Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge – Expand Your Mindset
The last Cross Cultural Communication Challenge Tip this month gets us to focus our attention on ourselves. Effective cross-cultural communication is just as much about our own personal development as it is about contact with other cultures.
- One of the biggest barriers to good cultural skills is our own negative gut reactions to things we are not used to.
We leave this monthly challenge on mindset with one of the most fundamental cross-cultural skills. This is not always easy to work through. Many people have different interpretations for “tolerance”. There are different categories of intolerance.
Do you find it “normal” to be intolerant of people who wear blue or people with blond hair? Of course, this is not “normal”. You might have personal preferences, but your personal preferences do not make you intolerant of others.
The more you get to know other cultures, the more you become tolerant of the differences that separate you.
Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip #31
Your challenge to improve you cross-cultural mindset:
- Read your daily tips every day during the challenge
- Think about what this means to you
- Reflect on how this could help you get more international clients
Suggested Reading:
- How Translation Ruins The International Sale
- Beyond Cultural Generalizations
- Prejudice – A Cross-Cultural Business Barrier
Get All Cross-Cultural Communication Tips:
- Read more about all of the 2009 Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 1 – Expand Your Mindset
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 2 – Get Extreme With Clarity
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 3 – Build Trust
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