For all their cultural self-assertion, the French drink plenty of Coca-Cola and eat a lot of Big Macs.
The Renaissance and the Reformation boosted mankind's intellectual and cultural self-confidence.
They have a large middle class, a measure of cultural unity and self-awareness, a strong and sophisticated voice in politics, and numerous role models of excellence.
Zappos turned itself into the standard bearer for cultural fit and individual self-expression as critical elements of healthy workplaces.
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a major photographer, a pioneering gallery owner, a generous collector, a self-appointed cultural commissar and a compulsive polemicist.
Topics such as conflict resolution, self-awareness, effective communication, and cross-cultural understanding are vitally important for interpersonal effectiveness and self-actualization.
The mission of ANA is to promote the goal of self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for Native Americans by providing social and economic development opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance to eligible Tribes and Native American communities, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders organizations.
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And Europe's sense of distance, he believes, is not just a matter of economic self-confidence but of cultural snobbery.
But is there more to it than governmental self-interest and a cultural credo?
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Mexicans of indigenous descent face cultural barriers too, some of them self-imposed.
It is rapidly becoming a cultural "meme" - a self-reproducing symbol.
This study was commissioned in the framework of the programme "Capacity-building for cultural enterprises in developing countries", which aims to strengthen emerging cultural enterprises in developing countries and render them self-sustainable.
The curriculum is designed to be of dual nature, containing both socio-educational aspects as well as literacy work which work together to expand the cultural horizon of the participants and raise their self-esteem.
But the larger point, as Engel puts it, is the "sloppy loss of our own distinctive phraseology through sheer idleness, lack of self-awareness and our attitude of cultural cringe".
On the other, education exacerbated his self-consciousness about class, not least his self-confessed obsession with his own cultural proficiency compared to that of his peers, many of whom were solidly middle class.
In this context, she recalled that Iraq made voluntary contributions to UNESCO amounting to over USD 4 million in the first six months of 2012 alone, notably through self-benefiting projects in the field of cultural heritage preservation, and emphasized that such cooperation would be expanded to the fields of education and sciences.
Combining theatre, music, historical reconstructions, and traditional oral and written tales, the Ramman is a multiform cultural event that reflects the environmental, spiritual and cultural concept of the community, recounting its founding myths and strengthening its sense of self-worth.
Obama and others are touting such efforts as signs that the country can bridge one of its deepest cultural divides: The split between mostly rural Americans who cherish guns for hunting and self-defense and urban citizens who equate them with gang violence, drive-by shootings and young lives lost.
The results have been terrific: a world-class integrated data platform, expanded consumer and customer databases, online, self-service systems, strengthened product fulfillment, new ways of onboarding customers more quickly, and cultural acceptance of a shared services model leading to 13 consecutive quarters of double-digit million dollar annual operating margins.
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