中國第一章
由Ernie ・ Tadla
什麼發生在我身上，當我寫着這本書時。
「Oh，東部東部，并且西部西部，
并且吐溫不会見面，
地球和天空目前站立在
上帝的巨大審判席;
但不東部和西部，
邊界、亦不養殖，亦不誕生，
當二個大力士面對面站立，
雖然他們來自地球的末端!」
Rudyard Kipling 1889年
當我去中國，我有所有事一個消極，自以為是的看法漢語。 它是共產主義，不信神的專政。 我們，另一方面，是一個資本主義，民主，基督徒社會。
如此在七年以後，失望，一些嚴肅的內在交談跟隨的痛苦，我改變了我的範例并且允許自己發現許多正面事關於中國方式。
我回到了加拿大并且寫了這本書從我的新，新的中國透視。 我的編輯，羅斯Freake，帶給我的關注我現在打擊西部方式，因為我及早打擊了中國方式。 我感染斯德哥爾摩綜合症狀。 您現在讀一個完全修正與在態度和範例上的一個變化，但不回到什麼它以前是; 沒有獲取由於。
通過同時性，我接受了主要突然顯現。
它是完全腦子綜合化的概念。
以下二個腦子半球之間的區別。
| 左半球 | 右半球 |
| 用途邏輯或原因 | 用途直覺或情感 |
| 在詞認為 | 在圖片和故事認為 |
| 成交在零件或具體 | 成交在wholes或關係 |
| 將分析或分開 | 將綜合或彙集 |
| 連續地認為 | 認為holistically |
| 是時間區域 | 是時間自由 |
| is extroverted | is introverted |
| is characterized as male | is characterized as female |
| identifies with the individual | identifies with the group |
| is ordered/controlled | is spontaneous/free |
While our Western society and our education system emphasizes the left brain approach, it is important to learn how to create balance and peace with both sides of the brain.
analysis and synthesis
reasoning and intuition
extroversion and introversion
outer and inner
male and female
friend and enemy
capitalism and communism
My a-ha! The West is left-brain and the East is right brain!
Our actual brain structure includes the corpus callosum, a band of nerve fibers that bridges the two hemispheres. Interestingly, the female corpus callosum has 33 per cent more neurons than the male. That leads us to suppose that the female integrates both sides better than the male. Maybe that is why women can multi-task better than us guys.
East, West, left, right, wrong, right: which is best, which is right?
“..and never the twain shall meet,” or is it possible to meet?
This book is my story about how they did meet for me!
I believe the right way for humanity is to balance, to integrate the best parts of both. Instead of yes-but, it is yes-and.
Might this kind of thinking help us in our desperate search for world peace? Let us build bridges of balance to harmony, prosperity and peace.
Ernie Tadla, www.odysseychina.net
Next week: Chapter Two: Apprehension and Trepidation.
How we got to go to China.
| From the book: How to Live and Do Business in China: Eight Lessons I Learned from the Communists. Ranked #4 on Amazon’s China business books category of over 570 titles. The first eight chapters of the book explain my personal experiences in settling into living in Shanghai. The second eight chapters are the Lessons I learned about how to do successful business in China. I have just completed sharing these lessons on this blog and they can be referenced through the archives. The last six chapters consist of the case histories of Microsoft, Wal Mart, VW, DMG, an example of one expat who didn’t make the transition and a summary chapter. |
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I think this article over-idiomizes the difference between eastern and western culture as some biological brain function difference, which is weird and not very scientifically valid. I also am sure that not all people work that way … for example, I am a male (checked this morning!) and multitask way better than my ex (a female, of course, otherwise I’d have no basis for this comment). With this counterexample, it’s easy to see that gender generalizations are silly. Do you really know how females are? Have you ever been a female? And can you really have world peace with resource contention that comes from having a limited finite set of natural resources?