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Cultural Traditions – Locals Tell You What You Absolutely Must Not Do In Their Home Countries

Cultural Traditions – Locals Tell You What You Absolutely Must Not Do In Their Home Countries

by Recommendation of Heather Chetwynd | Sep 3, 2014 | Culture and Values

Cultural Traditions This post about cultural traditions are lots of fun and informative (although I can’t guarantee what it says.) 49 Locals Tell You What You Absolutely Must Not Do In Their Home Countries 1.    Denmark: Do not stand on or walk on...

Eye Patterns Show us if we are Remembering or Imagining

by Recommendation of Heather Chetwynd | Sep 2, 2014 | Business Communications

Your eye patterns – where your eyes move when you are remembering or imagining something – indicate what is happening in your mind. This information is used, for example, when someone wants to know if you are lying (such as in LIE TO ME – the TV...
Thinking & Appearance

Thinking & Appearance

by Recommendation of Heather Chetwynd | Aug 31, 2014 | Culture and Values

Who would have ever thought that your predominant way of  thinking and your appearance – in particular your face – could be so related. I find this interesting since facial expressions are influenced to a large degree by cultural conditioning. For example,...
Adapt to a New Culture – but what happens when you aren’t sure?

Adapt to a New Culture – but what happens when you aren’t sure?

by Recommendation of Heather Chetwynd | Aug 13, 2014 | Culture and Values

This article from the Harvard Business Review discusses the difficulties faced by many immigrants when adapting to a new culture.  He introduces the concept of “over-switching” – going to far from your normal behaviour when attempting to behave in a...
How facial features drive our first impressions

How facial features drive our first impressions

by Recommendation of Heather Chetwynd | Aug 12, 2014 | Culture and Values

First impressions are largely influenced by our faces By Jonathan Webb, Science reporter, BBC News   Approachable? Intelligent? People’s responses to 1,000 photographs were used to build the model. Whether it’s a curled lip or a keen cheekbone, we all make...
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