until you fall off and get up again‚ a good number of times.” Says he. “Oh‚ and as for the scars‚ broken bones‚ aching limbs and sore back I consider them just gentle reminders that life is precious - and that maybe‚ just maybe‚ I am more fragile than I dare to admit.” He said. And he quote “There’s life in a nutshell.” Bear Grylls. As if to say it doesn’t matter. As if to say it doesn’t matter when you fall as long as you can make it back up. You can’t feel good without bad‚ in other words. You
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SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT (2) DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA Despite the economic developments in major parts of the country‚ and modern Chinese people’s increasing appetite on adopting western styles of living‚ China is still a country with a very special character of its own. Most first time visitors to the grand old empire will without doubt find the Chinese mentality‚ culture‚ and not forgetting the food‚ exciting but also challenging and sometimes
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King John was born in 1167 and died in 1216. Like William I‚ King John is one of the more controversial monarchs of Medieval England and is most associated with the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215. John was born on Christmas Eve‚ the youngest son of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. As a child‚ John tended to be overshadowed by is older brother Richard. Like his father‚ John developed a reputation for violent rages which lead to him foaming at the mouth. Henry left no land to John
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Doing Business in Brazil | Brazilian Social and Business Culture A Brazilian Culture Overview Fact File o Official name – Federative Republic of Brazil o Population – 198‚739‚269* o Official Language – Portuguese o Currency – Brazilian real (BRL) o Capital city – Brasilia o GDP – purchasing power parity $1.99 trillion* o GDP Per Capita – purchasing power parity $10‚100* Overview Brazil is a country greatly shaped by its diverse culture and geography. The largest country in South America
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Doing Business in China- A Legal Perspective [pic] [pic][pic] Introduction One of the oldest legal systems in the world is Chinese law. The Chinese Legal system is made up of Confucianism and Legalism. Confucianism is based on the Confucian philosophy of social control and moral education‚ and legalism based on codified law and criminal sanction. Since the 20th-21st century Chinese law became a mix of both traditional Chinese and western approaches. Even till this day
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asked Dr. Ernest Gundling‚ an intercultual specialist‚ to be the author to leverage on his extensive research and hands-on experience in this field. We sincerely hope that this booklet will help businesspeople from all over the world be successful in doing business with Japan. International Communication Department JETRO It is a pleasure to be able to offer this introduction to business communication with Japanese. I hope that each reader will find useful tips for his or her work‚ and quickly build
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Doing Business in Colombia | Colombian Social and Business Culture A Colombian Culture Overview Fact File o o o o o o o Official name – Republic of Colombia Population – 45‚644‚023* Official Languages – Spanish Currency – Colombian peso (COP) Capital city – Bogotá GDP – purchasing power parity $399.4 billion* GDP Per Capita – purchasing power parity $8‚900 * Overview Colombia is a country with a unique culture influenced by a fusion of its indigenous Indian‚ Spanish and African
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DOING THE RIGHT THING 21 This excerpt is from Michael J. Sandel‚ Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?‚ pp. 21-30‚ by permission of the publisher. The Runaway Trolley Suppose you are the driver of a trolley car hurtling down the track at sixty miles an hour. Up ahead you see ve workers standing on the track‚ tools in hand. You try to stop‚ but you can’t. The brakes don’t work.You feel desperate‚ because you know that if you crash into these ve workers‚ they will all die. (Let’s assume you know
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Article Critique The main points discussed are the reason behind good people doing bad things‚ dehumanization‚ heroes and the effect of institutional power. The author was arguing that a person cannot quite literally be sweet‚ if they are surrounded by a sour environment. The strengths possessed in this article were that dehumanization is a very real notion as well as the fact that people change with the induction of anonymity. The weakness that is portrayed is that there are heroes around when
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Interesting Facts A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out. A shrimp’s heart is in its head. In a study of 200‚000 ostriches over a period of 80 years‚ no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. Horses can’t vomit. Sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick is said to be the toughest tongue
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