James Chan

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Where I meet clients and colleagues.

2026 will be the 43rd year of my home-based consulting business that I started in May 1983 in Philadelphia. I’d like to connect with kindred spirits who enjoy running their own businesses. James

Right on. Disengage and get away from more uncomfortable entanglement.

Karen Kingsbury with James Chan on JOURNEY TO THE WEST Oct 15, 2025 01:51 PM Eastern Standard Time_edited Meeting Start Time : Oct 15, 2025 01:51 PM Eastern Standard TimeMeeting ID: 4362059941Name of Organizer: Karen KingsburyList of Participants: Karen S. Kingsbury \\\/ Dr. K, James Chan

Puberty came as I was about to finish the Monkey King novel：Dr. Karen Kingsbury interviews James Chan chatham.yuja.com/v/Karen-King...

They’re just saying it. They love New York.

He has a big mouth!

People are waking up.

I have a feeling that not all foxes will like Chinese food. Cold egg rolls pale to those crunchy and hot.

I find sunlight in a dark space divine.

These CEOs don’t want to be human.

Rarely do people think of how their ancestors feel. The ability to think like this is admirable. And you “worry” about medieval peasants instead of the aristocracy! What empathy!

I’d like to call people but I have an uncomfortable hunch that people avoid talking. Anyone wants to explain why this is so?

He can speak, think, and articulate with eloquence; and he is young.

The Art of the Deal indeed! In Cantonese, the English word “deal” sounds like a common four-letter word.

YouTube video by James Chan Differences Between Mandarin and Cantonese

My friend Karen Kingsbury wants me to read a passage in the Chinese fantasy novel “Monkey King” in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese to show how the latter two languages are different: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMN...

But riches don’t guarantee that one can overcome Fate.

Selling and Breathing For independent service providers, finding new clients is on our daily To-Do List to guarantee survival and prosperity

To all independent service providers: Do you feel that selling should be like breathing? See this chapter in Spare Room Tycoon: jchanamm.substack.com/p/selling-an...

YouTube video by James Chan White Bone Spirit in Journey to the West

I’m reading a short excerpt from Chapter 27 in the novel Journey to the West about the White Bone Spirit that wants to devour the monk in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9bt...

How I Caught My Fish: Keeping Business and Friendship Ties in China My personal Substack

This is how I keep up my friendship and business ties in China: jchanamm.substack.com/p/how-i-caug...

Makes me feel that CEOs want to distance themselves from their employees. Hard to believe that the enterprises will succeed.

Reflections on a Spare Room Tycoon Way of Life 2025 is my 42nd Year as an independent business consultant

I reflected on 42 years of running a consulting practice in Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Thank you. The New York Times ran the same piece dated September 19, 1985 by Herbert Mitgang. Recently, I read his 200 Italian folktales and enjoyed it immensely.

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Very beautiful and serene. What does it sound like?

I don’t doubt it. Being secretly in love is stressful.

Empathy and compassion for others are related to empathy and compassion for oneself. When lightning strikes your neighbor, it will strike you too. When they cheat your neighbors, they‘ll cheat you next.

The sentiment still applies today.

How I Caught My Fish Fifteen years ago, when bilateral relations between the United States and China had not yet soured, the owner of a precision-instrument manufacturing company asked me to recruit a sales representative...

This is how I maintain my business and friendship ties in China: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-i-...

I think the guy in the middle was stressed out.

What did they eat? Or did they care?

Alpha male needs help.