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Japan and India; Personal Branding Across Two Cultures 'Japan and India' is a column on Personal Branding with two different angles from Peter Sterlacci of Japan  and Dr Amit Nagpal from India on the same topic.   November #1 Using Facebook for Professional Purposes Peter Sterlacci from Japan While Facebook was launched in Japan in 2008, it was not until the release of the movie “The Social Network” in early 2011 that the Japanese were more willing to try it out. Since then Japan has more than tripled its Facebook user base to around 5 million users, and the rate of growth continues to grow. The launch of a Japanese language "how to" site this past summer called Facebook Navi has also helped to persuade more Japanese to sign up. Yet, even with a potential of about 50 million active online users in the country, penetration in the online population is still low at around 5%. Why are Japanese more cautious about jumping...

Here is an interaction I had with a student of mine on Facebook and it made me realize mentoring can happen on Facebook too. Student :-Being alone for sometime makes you realize your actual self.... Its a nice feeling!!! Me:- Introspection once in a while is good as long as u don’t do paralysis of analysis. Life is like a modern painting. If you try to understand it you can’t appreciate it Student:- now this is something which i really appreciate about you...you can just make any statement look positive :) Student... :( :) :( :) :( :) ------- kabhi khushi kabhi gam... ;) (sometimes happiness, sometimes sadness) Me:-shuruat gham se kyon, khushi se kyon nahin (why begin with sadness, why not with happiness) I see a little girl in your face .......suppressed by a woman in your mind. Student:-u caught me again red handed..... :) Student:-at the end it's all about facts & figures...be it anything...relationship, business, self-assessment...anything!!! Me:- seems tru...