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Packed with dozens of engaging stories, case examples and humorous contemporary cartoons, Cultural Intelligence is the perfect antidote for overcoming cross-cultural differences, improving workplace communication, building solid business relationships and adding to your organization's bottom line. Using a set of twenty business-oriented dimensions, Dr. Peterson helps you examine your own cultural style and determine that of others in six vital areas: management, strategy, planning, personnel, communication and reasoning. The crowning piece is a powerful set of Peterson key action steps for increasing your own cultural intelligence. Brooks Peterson founded Across Cultures, Inc. in 1997 and is an experienced cross-cultural trainer and consultant. American Express, Intel, Volvo, Microsoft and others have used his Peterson Cultural Style Indicator™.
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Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures.......2006-11-10
Timely delivery and in perfect condition.
Too broad a topic..........2006-08-01
The discussion was so broad that it was almost irrelevant. It is not Peterson's fault though. Any discussion about every culture in the world is necessarily broad, but I think I would have gotten more out of the book if it focused on a specific area of the world.
Cultural Intelligence.......2005-03-13
Cultural issues are not a new topic, but this book is so well written that it quickly becomes an interesting read and valuable learning tool for almost all of us, because of the world we live in, now and in the future. The author begins by explaining the importance of cultural intelligence for many of our business and personal interactions (with people from other ethnic groups at home and around the world), then listing what to expect (how the book is organized and why), and finally presenting a wealth of information about the topic (with vivid examples of how to apply it to our daily lives). Those examples are a clear indication that the author has accumulated his knowledge through wide reading, a variety of teaching contexts, and comprehensive practical experience in the field. The book identifies common cross-cultural dilemmas and offers practical solutions by outlining primary principles as a foundation for decision-making and describing how individual differences must be considered. The use of continuums throughout the book, and in the tool The Peterson Cultural Style Indicator, ensures that the reader understands and effectively uses the concept of Gray, versus Black and White, in human relationships. A good summary is the equation presented of Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge about Cultures + Awareness (of self and others) + Specific Skills (behaviors).
Insightful!.......2004-08-04
Imagine a guidebook that helps you navigate the uncharted lands of strange cultures or, at least, cultures that seem strange to you. Author Brooks Peterson is less concerned with social advice than he is with explaining how to manage broad cultural differences and avoid cultural egocentrism. While he soundly reviews measures of cultural differences, such as cultural scales, he avoids delving into complex, abstract theories with little practical application. His clearly written book treats all cultures objectively, covering broad tendencies without venturing into cultural generalities. He alerts you to the nuances of other cultures and your own. We strongly recommend this book to anyone who interacts with the values of other cultures on a regular basis - and, these days, that's just about everybody.
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The Between people study-activity guide
Michael E Roloff
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Breaking the Ice: A Guide to Understanding People from Other Cultures
Daisy Kabagarama
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Outstanding Soul Food.......2000-04-07
I never really felt the true meaning of culture until I read this book. Reading this book was simply food for my soul. The author explains in great depth how people from different backgrouond and foreign culture may react in social situations. This book brings the truth and reality of culture differences to the surface. It describes how and why culture differneces may affect the way humans interact with each other. While reading this book I felt myself becoming more knowledgable and understanding of who people are. This book proves that culture is simply a way of life. I would reccomend it to everyone.
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Educational Television: What Do People Want? (Communication Research and Broadcasting, No. 12)
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The results of the educational television conference held by the Internationales Zentralinstitut für das Jugend-und Bildungsfernsehen are presented in this book. These essays evaluate the uses and acceptance of educational television based on an examination of educational programs produced by European television stations that audiences thought "interesting" or "instructive." Analysis focuses on types of viewers and users, differences in learning styles, images of educational programs, and viewers expectations of television as a medium for education and learning.
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- Very strongly recommended for readers of all backgrounds especially in today's era of misinformation.
- Interesting prospective on today's news!
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Engaging News Media: A Practical Guide for People of Faith
Mark Kelley
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Engaging News Media is a book that explores the state of the news media and their audiences today, attempting to examine whether or not truth could be found, and if so, how people of faith and people in general might be more successful in extracting it.
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Very strongly recommended for readers of all backgrounds especially in today's era of misinformation........2006-12-05
Experienced news anchor, reporter, and documentary writer Mark Kelly presents Engaging News Media: A Practical Guide for People of Faith, a guide to evaluating and verifying truthfulness amid the political opinions, bias, and sometimes outright BS strewn across the many lanes of the modern information superhighway. Though written by a person of faith especially to help other Christians sort through news media, Engaging News Media is emphatically not biased toward the hardcore conservative Christian perspective - nor is it biased toward a hardcore liberal perspective. The strategies presented are ones used by (religious or secular!) journalists themselves, and invaluable to anyone trying to understand the truth, regardless of personal faith. One such technique is learning how to triangulate alternative media - rather than accepting any one alternative media's viewpoint as gospel, consult multiple alternative media known to lean toward different sides of the issue and compare their stories. Another is to pay close attention to the very first thing a news story emphasizes, in order to get a better feel for what, if any, bias the story has. Engaging News Media seriously contemplates the question "What is Truth?" in the literal sense more than the metaphysical sense, and is very strongly recommended for readers of all backgrounds especially in today's era of misinformation.
