As an educator with thousands of classes of practiced technique, I’ve run across a lot of different ways to approach the art of teaching. From all those early mornings, my opinion is clear – the best kind of teaching isn’t when the students are running through exercises from tattered teacher’s books – but when […]
Continue Reading →I’m not knocking higher learning or any single school out there. What I’m trying to do is bring the idea of learning down to its most basic principal so that we, as parents, can give our children the key to learning -and the key to their own futures. Let’s boil it down. Book […]
Continue Reading →One of my big things last year was to share the opportunity that our new San Diego – Japan connection brings to our tourism businesses. Here’s why I think this is so important… VisitCalifornia.com reports that, “Japan remains California’s third-largest overseas market with 590,000 visitors in 2012, with projections for 2013 up 3.3 percent. […]
Continue Reading →I wanted to interview you about the future of water in California. The population is going up. What do you think is going to happen with water issues coming up? 20 years ago I sat on a board that was studying California’s water situation, in particular, San Diego’s. And in the best case […]
Continue Reading →It seems that recently San Diego has taken some of the wind out of their sails. Of course, that’s some very good news for us. But for the Aloha State, this has already given them reason to worry. Don’t get me wrong, Hawaii is still the unchallenged leader with a reported 128,000 Japanese visitors in […]
Continue Reading →There is always a choice, but it must be made. With years of political dysfunction in Washington, it’s understandable that a lot of the online community has adopted a decent amount of cynicism for our political process as a whole. “Who cares – I’m tired of greedy politicians and their endless lies. […]
Continue Reading →Parenting is a mixed bag of budgets and levity. When we can plan ahead of time, we do. We also get caught without umbrellas and survive as well. At age 5, we decided to give our son’s forming mind the immersion exposure to become multilingual by enrolling him in a year-round public French immersion […]
Continue Reading →Shake, exchange business cards and bow: When, where and how It’s true. There have been reported cases of death due to severe head trauma from exceptionally forceful bowing in Japan. You’ll also want to watch out for it as you are walking through the station at night as groups of sauced up coworker will often […]
Continue Reading →Reid Carr, the President of Red Door Interactive (RDI) told me in a recent interview that,“Some companies set values that are a barrier for where they want to be.” Take the following, for example. In many companies, a hands-on managerial approach is highly valued. However,“If you’re a boss and you want to touch every project and be involved with […]
Continue Reading →My wife still rolls her eyes when I put soy sauce on my rice. Even though it tastes good, I’ve learned that it goes against the esthetic of Japanese food. Japanese people enjoy the presentation of a dish just as much as they enjoy its taste. So it’s very important whenever you visit a sushi […]
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