Winter Wellness Travel Experiences Around the World

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The stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day has a way of compressing time, turning weeks into a blur of deadlines, obligations, and expectations. 

Yet this season doesn’t have to be defined by exhaustion. Winter, with its quieter rhythms and natural pull inward, can be the perfect moment to pause, reset, and intentionally invest in well-being.

That’s where winter wellness travel comes in.

Today in Global Small Business: Reset, Restart and Reopen Business

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Three ways to reset, restart and reopen your business to thrive in the long term.
• Critical lessons leaders need to merge from the COVID-19 crisis.
• Quote of the week: “Invest in where the world is going, not where it is." – Michael R. Milken, American financier and philanthropist
• Pay attention to the signals you’re sending about time when managing remote workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
• A global crisis like no other.
• A roadmap to stability:  resilience, recovery and renewal.

Peregruzka, er, Perezagruzka

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton experienced a global gaffe when she presented a gift to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that was intended to display the Russian word for "reset" -- having to do with Vice President Joe Biden's light-hearted comment that the U.S. wants to "reset" relations with Russian.

The gift read "peregruzka." Mrs. Clinton said, "We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?"

Lavrov answered, "You got it wrong." Peregruzka means "over-charged," he explained. "Reset" is "perezagruzka." Needless to say, the U.S. officials said they would correct the gift.

Now, my advice to all of you who are in the translation business? Contact the White House and get to work!

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