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	<title> &#187; cultural preferences</title>
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		<title>The importance of understanding culture &#8211; 5 Tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.buildingthelifeyouwant.com/2010/03/20/the-importance-of-understanding-culture-5-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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You think the golden rule of &#8220;treat others the way you want to be treated&#8221; works when you&#8217;re crossing cultures?
Think again.

Your new hire from Mexico has just arrived at your Houston office. You&#8217;ve shown her her desk, talked about her objectives, she&#8217;s had newbie orientation about your company&#8217;s sexual harassment and privacy policies, and you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step 1 &#8211; revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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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.

Since I&#8217;m going for my MBTI (r) Certification this week, I&#8217;ve been required [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Type and Culture</title>
		<link>http://blog.buildingthelifeyouwant.com/2010/01/30/type-and-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural lessons of Avatar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Peach and The Coconut</title>
		<link>http://blog.buildingthelifeyouwant.com/2009/06/13/the-peach-and-the-coconut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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New year (in my life, anyway), new webhost, new integrated blog &#8211; 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 &#8220;record&#8221; button on the iMac&#8217;s Photobooth application, one take, sans script.
Allow me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Service and tipping</title>
		<link>http://blog.buildingthelifeyouwant.com/2009/05/16/service-and-tipping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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When you go out to eat, have pizza delivered, or get your hair or nails done, do you always tip? Even if the service was bad? When is it ok to complain, and what do you as a customer expect?

My husband and I went out to dinner earlier this week, to a local restaurant we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you feel well rested?</title>
		<link>http://blog.buildingthelifeyouwant.com/2009/05/09/do-you-feel-well-rested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris</dc:creator>
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According to the Gallup World Poll, 72 % of male and 65 % of female respondents feel well rested, the remaining 28 and 35 % respectively do not. How&#8217;s your work-play-rest balance shaping up lately?

During my recent trip to Chicago I was reminded that one of the contributing factors to our perceived stress and relaxation [...]]]></description>
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