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Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting In Around the World is unavailable, but you can change that!

With the new realities of global interconnectedness comes a greater awareness of cultural diversity from place to place. Besides differences in food and fashion, we face significant contrasts of cultural orientation and patterns of thinking. As we travel across cultures, what should we expect? How do we deal with culture shock? And can we truly connect with those we meet? Experienced...

Acceptance is the ability to communicate value, regard, worth and respect to others. It is the ability to make people feel significant, honored and esteemed. Though acceptance appears to be a passive concept like tolerance—meaning to indulge the person, put up with or endure the person—acceptance is not passive, but proactive. It means to intentionally extend regard, honor and esteem to others. There are several reasons why acceptance deserves its own chapter in this book and why
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