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The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. TCB BLOG | THE CULTURE BLEND Ten Years of The Culture Blend. Ten years ago today I hit "publish" for the first time. I had no clue. I had no clear agenda. No long term goal. No 10 step plan for optimizing SEO, driving traffic, managing bounce rate, or maximizing widgets. I barely knew what a blog was. TEN YEARS OF THE CULTURE BLEND The Culture Blend has been a decade long whiteboard for scribbling out the thoughts that keep me up at night and a platform for sharing what I am learning along the way. It has followed me through repatriation, re-expatriation, experimental expatriation, and re-repatriation and it has given birth to three books. 99 Questions for Global Friends. THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to THE HIGH HIDDEN COST OF CONSTANT TRANSITION The realities of transition are incredibly costly but they do not (necessarily) equal dysfunction. Cross-cultural organizations, by nature, are forced to adapt or fail. It’s what we do. Unfortunately, we often adapt to the wrong things. We treat the symptoms instead ofthe disease.
FIVE THINGS EVERY NEW EXPAT SHOULD KNOW There is nothing in the world like the beginning of a cross-cultural experience. It is a jumbled, beautiful mess of every possible emotion, wrapped in giddy wonder, coated in absolute confWHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
Listen up young lady. You too young man. When I was your age we knew the value of staying in one spot. We planted roots and they ran deep. We didn’t run off galavanting on some fancy schmancy airplane or traipsing through some foreign country trying to speak some crazy language that sounds like jibber jabber. THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY Intentionally choosing the harder option is key. It doesn’t just happen. 3. The “Culture Shock Immunity” Lie. “Culture shock” is a deceptive phrase. The word “shock” insinuates some kind of unforeseen, instant jolt. As if you stuck your fork into an outlet and BAZZZAAAPPP! “WHOA! THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
THE HIGH HIDDEN COST OF CONSTANT TRANSITION The realities of transition are incredibly costly but they do not (necessarily) equal dysfunction. Cross-cultural organizations, by nature, are forced to adapt or fail. It’s what we do. Unfortunately, we often adapt to the wrong things. We treat the symptoms instead ofthe disease.
AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to SCENERY, MACHINERY, PEOPLE They were scenery. The hired help — the farm hands — the transient laborers were good to have around, especially if you got a strong one at a low wage. They were incredibly helpful . . . until they weren’t. They were machinery. The prime spot was reserved exclusively for those worth a relationship. THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping orWHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
Listen up young lady. You too young man. When I was your age we knew the value of staying in one spot. We planted roots and they ran deep. We didn’t run off galavanting on some fancy schmancy airplane or traipsing through some foreign country trying to speak some crazy language that sounds like jibber jabber. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to FIVE THINGS EVERY NEW EXPAT SHOULD KNOW There is nothing in the world like the beginning of a cross-cultural experience. It is a jumbled, beautiful mess of every possible emotion, wrapped in giddy wonder, coated in absolute conf MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective WHY EXPATS HATE JUNE 1. In the chaos there is no time to breathe, let alone process reality. 2. We knew this was a part of the deal when we decided to move. 3. It’s always easier to leave than to be left. 4. We’ll probably see those people again. Come on fellow expats – don’t leave me hanging . . . LANDING WELL: 10 MORE TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Plan some time to process the reality of your new life. Detox from the experience of back to back goodbyes and hellos in the context of high anxiety and jetlag. Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath and enjoy a very, very select group of people restricted to you, your family (who are also transitioning) and people from tip #2. THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
99 QUESTIONS FOR GLOBAL FAMILIES (DIGGING FOR GOLD IN YOUR Typically though . . . I don’t. I say, “Hey.”. “How ya’ doin’?”. “How was your day?”. It’s kind of like digging for potatoes in a gold mine. I like potatoes but come on . . . GOLD. So I’m trying to figure out how to dig for that gold in my own home and I’m starting by asking questions about my global family . THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. STAYING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR EXPATS WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND Staying Well: 10 Tips for Expats Who are Left Behind. Leaving is hard. Being left is harder. Transition is a huge part of life for an expat. That’s understood. By the time you sign on you’ve wrapped your head around the fact that you’re about to trade normal for unknown. Returning home is the same story with a twist. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
