Customs of the World: Using Cultural Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are

You’ve heard it before: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The concept of cultural adaptation is hardly new. But is it always the best approach? In our increasingly globalized world, the need for cross-cultural understanding has never been more essential to our success in life, both personally and professionally—yet how can we possibly adapt to all the cultures surrounding us?
Whether you are tasked with building business relationships internationally, wish to be a more respectful traveler, or simply want to be a more thoughtful, global citizen at home, developing cultural intelligence, or CQ, is paramount.
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The graffiti phenomenon taking place in urban America has erupted into a full scale war. The main weapons: aerosol spray paint versus hundreds of taxpayer-funded abatements programs. To the graffiti writer, graffiti is a secret language, an empowering form of self-expression, a screaming voice against an unjust, alienating society. To the upholders of social law and order, graffiti is “vandalism,” an ugly and terrifying threat to social value, which cost U.S. taxpayers four billion dollars in 1995.
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Alan watts is renowned as one of the greatest philosophers in the past hundred years, his body of work is phenomenal, check him out on wikipedia, really great philosophy which can be applied to all aspects of life.
He was recommened to people by David Deangelo in one of his dating programs ( I think it was inner game off memory)
These videos were hard to find and are in their original quality, enjoy
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