“To translate kinesics or paralinguistic messages into words is likely to introduce gross falsification due not merely to the human propensity for trying to falsify statements about "feelings" and relationship and to the distortions which arise whenever the products of one system of coding are dissected onto the premises of another, but especially to the fact that all such translation must give to the more or less unconscious and involuntary message the appearance of conscious intent.” GivingTryingHumansFactsFeelingsProductsMessagesConsciousAppearanceDuesAriseStatementsUnconsciousIntroducingTranslateGrossTranslationsPremisesDistortionPropensityInvoluntaryFalsification Author:Greg Bear
“Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is integrated into their high-level strategy. They see it as a communication medium, because for them, just the words - and this is the problem that they have with Americans - just the words they say to you is not the complete message. Their facial expressions, their body language, there is a lot of context. Also, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well.” WellsLittlesProblemBodyBigsGuyLanguageLevelsCompanyTechnologyWrittenExpressionCommunicationMessagesStrategyCornersMediumsJapanTranslateIntegratedKeyboardsHigh LevelBody LanguageFacialOf ContextBig CompaniesFacial ExpressionWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“The message "Your body isn't good enough" translates in a little girls mind to "YOU aren't good enough." This becomes a core belief that gets passed on to the next generation.” MindLittlesEnoughBodyGirlNextBeliefGenerationsMessagesYour BodyCoreGood EnoughTranslateNext GenerationCore Beliefs Author:Christiane Northrup