Working with Jerry is like a road trip with your best friend. You make it to your destination and have a blast along the way. He encourages me, challenges my thinking, shares his own victories and struggles, and is completely transparent. THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD I’m a culture vulture unless you go by definitions. I suppose that’s the point of this post . . . sometimes definitions are stupid. cul•ture vul•ture a person with an excessiv HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS Hey, if you haven’t already signed up, don’t miss the free ebook at the bottom of this post: 99 Questions for Global Friends. I love sitting down with people who have different TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING There’s a whole lotta’ new going around. COVID shook things up didn’t it? Expats have been kicked out or displaced or put on hold. Brick and mortars are morphing into websites and zoom calls. STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES My name is Jerry and I live in China where I sometimes have “Bad China Days.” That’s a common phrase among the foreigners (like me) who live around here. It’s a catch-all de LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY There is something very strange about finally returning ‘home’ you’ve spent upto a year planning it, doing all of your lasts (last trip to favourite parks, restaurants, last brunch, last Christmas market, last summer outing) and then you get home, you can shop without grief, you understand the traffic, can make yourself perfectly understood but it soooo different, difficult to explain. THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS I’m a pretty decent guy but there are things in me that I don’t want to pass on to my kids. I’m not alone here right? There is some foundational flint in the core of every mother and every father that sparks a longing to see “better things” for their children. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Thanks, Jerry. Privilege is so real overseas. I think of the times I have gotten to “cut in line” or walk into a hospital or government building without the actual right to do so just because I am clearly a white Western woman. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
Working with Jerry is like a road trip with your best friend. You make it to your destination and have a blast along the way. He encourages me, challenges my thinking, shares his own victories and struggles, and is completely transparent. THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD I’m a culture vulture unless you go by definitions. I suppose that’s the point of this post . . . sometimes definitions are stupid. cul•ture vul•ture a person with an excessiv HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS Hey, if you haven’t already signed up, don’t miss the free ebook at the bottom of this post: 99 Questions for Global Friends. I love sitting down with people who have different TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING There’s a whole lotta’ new going around. COVID shook things up didn’t it? Expats have been kicked out or displaced or put on hold. Brick and mortars are morphing into websites and zoom calls. STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES My name is Jerry and I live in China where I sometimes have “Bad China Days.” That’s a common phrase among the foreigners (like me) who live around here. It’s a catch-all de LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY There is something very strange about finally returning ‘home’ you’ve spent upto a year planning it, doing all of your lasts (last trip to favourite parks, restaurants, last brunch, last Christmas market, last summer outing) and then you get home, you can shop without grief, you understand the traffic, can make yourself perfectly understood but it soooo different, difficult to explain. THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS I’m a pretty decent guy but there are things in me that I don’t want to pass on to my kids. I’m not alone here right? There is some foundational flint in the core of every mother and every father that sparks a longing to see “better things” for their children. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Thanks, Jerry. Privilege is so real overseas. I think of the times I have gotten to “cut in line” or walk into a hospital or government building without the actual right to do so just because I am clearly a white Western woman. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY I’m an American, living in the UK for the past 32 years. People assume there won’t be any culture shock, but there is, lots of it from words or phrases that have different meanings (ie: jumper, in the UK a sweater or sweatshirt, in the US a dress). THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. SCENERY, MACHINERY, PEOPLE “Well, that’s a deep subject!” u’ve probably heard that said but I meant that your posting is deep for me at this time in early morning, just awakening and connecting to the outside world, But, it is also helpful in my thinking where I am, and also seems evidence of how you are being observant of self right where u are. LITTLE BROTHER SYNDROME: HOW EXPATS FEEL WHEN YOU BADMOUTH I never had a little brother but I was one. So I know how this works. There is an unwritten bylaw in the “How Family Works Field Guide” that states very explicitly that elder siblings reserve full rights to be absolutely annoyed by little brothers. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO Spoiler alert for the young and in love . . . marriage is hard. One more for anyone considering a life abroad. That's hard too. You read it here first. My wife WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Thanks, Jerry. Privilege is so real overseas. I think of the times I have gotten to “cut in line” or walk into a hospital or government building without the actual right to do so just because I am clearly a white Western woman.WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
