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Japan does business differently. Today kicks off a 4-part series on the Japanese approach to everything from product development to customer service — and why it all just…works.We begin with Part 1, an exploration of the cultural attitudes and values that position Japanese entrepreneurs to succeed wildly.…and no, you don't have to be Japanese to do some of this yourself.It's all rooted in a different notion of what “success” actually means. For Westerners, the endgame is the primary focus, and everything you do on your way is a means to an end. But in Japan, the means is just as important — perhaps more so — than the end.How does that translate into better business? Because consistency in your day-to-day efforts adds up over time, to something more than the sum of its parts.Join us as Omar travels the Land of the Rising Sun, and shares the lessons he's picking up along the way. Click Play!SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTSSpotify| Podcast Feed| How To SubscribeGive us a Rating & Review

For Westerners, the Khumbu was one of the world's most inaccessible and unknown regions. It's home to Everest and half the world's tallest ten mountains. But these high Himalayan mountains are just one highlight of Nepal. Your host Stephen Bailey traveled to Nepal in 2009 and 2018. He introduces you to the country's destinations and provides essential tips on trekking in the Everest, Annapurna, Manaslu and other regions.

July 8, 2020 - Replay of Zoom Meetup Event [Session 2 of 2] - Developing NEW Patterns of Success by Re-imagining ChinaRead the blog article -- https://www.emechina.us/blog/reimaginedAs the COVID-19 Global Pandemic is accelerating tensions, misinformation, and mistrust between China and America; understanding our CULTURAL DICHOTOMIES is the first step toward greater empathy and cooperation.For Westerners concerned doing business in China will become even more complex and unpredictable, I believe it is impossible to manage risk when you only consider what you perceive on the surface.Instead, the best way to protect yourself and maximize your success rate is to know what people (Chinese) think, how they feel, and how things actually work in China.Acquiring these insights begin by understanding and socializing the many cultural dichotomies, WITHOUT JUDGMENT.#China #Chinabusiness #Chineseculture #Leadership #CommunicationsEME China Consultantshttps://www.emechina.us/Meetup groupshttps://www.meetup.com/OC-CBF/ (OC China Business Forum)https://www.meetup.com/Shanghai-Int-Meetup/ (Shanghai International Meetup)https://www.meetup.com/CCP-Forum/ (Cross-Cultural Performance Forum)FREE Content Channelshttps://soundcloud.com/gene-hsu-759655585 (SoundCloud)https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1366595279 (Apple Podcasts)https://www.youtube.com/c/GeneHsu (YouTube)https://medium.com/@genehsu (Medium)https://www.quora.com/profile/Gene-Hsu-2 (Quora)

In Episode 65 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with China expert Dinny McMahon, who spent ten years as a financial journalist in China, including six years in Beijing at The Wall Street Journal and four years with Dow Jones Newswires in Shanghai. Demetri and Dinny discuss how Chinese malinvestment, massive debt burdens, and a population that is aging faster than anywhere else in the world has created the conditions for the worst economic and political crisis in modern history. It has often been argued that the Chinese economic model may offer the best prototype for how humans should organize politically, in the 21st century. For Westerners, it’s difficult to appreciate the scope of China’s development, and this is because of the way in which the country allocates capital and generates credit.    Unlike western economies, which are built around liberal, democratic norms of free-market capitalism, China’s economy operates more like a one-billion person, multinational conglomerate. This model has allowed the Chinese economy to grow rapidly; it has done this by leveraging massive amounts of capital that it reinvests into real estate projects and spare industrial capacity, with the expectation of ever-increasing economic growth. This leverage can be witnessed, most clearly, in the rapid growth of the country’s private and public debt. Bank liabilities in China have grown at an astonishing rate over the last twenty-five years. From 2009 to 2011 alone, assets in China’s banking system have expanded by 77 percent - a total of 7.6 trillion dollars over just a three-year period. The impact of China’s loan growth can be seen in the sky rocking prices of Chinese real estate, the overcapacity of Chinese factories, and the pollution of China’s once pristine environment. Cognizant of these excesses, Chinese officials have been trying to reform the country, by reigning in investment and stemming corruption. But even the best efforts of Chinese authorities cannot fix the country’s broken demographics. China’s population is aging faster than anywhere else in the world. In 2015, the country had seven and a half working-age adults to support every senior citizen. In fifteen years, that ratio will drop to 4:1 and by 2050, there will be only two adults to support every man and woman in retirement.     It is the fear of Chinese officials that the country will grow old before it grows rich, falling victim to the so-called middle-income trap, mired in debt and saddled with decades of malinvestment, air pollution, idle factories, and broken promises. Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod

