Navigating the Rise

This week we explored how to overcome multi-cultural communication barriers as well as multi-cultural identity crisis.  We explored different contexts across communication styles situations where cultural norms can affect perceptions negatively or positively.  One of the ways to address those is to have successful context switching when working with different cultural norms.   Those who worked abroad or those who speak multiple languages have indirectly developed context switching that can be deployed effectively once further cultivated.  That said, having a multi-cultural identity can be a blessing in disguise given the context switching needed at a young age.  

This week I have the opportunity to interview Yoshimi Nomura where we pivoted the conversation a bit away from typical Western born Asians to Asian who had to adapt to a new culture.  The cultural conflicts still exist, and we explore the conflicting values, how do we still maintain our cultural stance.  Yoshimi demonstrated a strong sense of proudness to her heritage that a lot of questions that bothered most immigrants or Asians born outside of Asia when it comes to attacking the Asian culture, Yoshimi can maintain a calm composure to stand her ground.  Even when things are taken out of context, she assumes people are just misinformed and that it is her opportunity to educate them about the culture.  This firmness is hard to find, and we explored further in how she developed the proudness of her upbringings in a foreign environment.

This week, we explored how Buddhism impacted the Asian culture, specifically the culture in Japan as a guide.  We examined how the fundamentals of Buddhism such as being happy and the law of cause and effect impacted the actions of those indigenous Japanese.

This week G. Wu interviewed Calvin Shen, Director of Software, and explored the implications of cultural differences in Asia and Western countries and how they play a difference in how businesses are conducted.

This week, G. Wu interviewed Licensed Psychologist, Michi Fu about her experience in working with patients related to suicidal thoughts and how to overcome those negative thoughts. We explored what environments and conditions help to overcome and rise above those negative thoughts. We examined how having a secure network of friends and communication channels mitigate the negative influences. Additionally, we also explored how many myths were surrounding the topic of suicidal thoughts, and we should classify them in a way that can help dispel myths and provide positive outlooks. One significant unexpected finding that brought light was that Asian Americans don't have the highest suicidal rate. Either Asians do not have the pressure we imagined or perhaps we were conditioned to weather these emotional up and downs from our upbringings.

This week, G. Wu interviews Asian-focused Dating Coach, Jeremy Jong, about our Asian culture and how it affects our dating life in life, especially in cultures where direct and assertive culture dominates the indirect Asian culture.  We explored how mental triggers affect our successes.

This week, G. Wu interviews Global Head, Waze for Broadcasters at Google, Mona Weng about her experience in overcoming triple negative as a young Asian female.  We explored various avenues to deal with that problem and how to leverage these disadvantages 

This week, G. Wu interviews International Students Coach, Immigrant CEO Show Host, and Successful Immigrant Founder, Li Lin, about how the merits and demerits of comparing yourself to others.  

This week, G. Wu interviews International Students Coach, Immigrant CEO Show Host, and Successful Immigrant Founder, Li Lin, about how the merits and demerits of comparing yourself to others.