Anat Eshed

How Japan Taught Me Cultural Humility: The Multiplier Skill We Can’t Afford to Ignore Before traveling to Japan, I read a travel article written by a woman who had recently visited. She complained about almost everything: the rules, the lack of trash cans, the food, the etiquette, the systems, and the social expectations. By the end, I had the strange feeling that she had traveled very far only to discover that Japan was not home. And that, I think, is one of the great missed opportunities of...

What The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz can teach us about assumption-checking One of the quickest ways to get yourself into trouble—at work, at home, anywhere—is to confuse a good story with the true story. We do it constantly. Something odd happens. Someone says less than expected. A detail does not fit. And almost immediately, the mind gets to work building a narrative that makes the situation feel coherent enough to understand. That is useful—until it is wrong. That is one of the...

I’m really glad you’re here. You could be scrolling. You could be skimming. Instead, you’re choosing a moment to slow down—and that’s exactly the kind of attention this blog is built for. Thank you for stepping into it. WorldWise is a blog about becoming a little better at being human in a complicated world: noticing more clearly, interpreting more wisely, and responding with more intention. Sometimes we learn it by traveling by plane . Sometimes we learn it by traveling by page . You don’t...