Jul 26, 2017
End Your Fear Of Failure
For decades I drove myself hard, based on a fundamental fallacy. Fear of a future of living in a cardboard box haunted me. I pushed hard so that cardboard box and I would never become well acquainted. You see homeless people in Japan and other countries living that way and it is a reality for...
Jul 19, 2017
Twelve Steps To A Win-Win Conflict Resolution (Part 2)
Conflict is with us everywhere, everyday. That is the nature of the human condition. We have different desires and thinking. Some conflicts can be very low level and minor and we continue to cruise through the day. In other cases however, it becomes a lot more...
Jul 12, 2017
Twelve Steps To A Win-Win Conflict Resolution Part One
“Remember that other people may be totally wrong, but they don’t think so”. This quote from Dale Carnegie sums up the problem. All those other people we have trouble with, had better fly straight. All they need is a better understanding of why they are...
Jul 5, 2017
International Japanese Staff Armageddon
Japan seems to be going in opposing directions at the same time, when it comes to the supply of internationalised staff suitable for foreign companies. The statistics show a peak in 2004 of 83,000 Japanese students venturing off-shore. This dropped to a low of 57,500 in 2011 and...