Don't Come Back! A True Love Story. Quotes

“Certainly expatriate Japanese businessmen are never actually mentally in the country to which they are posted. They sit late in the office, taking into account the time differences, so that they can be on hand if the boss rings from Tokyo expecting to find them at the desk, literally day or night.”
― Rob Elliott, Don't Come Back! A True Love Story.

“The most powerful opportunity that it presents is the chance to delay when the need to make a quick decision may present difficulties. In my own business experience I have come to really understand the Japanese habit of delay, delay, delay, which so infuriates Western businessmen and diplomats.”
― Rob Elliott, Don't Come Back! A True Love Story.