Comments on: Getting Acquainted With Your Cultural Baggage http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/ Cross-cultural and social media skills for international business Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cindy http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-16338 Cindy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:07:59 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=11753#comment-16338 Thanks for sharing Painted Lady. What I find unsettling is to then think about your own personal baggage. Once you can recognize the baggage in others and see the barriers this creates for effective communication, it's much easier to question your own baggage. And when you realize that the other person does not see the baggage he's bringing to the conversation, it sort of makes you wonder if you can see all of yours. Scary in a way. Thanks for sharing Painted Lady. What I find unsettling is to then think about your own personal baggage. Once you can recognize the baggage in others and see the barriers this creates for effective communication, it’s much easier to question your own baggage. And when you realize that the other person does not see the baggage he’s bringing to the conversation, it sort of makes you wonder if you can see all of yours. Scary in a way.

]]> By: Cindy http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-16336 Cindy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:03:47 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=11753#comment-16336 Thanks for your comments Niall. Growing up in the Bahamas I know understand how different things are living and working in an environment where everyone knows everyone else. In addition, it often seemed as if everyone was related to everyone else. And it's true this does impact how you do business. Thanks for your comments Niall. Growing up in the Bahamas I know understand how different things are living and working in an environment where everyone knows everyone else. In addition, it often seemed as if everyone was related to everyone else. And it’s true this does impact how you do business.

]]> By: Niall Devitt http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-16318 Niall Devitt Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:09:12 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=11753#comment-16318 Cindy, an extremely thought provoking post. When communicating internationally, I think that you have got to be more concious to explain the circumstances behind why/what you are saying/doing . You can't assume that the other person understands the landscape or indeed the politics of your local environment. Ireland for instance is a place where everyone knows everyone else, it's a very local biz environment that comes with its associated good and bad points :) .-= Niall Devitt´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggertone/~3/cOwS_Uxdxe0/">What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef?</a> =-. Cindy, an extremely thought provoking post. When communicating internationally, I think that you have got to be more concious to explain the circumstances behind why/what you are saying/doing . You can’t assume that the other person understands the landscape or indeed the politics of your local environment. Ireland for instance is a place where everyone knows everyone else, it’s a very local biz environment that comes with its associated good and bad points :)
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]]> By: Painted Lady http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-16315 Painted Lady Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:50:37 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=11753#comment-16315 Very good read. We had the pleasure Thanksgiving and Christmas to exposure to my granddaughter's college room mate who is from China. She was such a delight in that she wanted to learn and experience our holidays. We, of course, asked her many questions about her homeland, family, and culture. This experience was much different from the one a few years ago with the foreign exchange student that lived with my daughter's family. She definitely had a lot of 'baggage.' She wanted everything like it was in her home country and was not interested at all in our customs or traditions. Made us all wonder why she even bothered to come to this country. Thanks for sharing this important message to value and learn from others. Our creator made us all different. In gratitude, Annette Very good read. We had the pleasure Thanksgiving and Christmas to exposure to my granddaughter’s college room mate who is from China. She was such a delight in that she wanted to learn and experience our holidays. We, of course, asked her many questions about her homeland, family, and culture.

This experience was much different from the one a few years ago with the foreign exchange student that lived with my daughter’s family. She definitely had a lot of ‘baggage.’ She wanted everything like it was in her home country and was not interested at all in our customs or traditions. Made us all wonder why she even bothered to come to this country.

Thanks for sharing this important message to value and learn from others. Our creator made us all different.

In gratitude,
Annette

]]> By: BizSugar.com http://cindyking.biz/getting-acquainted-with-your-cultural-baggage/comment-page-1/#comment-16255 BizSugar.com Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:09:00 +0000 http://cindyking.biz/?p=11753#comment-16255 <strong>Getting Acquainted With Your Cultural Baggage...</strong> Knowledge of the cultural baggage you carry around with you helps you to improve the cross-cultural communication skills you need for international business. Your international business success depends on how well you know yourself.... Getting Acquainted With Your Cultural Baggage…

Knowledge of the cultural baggage you carry around with you helps you to improve the cross-cultural communication skills you need for international business. Your international business success depends on how well you know yourself….

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