Please enjoy again: R is for Red Light District   Hi everyone!  Welcome to the A to Z of Sex.  I'm Dr Lori Beth and I am your host.  We are working our way through the erotic alphabet one letter at a time.  Just a reminder this podcast deals with adult content, so if you don't have total privacy, you might want to put on your headphones. Today the letter is R and R is for Redlight District.   A red light district is part of (usually) an urban area where sex work is practiced.  This includes strip clubs, sex shops, prostitutes/escorts and sex shows/theatres.  The term comes from the red light that was usually used as a sign for a brothel.    Some red light districts like in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and in Reeperbahn, Germany are areas where legal and regulated prostitution can take place. Many of these districts were originally formed in an effort to confine prostitution to one part of the city and to make sure that there was some regulation of the prostitutes.   In Japan, and Akasen is a red light district though it is not legal.  The term literally means red line.   The Oxford dictionary has the term first appearing in print in 1894 in a newspaper from Sandusky, Ohio, USA.   It appears the term became more widely spread when used in Dodge City, Kansas to refer to a district that contained a number of houses of prostitution including the Red Light House Saloon.   Some red light districts are monitored by the authorities though not legal and regulated.  Usually authorities are monitoring for child trafficking.  Others are regulated like the Reeperbahn in Hamburg.  This is a mile long area and is world-famous.  There are quite a few places in Thailand that are unofficial red light districts and are monitored.   In the 1950's, the Soho area of London was a well known red light district. Working girls were everywhere in the area.  The area has changed drastically though you still find sex shops, peep shows, and clubs in the area.  The area is now known for it's excellent restaurants, theatres and music venues.   The city of Leeds in the UK now has a red light district where prostitutes are legally allowed to ply their trade.  This was created in the hopes that crime would decrease. There was a 12 month pilot that legalised prostitution in this ares which was made permanent following the murder of a 21 year old prostitute.  Though crime has not disappeared in this area, sex workers are now reporting 60% more crimes to the police and prosecutions are following.   The West Yorkshire police, the Leeds City Council and a variety of support agencies are all behind keeping this area in place and working to make sure that the (mostly) women who are working here are protected.    For Westerners, the most famous red light district is located in Amsterdam in a section called, Der Wallen.  It is said that the district existed in 1200 when Amsterdam was more of a village than a city.    The area is called Der Wallen by the Dutch because it was once completely enclosed in earthen walls.    The area developed in part because of all the trade that was brought into the harbour.  In 1758, Casanova visited the district and there were many tales of his exploits.  In 1905, the prostitutes wore long dresses and sat in front of the houses waiting for customers.  They were known then as Street Daisies.   It was in the 1930's that the famous windows appeared.  This took the place of standing in doorways trying to get customers to enter (which was not legal).  They were allowed to sit in the window with the curtains opened only a little – teasing and exciting the curious to enter.  In the 1960's there were more houses of prostitution.    In 2000, prostitution and brothels were made legal.  But there was a point in the mid-2000's that window prostitution (where the brothel was just one room) was made illegal to discourage trafficking.    In March 2007, there was an open day where for the first time male sex...

I am so excited and honored to be sharing this episode with you today with Mahita Gorris. I met Mahita last December in 2017 when I was at Amma’s ashram in India ~ one of the places I write about in my book href="http://bit.ly/mr-justbe">Just Be. Seven years had passed since my first visit at Amma’s ashram and I was so excited to go back to one of my favorite spots - the meditation beach. This was a beautiful stretch of beach front on the Arabian Sea where I used to cherish the sunrises and sunsets practicing yoga, writing in my journal and drinking chai.  I imagined what it would be like to arrive again at this very spot. I was hoping for union. Merging. Expansion. Love.  But at first all I saw was a recycling center erected in the very place I used to sit. Trash was everywhere. Mountains of it, waiting to be sorted. My first reaction was that I was pissed. My ego was on fire.  How could they do this? To this sacred spot? Where I remembered my heart? Trash, just trash. Everywhere. And then, of course, I was assigned seva (selfless service) at this very recycling center. And I met the woman Mahita who was one of the few pioneering waste management in India. And as I showed up ready to work with the trash, she showed me what 3 months of soft plastic waste looked like at the ashram. (Not including water bottles, which are a hard plastic) It was enormous. It was a mountain. And there was no where to put it. Every few months, there was a small chance a truck would come to pick it up to sell it. But otherwise it would go back into the earth...Taking thousands of years to degrade. Then I really felt my heart. And I saw how I was contributing to it all. How we all are. And how in the West we often just don't see it. We know it's happening, but it's not staring us in the face, the way it was staring at me here.  Then she told me of how every moment she is sorting trash, she thinks of how the breeze caresses her skin. And how the sight of the ocean reminds her of her sacred work for Mother Earth. How sorting trash is her worship to this mother. Even though she was knee deep in garbage, she knew it was all worth it. For her mother. For our beautiful planet. After I had my first seva experience here, I sat next to the ocean, and I watched the sunset, amidst the trash, and I really let myself feel my heart. Feel the pain. I cried. I knew what it was to feel truly humble. And helpless. And to not know. And underneath all of that, I understood what it was to feel true devotion. For this mother. For this planet. For the awakening of our souls. And this, was true union. Merging. Love. Just what I was longing for…. I was lucky to sit down and talk with Mahita about her experience with creating the recycling center at Amma’s, the current state of the world when it comes to waste management, and what we can actually do to make a difference.  We recorded this interview over Skype while Mahita was at the ashram and I was back in the states - so you may hear the sound of rickshaws and other sounds of India in the background. This conversation touched me deeply and is a topic I believe we should all be aware of….  In this episode we discussed: How Mahita met Amma & began the path of Sanatana Dharma How she started the recycling center at the ashram The difference between seva and karma yoga What is soft plastic and how did it originate? Where plastic goes & the current problems we are facing in India and the world  The health concerns of using plastic  What we can actually do to make a difference "For Westerners, the most effective way to serve the waste (issue) is to stop generating it. Devote yourself as much a possible to bulk reuse items and be a part of this new revolution of consumers responsibly refusing pathetic packaging."

