You think the golden rule of “treat others the way you want to be treated” works when you’re crossing cultures?
Think again.

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Funny how time passes, so many things happen, and so many stay the same. I wrote this post two years ago almost to the day, and most of it is still true! Except I actually am back to practicing yoga now, yeay me.

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This is what keeps me up at night and gets me out of bed in the morning: What are the best ways to prepare expats for their assignments? How can I help make the experience of culture shock they will eventually go through as smooth as possible? Which tools can I share to facilitate increased [...]

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Coming from a place of meritocracy that values achievement, paraplegic former marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) takes on an assignment of reconnaissance and mediation with the Na’vi people of Pandora. His world is that of technology, corporations, money, and military, not to mention physical alter-ability. The viewer can easily imagine what it means to Sully [...]

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New year (in my life, anyway), new webhost, new integrated blog – new format! Inspired by my twitter friends @hyperlinked and @barefoot_exec to give it a whirl, below please find my first attempt at video-blogging. In essence, this is me hitting the “record” button on the iMac’s Photobooth application, one take, sans script.
Allow me to [...]

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