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reviewed by July AMCHAM-Shanghia INSIGHT magazine, July 19, 2007
This review is from: How To Live & Do Business In China (Paperback)
This book review is from INSIGHT magazine, a monthly publication of the AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in Shanghai, China. This can be authenticated by checking my file on Google. The first part is writen by Caleb March, the book editor of the magazine and the second part is written by Robert Benedetti, an AMCHAM member
(July, 2007, Shanghai,China) How to Live and Do Business in China provides just what the title suggests: a personal account of Chinese business and social interactions that taught author Ernie Tadla that "the right way for humanity is to balance, to integrate the best of [Western and Eastern thought]." Tadla recounts how he applied this maxim to the Chinese style of building business relationships slowly and focused on long-term goals rather than immediate solutions. The book begins with anecdotal chapters on living in China, which lead up to the second part: the eight business lessons Tadla "learned from the Communists," including opening the mind and changing paradigms, preserving face, understanding guanxi and Chinese communication. These lessons proved to be valuable in his work with PPI, an American-owned marketing communications company. The book is peppered with dozens of insightful stories, as well as dos and don'ts case studies, including Microsoft and Wal-Mart. Tadla writes in an easy-to-read style, with many lists, bullet points and quotable take-aways.
EXPERT VIEW"Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised, but while reading Ernie Tadla's pint-sized book: How To Live & Do Business in China, I was finding his observations and perspectives about China to be strikingly relevant to my own experience moving to Shanghai more than a year ago."The author's perspective, lessons and case studies are based on his collective seven-year experience in China after leaving his Canadian homeland with his wife. From his anecdotes about getting sick soon after his arrival in China, Shanghai's `supercharged work atmosphere,' the value of participation in AmCham Shanghai, to crossing busy Shanghai streets, `face' and `guanxi,' Tadla's observations, perspectives and reporting are refreshingly accurate. "In stark contrast to everyday life in Shanghai, Tadla's story-telling style is as soothing as a cup of steaming oolong tea. The personal vignettes contained in his 150-page book will prove to be valuable reading to all China newbies, while also providing familiar and perhaps therapeutic reading for those of us already so familiar with this maddening and intoxicating country. China veterans may find the reading entertaining and reflective."-
Robert Benedetti, business development manager, Shanghai SIP Engineering Consulting
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This great little book tells you a lot more than you think., June 9, 2007
This review is from: How To Live & Do Business In China (Paperback)
I have just read Ernie Tadla's book " How to live and do business in China" I started to read the book out of curiosity and discovered that it said things to me that I hadn't expected. I have recently come over to Canada to live and work, and am setting up a new business venture. So to me it says "How to live and do business in Canada!"
I found amazing parallels with Ernie's journey and my own.
It told me things that I had forgotten I knew, things I didn't know that I knew and a lot of things that I really didn't know at all but should. By this I don't just mean facts, I mean how to go with the flow, how not to get frustrated and down when things don't go the way you hoped for and how everything will come with time. Enjoy the present.
I personally think it is a really great little book, it's light and easy to read and there is a lot of stuff in there that anyone who wants to can use to help them in business and in life.
To put it simply, read this book, you will get from it exactly what you are prepared to get from it.
And read it more than once, I have!
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Excellent Writer, July 19, 2007
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Interesting from first page to last. Writer obviously is a good study of human nature. Worth reading - just for the entertainment. A must if you are planning on doing business there. Understanding the culture and how things are done is critical if you are to succeed. This book takes you through that for China.
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