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]]> By: Cindy http://cindyking.biz/clarity-challenge-to-improve-your-cross-cultural-skills-make-more-international-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-9247 Cindy Sat, 23 May 2009 10:05:02 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7330#comment-9247 Hello Ching Ya, Great to hear from you! Yes, you can really go deep when you start thinking about clarity. And you do need to go fairly deep to become masterful in cross-cultural communication. And it's crazy how many assumptions we all make. I think it's also interesting how we "tune in" when listening to people close to us - I guess that's part of the reasoning behind the phrase "on the same wavelength". Unfortunately we often only think about these things after we've experienced a major communication breakdown or blow up. Hello Ching Ya,

Great to hear from you!

Yes, you can really go deep when you start thinking about clarity. And you do need to go fairly deep to become masterful in cross-cultural communication. And it’s crazy how many assumptions we all make. I think it’s also interesting how we “tune in” when listening to people close to us – I guess that’s part of the reasoning behind the phrase “on the same wavelength”. Unfortunately we often only think about these things after we’ve experienced a major communication breakdown or blow up.

]]> By: Ching Ya http://cindyking.biz/clarity-challenge-to-improve-your-cross-cultural-skills-make-more-international-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-9195 Ching Ya Fri, 22 May 2009 16:38:22 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=7330#comment-9195 Hi Cindy, Your post reminds me of the training period I had in Japan in earlier days. Clarity is very important due to different cultural practices and language barrier experienced. Even if it means you need to listen and repeat several times to get the message correctly, do so, it's better to be right rather than create misunderstandings. Come to think of it, even in our daily lives we tend to 'assume' sometimes rather than asking for 'clarity', isn't it? Something to ponder. @wchingya Social Media/Blogging <abbr><em>Ching Yas last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wchingya/~3/CYVU-d7IfZ8/how-to-track-your-retweets-in-twitter.html">How To Track Your Retweets In Twitter (pt2): 6 URL Shorteners with Stats Tracking!</a></abbr></em> Hi Cindy,
Your post reminds me of the training period I had in Japan in earlier days. Clarity is very important due to different cultural practices and language barrier experienced. Even if it means you need to listen and repeat several times to get the message correctly, do so, it’s better to be right rather than create misunderstandings.

Come to think of it, even in our daily lives we tend to ‘assume’ sometimes rather than asking for ‘clarity’, isn’t it? Something to ponder.

@wchingya
Social Media/Blogging

Ching Yas last blog post..How To Track Your Retweets In Twitter (pt2): 6 URL Shorteners with Stats Tracking!

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