Perception and Deception: A Mind-Opening Journey Across Cultures
Joe Lurie, "Perception and Deception: A Mind-Opening Journey Across Cultures"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1512113263 | 180 pages | EPUB | 1.6 MB
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1512113263 | 180 pages | EPUB | 1.6 MB
"Perception and Deception" is an engaging and insightful introduction to cross-cultural communication in a globalized world. Joe's infectious curiosity in uncovering and understanding cultural differences will help readers, no matter their profession, age or cultural background, gain a fuller appreciation for the richness of human diversity, and the multiple things that can go wrong when trying to communicate across cultures. "Perception and Deception: A Mind Opening Journey Across Cultures," is an entertaining, eye-opening and easy-to-read book that contains dozens of intriguing intercultural experiences, gathered from Joe's research and his decades living abroad and managing Berkeley's International House, one of the largest, most diverse living centers on the planet. In an informative and enticing manner, the author explains how he discovered that his perception of a situation could be "deceptive" when he looked at it simply through his own Lens. Joe's growing self-awareness of the