episode is...
29: It's Not My Fault - How To Learn From Failure
There is a myth that failure leads to success for entrepreneurs. Research has shown that it is the ability to learn that results in the subsequent success. not failur...
28: I Look Like I'm Idling But Actually I'm Thinking
Did you know that you need to keep your mind a little idle so that you can think more creatively? In this episode, Dr Yong shares some simple techniques from the book...
27: Not One Nor Zero - Lessons in Decision-Making from My Interior Designer
When we present ourselves with a small number of options ("1" or "0"), we may be missing out on other alternatives. Through a seemingly trivial matter of where to pla...