Taking Time Out For Your Business

Written by Wendy Y. Bailey - Personal/Business Coach


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Consider taking time off on a weekday. Who said you can only have fun onrepparttar weekends? Take time off inrepparttar 104134 middle ofrepparttar 104135 week or even atrepparttar 104136 beginning! You’ll be surprised at how imaginative you’ll become while creating your fun time.

Identify unconventional ways to take time off. Time off may mean snuggling onrepparttar 104137 couch in your favorite bathrobe. It may also mean turningrepparttar 104138 ringer onrepparttar 104139 phone off, turningrepparttar 104140 TV and radio off or going to a park to feedrepparttar 104141 ducks. Your assignment (should you choose to accept it) is to get away from your business – whatever that means for you. Most entrepreneurs are in business because it offers freedom and flexibility so learn to capitalize on it!

Acknowledge yourself weekly for your accomplishments. What you do is hard work so pat yourself onrepparttar 104142 back for it! Select rewards that nurture and care for you like a facial, manicure, massage or other spa treatment. Treat yourself to a movie or read a good book. The more you acknowledge your progress,repparttar 104143 more you’ll enjoyrepparttar 104144 journey!

Reward yourself for completed projects. You deserve a reward for completingrepparttar 104145 big projects in your business. Accordingly, letrepparttar 104146 reward matchrepparttar 104147 milestone you reach when you complete a project. Plan a day trip, weekend getaway, or seven-day cruise. Whatever you enjoy, these are moments to treasure. Establish your reward atrepparttar 104148 beginning ofrepparttar 104149 project so you’ll have an incentive to motivate to move you forward.

These are a few simple ideas to help you practice taking time off from your business. Remember, whether you’re just starting, squeezing a few moments out here and there or in full throttle, taking time off is good not only for you. It’s great for your business, too!

Wendy Y. Bailey is a Personal and Business Coach with Brilliance In Action, a professional coaching business that helps women entrepreneurs, business owners and business professionals blend their personal and business lives successfully.


Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness

Written by Neil Payne


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U.S. and British negotiators found themselves at a standstill whenrepparttar American company proposed that they "table" particular key points. Inrepparttar 104133 U.S. "Tabling a motion" means to not discuss it, whilerepparttar 104134 same phrase in Great Britain means to "bring it torepparttar 104135 table for discussion."

In addition to interpersonal cross cultural gaffes,repparttar 104136 translation of documents, brochures, advertisements and signs also offers us some comical cross cultural blunders:

Kellogg had to rename its Bran Buds cereal in Sweden when it discovered thatrepparttar 104137 name roughly translated to "burned farmer."

When Pepsico advertised Pepsi in Taiwan withrepparttar 104138 ad "Come Alive With Pepsi" they had no idea that it would be translated into Chinese as "Pepsi brings your ancestors back fromrepparttar 104139 dead."

American medical containers were distributed in Great Britain and caused quite a stir. The instructions to "Take off top and push in bottom," innocuous to Americans, had very strong sexual connotations torepparttar 104140 British.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translatedrepparttar 104141 name into "Schweppes Toilet Water."

In a Belgrade hotel elevator: To moverepparttar 104142 cabin, pushrepparttar 104143 button for wishing floor. Ifrepparttar 104144 cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

In a Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure isrepparttar 104145 job ofrepparttar 104146 chambermaid.

In a Bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.

In an East African newspaper: A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape sincerepparttar 104147 contractors have thrown inrepparttar 104148 bulk of their workers.

Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop--Drive sideways.

At a Budapest zoo: Please do not feedrepparttar 104149 animals. If you have any suitable food, give it torepparttar 104150 guard on duty.

In conclusion, poor cross cultural awareness has many consequences, some serious others comical. It is imperative that inrepparttar 104151 global economy cross cultural awareness is seen a necessary investment to avoid such blunders as we have seen above.

For more information on how Kwintessential can aid you in your cross cultural needs please visit http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/cross-cultural/cross-cultural-awareness.html

Neil Payne is Director of London based cross cultural communications consultancy, http://www.kwintessential.co.uk


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