The Geography Of Bliss By Eric Weiner

meaning and provide them with rules for behavior in their organization, however culture does not necessarily imply uniformity of values. Often different values can be displayed by people of the same culture.

Eric Weiner, the author of Geography of Bliss, Euromail and Amerimail, and Man seeks good, is an american author and former foreign correspondent. His works are typically non-fiction, as it usually pertains to his life. In his stories, he shows his search for happiness and why it is necessary to find  out what happiness means to others. In his book Man Seeks God, he explains his experience with his exploration of what religion and faiths had on his life. This search was inspired by a health scare. While he was in the hospital a nurse asked if he "Have you found your God yet?".  Geography of Bliss gives his definition of what makes people happy or what makes them thrive in a positive manner in various environments. He travelled to many

In “Why Place Matters” by Wilfred M. McClay and Ted V. McAllister, the authors establish an argument of why place matters more than virtual places brought to us by technological advancements. McClay and McAllister talk about the risks as individuals and society face, when losing connection to physical space. They discuss how a feeling of “thereness” has vanished because people focus on a virtual place. Technologies around us have “absorbed our energies,” is something they mention, and it is what the satellites revolving around Earth are doing. The authors say when we move we have no emotion because we have detached ourselves very quickly from the place. McClay and McAllister reason how we all come from a place or “places” that

There are different factors that affect happiness and it is rooted from the country you were born in. “We are shaped not only by our current geography, but by our ancestral one as well" (Weiner 112). Most countries have different culture that contributes to people 's happiness. People who live in America will not be as happy as the one who lived in Moldova. In Eric Weiner 's, book The Geography of Bliss. He was searching for data on happiness. He conducts a study on how people in different countries understand and measure their happiness. The biggest factors that affect people 's happiness are the environment and cultural differences. Where you live is a big factor of who you are. People find happiness when they feel comfortable and

(Task 1) Introduction: The study which helps people to understand a society’s or a nation’s values, attitudes is called Cultural Studies. Culture depends on many factors. Among them Work, Food & Drinks and Transport have much importance in culture. These components make difference between two nations or countries.

Due to the fact that the ways that people bring up their children can be very different all over the world as we share different attitudes, values and beliefs etc. People emphasize on developing distinct skills and qualities, so attachments formed can be different. For instance, countries like America and Germany would value personal independence and achievement more, whereas interdependence between people is valued more in China. The two cultures mentioned are called individualistic culture and collectivist culture respectively.

Countries are no exception, their course of history and culture created a unique identity for them selves. Their cultures involves; language, values, belief, religions, and norms that identify who we are. This has cause division and struggles between groups or people, which influence our daily lives. Nevertheless, at the same time makes every person or country a unique culture

I am a very stubborn person when it comes to accepting other people 's perspective of life , or to compare what makes me happy to that of others. Reading a book geography of bliss written by Eric weiner, helped changed my believes. I was amazed at how other people around the world live their lives on daily basics ,weather rich or poor they still find ways and reasons to live in peace, be happy and co-exist together.

Every nations and communities has its own cultures and they are different from each other, here are the differences in the parameters between my culture which is influenced by Vietnamese culture and the USA's culture.

“The Field” is a story written by John B. Kean based on Irish historical events and culture in 1965. At that period of time, Ireland was enduring the British powers’ attempts to conquer Irish territory. The most important, valuable, and symbolic asset that an Irish citizen could own was land. Throughout the story, the author emphasizes how important it was for an Irish farmer to own land. In the story, the obsession for land generates a contest between the poor Irish farmer, Bull McCabe, and a rich British businessman by the name of William. Bull has an immense knowledge in the field of agriculture, as stated in the story; he transformed a rocky four acres land into a precious and green land. After five years of hard work, Bull could see all

The three countries I chose to look at were Canada, Germany, and France. After observing “The Globe and Mail” from Canada, I found that their core values had a lot to do with politics and business. Several of the articles within the newspaper were about different countries and how they were affecting Canada. Their country observes others closely, which is similar to America. They also talked about the ups and downs of their economy. This is similar to America because we also show a lot of concern for our economy and our politics. (“The Globe and Mail” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ ). From Germany, I looked at “Der Tagesspiegel” and found that they are very focused on politics and immigration. The articles talked about their Parliament and different changes that were being made to

When a business decides to venture internationally into different countries with its products, services, and operations, it is very important that the company gains an understanding of how the culture of the different societies affects the values found in those societies. Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most famous and most used studies on how culture relates to values. Hofstede study enabled him to compare dimensions of culture across 40 countries. He originally isolated four dimensions of what he claimed summarized different cultures — power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism versus collectivism, and masculinity versus femininity (Hill, 2013, p.110). To cover aspects of values not discussed in the original paradigm Hofstede has since added two more dimensions — Confucianism or long-term orientation and indulgence versus self-restraint (Hofstede, n.d.). Because of the way Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are given an index score from 0-100, it is easy for a company to get a general comparison between the cultures they are expanding into and the culture they are already in.

Culture is the main source that makes very country differentiate from others. It defines language, lifestyle, as well as religion. Every country has its own and different ethics and morals. Many seek to wonder why for instance an Asian doesn’t not act like how a Russian person would in pickle places . But it is because of how both of them were raised; not just by their parents; but by this culture as well. We as people grow up and learn how to build up our personalities by our parents, friends, and most of a

Culture is a common behavior of the human, representing a group of common ideological. "Cultural difference" is the difference between the cultures of different countries, different nationalities, for example such as: the difference between the values of respect, faith, language, customs, religion and ethics.

In the first part, my paper will show some background of nationality which would have an impact on management. According to Geert Hofstede (1983), there are three important areas included in nationality, which are political, sociological and psychological aspects. First, political aspect can be different in each country. Second, sociological aspect can be understood by the way people think about their values-base of belonging to one nation or region. Therefore, each person need to be circumspect when they work with foreigners to avoid misunderstanding about their identification, otherwise, that would trigger conflict between them. Third, psychological aspect refers to the way people think, which was affected by their early life experience in their family and later education experience. Thus, our experience become” mentally programmed”. According to Hofstede (1983) the definition of culture is “collective mental programming”. In that program, people in the same nation or region will share their experience, understanding to other, but they would not share these things to people of the other region or nation. Warner (1996) also suggested that member of nation or region or group will share similar culture, and through that culture, standards, and perspective were made, thus, they shape the behavior of a person or a group. Moreover, culture is enduring because it was created by learning from education, socialization, and experience passed from