China Myth Podcast
China Myth Podcast is a self-produced immersion experience of my journey through the fascinating and misunderstood dilemmas of Chinese business culture - a reaction, a behavior, even a suggestion - and asks whether I could have achieved a better outcome with a different attitude, mindset, and approach. Because sometimes, learning how to listen is a lost art of communication.
Episodes
186 episodes
MANDARIN STORYTIME 丹尼该怎么做 What Should Danny Do?
What Should Danny Do? is an innovative, interactive book that empowers kids with the understanding that their choices will shape their days, and ultimately their lives into what they will be.It is a #1 Best Seller on Amazon with almost ...
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What Do You Say To A Friend From China: A Day At The Zoo
What do you say to a friend from another culture when playing together? How can remembering what our parents say help us enjoy our activities more? When Jayden goes to the zoo with his best friend from China, they discover new shared experience...
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MANDARIN STORYTIME 小蓝卡车 Little Blue Truck
Little Blue Truck is a joyful cacophony of animal and truck sounds that will have youngsters beeping and quacking—and begging for one more go-round! Little Blue Truck is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship...
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Unusual Chinese Connections (a.k.a. Guanxi)
Has the nature of Guanxi changed in the post-COVID era of doing business in China?Thirteen years ago, my personal driver in Shanghai invited my wife and me to a lavish, relatively speaking, dinner party to celebrate my birthday with his ...
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MANDARIN STORYTIME 巨饿的小毛毛虫 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is an all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, it has sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds.But, how well does it translate into Mandarin Chinese?Watch, listen, and learn wit...
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MANDARIN STORYTIME: What Do You Do With A Problem?
Enjoy the second Mandarin Storytime video, where we continue to curate imagination-provoking stories and Mandarin Chinese translations for our cross-cultural kiddos.This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sur...
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MANDARIN STORYTIME: What Do You Do With An Idea?
Raising my 4-year-old son, Jayden, in Irvine, California, has inspired me to create the type of content I would like to share with him growing up in a multicultural environment with so many classmates from China.My goal is to curate and ...
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What do you say to a friend from China (audiobook)
#DiverseBooks #CulturalAwareness #LearnChinese #MulticulturalKids #ChineseCulturePurchase on AmazonA perfect "What do you say to ...
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Collective Historical Chinese Memory & Ramifications for China business today
Isn't the Art of War predicated on overcoming opponents psychologically?More important than China's five thousand years of continuous history is the collective memory and experiences of Chinese people today and how it affects their cultu...
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Thriving in China's NEW post-Covid Normal - The Challenges
How have the keys to success evolved in China's NEW post-Covid Normal?Regardless of your opinions about China, you are undoubtedly aware of our collective challenge to improve cross-cultural communication and work more collaboratively. P...
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Pragmatism and Psychology in the Chinese business arena
Pragmatic Psychology Explained!Which factors are most important for navigating China business today?I believe two ideas capture the essence of piloting your Guanxi engine toward the best possible outcomes in the Chinese business a...
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Guanxi Engine Explainer for the Chinese Business Arena
This is “The Chinese Business Arena” .. And today we’re going to discuss the fallacy of our collective myopia in the post-Covid-19 era for doing business in China. We’re going to review the REAL CULPRITS that cause communications br...
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China’s Collective Historical Perspective & WHY IT MATTERS!
History is woven from different narratives, perspectives, and interpretations, and there is a saying that "History is written by victors." Perhaps more poignantly, Hermann Göring, Churchill's enemy in World War II, is recorded as sa...
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The Emotional Journey of Chinese Employees
As a Western leader in China, should you be concerned that promoting someone invariably leads to others feeling apprehensive (焦虑 Jiāolǜ)?Managing Chinese employees is simple: tell them what to do.Leading Chinese employees is compl...
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Texas Hold’em Psychology for Playing the China Game
The term 'Chinese arena' describes any business scenario with participants from mainland China. This term is apt because it encapsulates the emotional and psychological stresses that dominate when values and ideologies clash. Accep...
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What is GOODWILL EXTRACTION in Chinese business culture?
Every interaction in China can either improve a relationship or trigger a cloak of deception called goodwill extraction. While this might sound dramatic, it simply contrasts the possible outcomes of every engagement you'll encounter doing busin...
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How does collectivism affect teamwork in Chinese culture (post-COVID)?
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What do you think about Chinese nationalism (post-COVID)?
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Do you think there is more diversity in China or the US (post-COVID)?
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Can you imagine relationships with Chinese business partners as being like a marriage (post-COVID)?
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Are you aware of any collective myopia regarding China (post-COVID)?
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Do you ever consider how your Chinese counterparts perceive you (post-COVID)?
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Do you perceive China today as an economic opportunity or competitive threat (post-COVID)
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