Interesting prospective on today's news!.......2006-10-10
...ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.--John 8:32
The author has a Ph.D in Mass Communications. Over the past twenty-five years he has worked as a news anchor, reporter and documentary writer and producer for numerous broadcast news organizations.
Kelly believes that communicating the truth to a mass audience is a daunting task, complicated by several factors. Many reporters state facts as truth, when in reality they are influencing the public's reactions due to simple hearsay. More often than not, everything we see, hear and read about in the news is not gospel.
Reporters are human with human foibles and their religious, political and psychological viewpoints often color their reports. At the same time, every person's reactions to the news is biased according to the same value system. In accepting or rejecting media reports, beliefs are critical in determining attitudes.
Kelly lists major American news organizations and their owners, categorizing them according to whether or not they are considered to be conservative, moderate, or liberal. He points out that the three major broadcasting networks, ABC, NBC and CBS are all considered to be moderate. This is due to their desire to produce news that will attract the most viewers. However, cable news networks such as CNN and MSNBC are more liberal, attempting to compete for the smaller cable news audience. As of 2005, FOX News, with a clearly conservative slant, has proven to be the most popular among viewers.
News critics blame reporters for neglecting important information that might skew the public's reactions to a particular news story, but they hold the owners of the broadcasting networks solely responsible for delivering the truth.
Kelly suggests that the public approach the media with a prayerful attitude, much the same as biblical scholars bring to the study of sacred texts.
I highly recommend this book for those who seek the truth and do not accept everything they see, hear, or read as factual until proven with certainty to be reality.
Armchair Interviews says: Interesting prospective on today's news.
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Everybody's Guide to People Watching
Aaron, Wolfgang
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Amazing Face Reading: An Illustrated Encyclopedia for Reading Faces
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People watching is as old as the human race. Beginning as a survival function - watching for signals of friend or foe - people watching now provides a wealth of information about the world around us and the creatures that inhabit it. Dr Wolfgang shows us how to sharpen our people watching skills and explores the degree to which culture influences what and how we see.
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money & time wasted.......2004-10-31
believe me: doesn't worth your money and time.
Any useful tips, any logical scheme, just teached me to look at people, anywhere, and - surprise surprise - we are different one each other ! In few words, I soon realized to have purchased a "Someone's Guide to Everybody Watching" !
I was so delighted that within Nov. 6 2004 I'm gifting that copy under simply email request for FREE - it's New - and I'll dispatch it worldwide if you'll pay postal expenses; after Nov. 6, then I'll throw it away in the bin.
fabio.friso@libero.it
This book underestimates your capacity........1999-09-20
Despite the title, this book does not have more than five or six paragraphs with actual instructions on people watching. It mostly talks about the usefulness of people watching and never gets to the point. The text is very brief and its intellectual level is below the average; the author assumes that the reader has less than mediocre emotional and verbal intelligence. I would be ashamed if someone found this book in my library, so I threw it away.
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Feel Free to Write: A Guide for Business and Professional People
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Tv's Image of the Elderly: A Practical Guide for Change
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James Davis
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Career Insights are designed to give you a special look inside the minds of the leading executives of the world, and assist you in getting an insider's view on what it takes to succeed in the workplace. This book is the best way for professionals or "soon to be professionals" to learn to think, analyze, and respond to situations they will confront in the workplace. The purpose of this book is not to devise the quickest way to land just any job. Rather, we try to guide you towards assuming the mindset of the industry's most elite and successful executives, so you can employ these skills at any level. The authors in this book know what it takes to succeed; now you'll know their secrets too. Use this information to get an edge, land the job of your dreams, and have a successful career.
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This book is about teens developing the skills they need to make wise financial decisions. Setting goals, getting a job, time management, budgeting, saving, credit management, and even how to apply for college scholarships are topics addressed in this book. The author, a recent college graduate, warns that poor money management can become an obstacle while good money management can be a propeller to reaching the life goals of young adults.
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This extraordinary collection of over two dozen business success stories reveals firsthand how personal financial freedom can be generated by applying the principles from the #1 New York Times bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad. Thousands of readers have gone on to greater wealth by applying the Rich Dad philosophy since the series debuted in 1997. Now, over two dozen people from diverse economic backgrounds reveal the successful strategies they used to get out of the 'rat race,' including couples in their twenties, people who've lost their jobs, retirees, and budding entrepreneurs. Some were living paycheck-to-paycheck before starting to buy small rental properties; others climbed out of bankruptcy by slowlyinvesting in small, local businesses; and a 13-year-old bought his first rental property after playing the Rich Dad board game, Cashflow 101. Now they share their stories to help others achieve their financial success.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad in real life.......2006-11-08
This book did a great job giving me actual examples from everyday people on how they started changing from an employee to an investor. It tells how people took the leap and started created cash flow in theie life from a different source than a job, whether it was a rental property, laundry mat or car wash, it was great to see what was possible. I highly recommend reading the entire Rich Dad series if you are interested in thinking like the rich.The education I have received is priceless.
