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Old 08-29-2016, 12:48 PM   #332
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Default Re: The Asian mind and the Western mind

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Originally Posted by Terry View Post
The other side of the coin, if you're not loyal, you can't be counted on to be trusted. Always seems in the LC culture loyalty and trust is more weighty than love (which as I've touched on this forum is merely conditional.)
On another thread I mentioned the testimony of a Brasil co-worker who dared question the finances of the Estancia Arvore da Vida (evidently, Dong's son ran the place). The moment he publicly raised the issue of their accounting practices, and their lack of transparency, and the perceptions that such arrangements engendered, then he was "out". And with this cultural mindset when you're out that's it - doesn't matter your position, your sacrifices, anything. The big wheel turns and you're ground to dust. Do not, under any circumstances, examine the Oracle. If you do, then you can't be trusted and you're effectively through.
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