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about the business, but maybe he can

make a good presentation.”

A software engineer told me how

overlooked he felt at work in comparison

to other people, “especially people

from European origin, who speak

without thinking.” In China, he said, “If

you’re quiet, you’re seen as being wise.

It’s completely different here. Here

people like to speak out. Even if they

have an idea, not completely mature

yet, people still speak out. If I could be

better in communication, my work

would be much more recognized. Even

though my manager appreciates me, he

still doesn’t know I have done work so

wonderful.”

The engineer then confided that he

had sought training in American-style

extroversion from a Taiwanese-born

communications professor named Preston

Ni. At Foothill College, just outside

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