To those giving negative commments about the Kiyosaki's Book.........2006-08-03
I've read some of the negative comments coming from those who purchased the Rich Dad books or audio cd's. I think many of them come from no real basis at all. To the one person who commented that it is hard to find a bank that will give you 95% LTV; many if not most banks are in fact doing that. I Got one from GMAC for a property I purchased last year. In fact I purchased several with 100% financing in the last couple years; so they are out there my friend if you look for them. For starters get into a good R.E investment club, and if they are worth they're weight they will point you in the right direction. They aren't expensive, at about 250 to 500/yr average (Don't fall for the scams that will take you for thousands of dollars..), and they generally do a good job of getting you real information you need to take the next step.
For the person who blasted the RD Success Stories, but then went on to say that after reading R.D.P.D he bought 110 properties; well, I guess Kiyosaki's book did help after all now didn't it....
Guys bottom line, Take the books or audio cds for what they are worth, for inspiration and motivation, but your going to have to really get out there and put the work into it which means becoming more "financially literate.." which will help ensure your financial R.E goals. R.D. is just the start. Follow up on other educational material that gives you more nuts and bolts of investing. And of course, I cannot stress this enough, if you not involved in a "GOOD" R.E. Investment Club, then get up and find one in your area and start going regularly. Thats your next starting point on your way to making good R.E. Investments...
Sorry for being longwinded but sometimes it takes detailed words to get the message across.
Good luck, God Bless
This book offers great lessons!.......2005-05-12
I've heard about a bunch of RICH DAD books by Robert T. Kiyosaki, but to date, had never read any of them . . . so when I saw the cassette version of RICH DAD'S SUCCESS
STORIES by Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, I started listening to it with some degree of interest.
Billed as "real life success stories from real life people who followed the rich dad lessons," I enjoyed hearing how a diverse range of folks took the lessons they learned and made
money from them . . . one key seems to be that if you made up your mind what to do, carry it out right away (just don't sit on it and do nothing).
It got me thinking that if you can replace salary with passive income, that's certainly one thing to consider--seriously . . . for example, borrow money to buy assets . . . in other words, take out a mortgage on a house you want to rent out and have somebody else, the renter, buy it back.
Another idea I loved: Take advice from rich people, not salespeople!
There were many other noteworthy tidbits; among them:
To keep watch on your investments, make sure you tour your properties every 3-4 months. Meet with the property managers. See what needs to be done, walk through all vacancies, review work that has to be done, and any other concerns involving the building.
Use a team of advisers to provide you with the information you need to make decisions and to act upon them.
Success equals 1 part knowledge or lessons learned, 1 part information or lessons learned by others and shared, and risk.
He's just trying to help..........2004-11-10
In spite of the negative comments, I would say this book is better
than other "Getting Rich" or "Great Personality" books.
About Kiyosaki himself, even if his stories are fake, I would say
he has proven himself as the greatest Salesman ever. I went to
one of his Seminar... there were hundreds of people showed up...
During that Seminar, he even said that at one time he went broke.
But the reason he got "Wealthy" not because of writing this book
but he met a friend that were in the Real Estate business and
his story started from there. Well, I would agree with him.
It's not WHAT you know but WHO you know...
Also he listed 4 factors that are important if you wanna get "Wealthy": One is Attitude, second is Financial Education (not PhD education), three is to have a business, and lastly is having a Friend that is more successful than you.
They guy is very inspiring indeed...
Some inspirational ideas, but dangerously misleading. .......2004-09-20
The very first chapter talks about folks starting to invest in real estate. Of course they bought all their investment properties using other peoples money (mortgages), which is fine. The only question for Mr. Kiyosaki: Which bank is giving a conventional mortgage for the investment property at 95 % LTV, meaning putting only 5% down? As far as I know 5% downpayment or less is available for PRIMARY residence ONLY. You can not have 2 primary residencies. The Bank can see in your credit report how many mortgages you have. When applying for the new mortgage bank requires to explain all other mortgages in the credit report. You definetely can not buy all 5 properties - with 5 % down. It is very inaccurate and misleading. Minimum downpayment for the investment property is 20%, not every bank will do it, a lot of them will ask for 25-30% downpayment for investment properties. Go to your local bank and check it out. So Mr. Kiyosaki is not telling the truth? Are those stories REAL? Seems like he is getting rich on writing very controversial books using the success of the first couple of them but not really investing in real estate.
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