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- Title: Perception Vs Reality In Culture
- Author : Marlene Louis Blyden
- Release Date : January 25, 2012
- Genre: Self-Improvement,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 265 KB
Description
One of my main goals in this book: to help you to take a few moments and see
yourself through someone elses eyes. You may think to yourself, Why should
I care about others perceptions of me? On the fl ip side, I ask, Why should
they care about your perceptions of them? You see, in a civilized society, our
attitudes and behaviors affect each other. The old saying is still true, no one is
an island. I also want you to see yourself not only as your own person, but as
an individual from a particular cultural background.
As a result, you will discover indeed your culture is jam-packed with pros and cons,
and contradictions, just like the other persons. Perception is not always the same
as reality. It is OK to hang on to the positive, and let go of the negative aspects of
your upbringing or background. Likewise, when you fi nd yourself in a new country
you do not have to adopt all attitudes and behaviors you see practiced there.
In this book, I highlight some of the main observations that I have made
after traveling and living in different parts of the world, as a participant and
observer. I use satire (not so much sarcasm), and some levity to help paint
a clearer picture of my experiences and observations of specifi c aspects of
human nature and behavior, specifi cally in the Dominican, and American cultures.
Isnt it a great feeling when you are able laugh and learn, simultaneously?
Sometimes a good, old belly-laugh (even at yourself) is exactly what the doctor
ordered to get you out of a depressing or lackluster mood.
~ Marlene Louis Blyden~