other cultures place on building a personal relationship that goes beyond the normal business relations in this county. Learn how to negotiate, American business professional must learn how to conduct proper negotiations in other countries, not every one rushes to the table to hammer out an agreement. Also as we’ve read other countries use tactics such as long pauses or touching during negotiations that seem strange to us but are perfectly normal for them. An important yet forgotten point is to have Fun, Roxborough recommends taking advantage of the situation and see all the country has to offer. I personally have an interest in learning about other cultures, in learning about their customs and history mainly. In my sub-culture I have learned to mix my American culture with my Spanish heritage, by observing customs, holidays and rituals from both. I believe that I could adapt well to another culture, more so than others, for instance I feel I could adapt easily to European or Latin American cultures, but I would have difficulty adjusting to Asian or Japanese cultures. The skills that I have that would benefit me abroad would be my ability to learn languages, my own experience’s of cultural diversification within my own family and an open mind to except things that may not seem normal to me. The biggest hurdle I would have to overcome is leaving Las Vegas and the United States. I’ve traveled all over this country on many road trips and I really like where I live. I also have my entire family in Las Vegas and we have a very close relationship, I’m not sure how well my mother would take to the idea of seeing once every few months. Now my fianc would have no problems adjusting to life abroad, her father was in the Air Force, so she been to a few places. Her most memorable is the time she spent in Japan, she lived there for four years, and her high school career was spent there. She did eventually learn t...
