"The Essence of Effective Cross Cultural Communication has more to do with releasing the right

response than with sending the right message"

Good Morning Everyone. I am standing in front of all of you to share my idea and knowledge
about the essence of effective cross cultural communication. "It is more important to release
the right response than to send the right message." and "It's not what's said, it's what's heard."
These are the quotes that I have read that are connected and really nailed the point of the
topic.

Language is a tool of communication. Contrary to what we know for a long time,

communication does not equal language. And surely most of us believe that if we use together
the right words, communication will start and naturally flow. The quotes that I have said will
change our mind and thinking about communication. The focus should be on the listener not on
the speaker. It maybe because the listener is the one who will give reaction and response or
feedback with what the speaker says. Communication is strategic. It's all about getting the other
person or the other party to hear the desired intent behind the message and respond in a
certain way. When we communicate with other people we should always bare in mind that we
have differences in cultures. Especially when we communicate to people from other nations
which have a big differences with the culture we have. If foreigners will communicate to us, or
will send a message, we should think twice what to response to them. We should response right
with kindness and consideration avoiding to offend them and their cultures. We should think
that if the people in the same nation, sharing the same language and cultures still experience
miscommunication and misunderstanding how much more for those people communicating
coming from different nations all over the world with different language and culture.

I conclude that effective cross cultural communication would be less of an issue if everyone
learn to think twice before giving a response. Every people will understand well if every
communicators know how to send the right response with respect.