Liz Flock is a reporter for the PBS NewsHour and the author of The Heart is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai. Liz showed up in Mumbai at the age of 21, with no friends, no job, and $100 in her pocket. The story follows three couples in Mumbai where globalization and a growing middle class are budding up against traditions of caste and religion, pitting a newfound sense of agency for many Indian women against a longstanding patriarchal system. These couples as they navigate issues such as mental health, infidelity, divorce, and even the proliferation of pornography. For Westerners, it's an opportunity to contemplate our hyper-individualistic natures and the pursuit of happiness as a cingular goal. Liz and I have a broader discussion around love: Is a couple's natural tendency a drift apart or a pull towards one another? Do we have a mismatch between our expectations and reality? And what lessons can we take from Liz's eight year study on marriage? + SHOWNOTES: http://rad.family/liz-flock + LOOKING FOR A COACH? Whether you need to get unstuck or are committed to self-exploration but don’t know how to begin, the Rad Family has got you covered. We’ve handpicked a group of talented coaches over at http://rad.family/coaching.

For Westerners there may be no more confusing religion than Hinduism. With its plethora of gods, lack of orthodoxy, and strange practices, Hinduism is an enigma.   This is another discussion about the basics of this religion claiming over a billion adherents in the world (primarily in India).  Find out what Hindus believe about the problem in the world and how their faith aims to resolve it. To jump right into Hinduism from one of the most popular original sources, try reading the Bhagavad Gita. Here also is an interesting book review of Why I Am a Hindu which highlights some of the challenges of understanding this religion.

R is for Red Light District   Hi everyone!  Welcome to the A to Z of Sex.  I'm Dr Lori Beth and I am your host.  We are working our way through the erotic alphabet one letter at a time.  Just a reminder this podcast deals with adult content, so if you don't have total privacy, you might want to put on your headphones. Today the letter is R and R is for Redlight District.   A red light district is part of (usually) an urban area where sex work is practiced.  This includes strip clubs, sex shops, prostitutes/escorts and sex shows/theatres.  The term comes from the red light that was usually used as a sign for a brothel.    Some red light districts like in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and in Reeperbahn, Germany are areas where legal and regulated prostitution can take place. Many of these districts were originally formed in an effort to confine prostitution to one part of the city and to make sure that there was some regulation of the prostitutes.   In Japan, and Akasen is a red light district though it is not legal.  The term literally means red line.   The Oxford dictionary has the term first appearing in print in 1894 in a newspaper from Sandusky, Ohio, USA.   It appears the term became more widely spread when used in Dodge City, Kansas to refer to a district that contained a number of houses of prostitution including the Red Light House Saloon.   Some red light districts are monitored by the authorities though not legal and regulated.  Usually authorities are monitoring for child trafficking.  Others are regulated like the Reeperbahn in Hamburg.  This is a mile long area and is world-famous.  There are quite a few places in Thailand that are unofficial red light districts and are monitored.   In the 1950's, the Soho area of London was a well known red light district. Working girls were everywhere in the area.  The area has changed drastically though you still find sex shops, peep shows, and clubs in the area.  The area is now known for it's excellent restaurants, theatres and music venues.   The city of Leeds in the UK now has a red light district where prostitutes are legally allowed to ply their trade.  This was created in the hopes that crime would decrease. There was a 12 month pilot that legalised prostitution in this ares which was made permanent following the murder of a 21 year old prostitute.  Though crime has not disappeared in this area, sex workers are now reporting 60% more crimes to the police and prosecutions are following.   The West Yorkshire police, the Leeds City Council and a variety of support agencies are all behind keeping this area in place and working to make sure that the (mostly) women who are working here are protected.    For Westerners, the most famous red light district is located in Amsterdam in a section called, Der Wallen.  It is said that the district existed in 1200 when Amsterdam was more of a village than a city.    The area is called Der Wallen by the Dutch because it was once completely enclosed in earthen walls.    The area developed in part because of all the trade that was brought into the harbour.  In 1758, Casanova visited the district and there were many tales of his exploits.  In 1905, the prostitutes wore long dresses and sat in front of the houses waiting for customers.  They were known then as Street Daisies.   It was in the 1930's that the famous windows appeared.  This took the place of standing in doorways trying to get customers to enter (which was not legal).  They were allowed to sit in the window with the curtains opened only a little – teasing and exciting the curious to enter.  In the 1960's there were more houses of prostitution.    In 2000, prostitution and brothels were made legal.  But there was a point in the mid-2000's that window prostitution (where the brothel was just one room) was made illegal to discourage trafficking.    In March 2007, there was an open day where for the first time male sex workers stood in the...