4 Facts You Need to Know About Western Value: “Control” and Thai Value: Tolerance or “Mai Pen Rai”

by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia

Here’s How Your Western Value “Control” Differs from Thai Value: “Tolerance” When you’re in Bangkok – or anywhere else in Thailand for that matter – you’ll notice little shrines to the Buddha on virtually every street corner. You’ll see...

This Is Why Two Cultures Communicate So Differently -“Content vs. Context”

by Nathamon Madison | Mar 12, 2018 | Date In Asia

How Western and Thai Culture Communicate so Differently–“Content vs. Context” Meet Mark… Mark, an executive in his mid-40s, began dating again two years after a brutal divorce. He tried the club scene in his native Atlanta, but found the women there...

Learn About Dealing with Uncertainty: Control or Tolerance Between Cultures

by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia

See How Different Cultures Deal with Uncertainty: Control or Tolerance Meet Kurt, a “Typical” German Engineer Born, raised, and educated in Germany, Kurt is cheerful, polite, efficient and precise. Growing up traveling on the enviable railway system in his native...

Understanding “Achievement” vs. “Nurturance” With Your Thai Lady

by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia

Here’s How You Should Understand About the “Achievement” vs. “Nurturance” With Your Thai Lady In Your Western, More “Masculine” Culture… In Her Thai, More “Feminine” Culture… In Western cultures, the purpose of life is to work In the Thai...

What No One Tells You About The Thai Value: Nurturance (Femininity)

by Nathamon Madison | Mar 9, 2018 | Date In Asia

Things You Still Need to Know About Thai Value: Nurturance (Femininity) In feminine cultures all over the world, children learn to admire and experience sympathy for the “underdog” or the anti- hero. (The popular “Shrek” movies come to mind). In her Thai culture,...