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How To Split An Atom: Cultural Differences In Email [Business]

  • Christian · 1 year ago
    I think most international businessmen/women would not go amiss doing a stint in Peace Corps / VSO / AYAD, or whatever their country does, in their target country.

    The language training alone, not to mention the culture-specific sensitivity, and the oh-so-enormous network of contacts you get in the host country make it totally worth the two years living for free on the Federal Dime.

    Of course, that's if the businessman/woman in question can handle, in the Mongolian case, living in a felt tent, using an outhouse, and a 150-degree temperature range (seriously, -40F for months in the winter and +90F for the summer) for two years without going insane.
  • sbspalding · 1 year ago
    Little things like 150 degree temperature shifts do tend to keep people out of the service.