Listen up young lady. You too young man. When I was your age we knew the value of staying in one spot. We planted roots and they ran deep. We didn’t run off galavanting on some fancy schmancy airplane or traipsing through some foreign country trying to speak some crazy language that sounds like jibber jabber. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
THE FIVE CONTRADICTIONS I WANT TO TEACH MY KIDS 4. To be Racially “Blind” yet Celebrate Culture. I hesitate to write this one because I don’t actually want my kids to be, as they say, “color blind.”. Honestly I think the term (if I may be a bit nitpicky) is a bit of a sad reflection of all of the messy racial issues that we’ve struggled through. LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him. THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY Intentionally choosing the harder option is key. It doesn’t just happen. 3. The “Culture Shock Immunity” Lie. “Culture shock” is a deceptive phrase. The word “shock” insinuates some kind of unforeseen, instant jolt. As if you stuck your fork into an outlet and BAZZZAAAPPP! “WHOA! SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
THE TRANSITION THAT NEVER ENDS: THE ONGOING CYCLE OF EXPAT This is a great article -sums up so well the experiences that so many face. Certainly true for many ex-pats we have journeyed with during 9.5 years of my being a church pastor in an international church within a university city and with people working for all kinds of international companies. SCENERY, MACHINERY, PEOPLE They were scenery. The hired help — the farm hands — the transient laborers were good to have around, especially if you got a strong one at a low wage. They were incredibly helpful . . . until they weren’t. They were machinery. The prime spot was reserved exclusively for those worth a relationship. LITTLE BROTHER SYNDROME: HOW EXPATS FEEL WHEN YOU BADMOUTH That’s how expats feel about their host countries. When you live abroad it feels like family. Sometimes you hate it but you always love it more. It is constantly present and always in your business. It pushes your boundaries, invades your personal space, and annoys the pot out of you. So you whine. AN EXPAT HUSBAND'S MANIFESTO I will close the gap. I travel for work. She stays home. I’m the extrovert. She’s the inny. I go places and I meet people and they become a part of my world. She has never seen those places or met those people. There is a whole part of my life that is a blurry fog to WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Privilege is based on external realities. My statement is simply this — If you are white, your experience at home OR abroad may give you access to a different experience than people of color. To dismiss, ignore or even to be unaware of that is to cut yourself EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS Well said! And so sorry for your losses. I married and moved to another country last summer only to be deported due to a silly mistake. Immediately after leaving I realized I was pregnant, so not only was I was banned from returning to my husband but I was experiencing our first child without him.WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
Listen up young lady. You too young man. When I was your age we knew the value of staying in one spot. We planted roots and they ran deep. We didn’t run off galavanting on some fancy schmancy airplane or traipsing through some foreign country trying to speak some crazy language that sounds like jibber jabber. THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Privilege is based on external realities. My statement is simply this — If you are white, your experience at home OR abroad may give you access to a different experience than people of color. To dismiss, ignore or even to be unaware of that is to cut yourself ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Privilege is based on external realities. My statement is simply this — If you are white, your experience at home OR abroad may give you access to a different experience than people of color. To dismiss, ignore or even to be unaware of that is to cut yourself ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or AN EXPAT IN CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS It’s higher if you’re reading this. For contrast, the SARS epidemic of 2002-03 infected around 8000 people in total, however, it was more deadly than nCorona. The impact for many people is higher than stir-crazy kids and long veggie lines. We have lots of friends who live in Wuhan who are on complete lockdown, unable to leave. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS When that falls apart (and there’s a good chance it will) flexibility becomes essential. Solely flexible people get pulled in every direction. Solely firm people snap when their plan is disrupted. It is vital to have a plan and equally vital to have the courage to change that plan when the circumstances demand it. Practice firmflexibility.
SCENERY, MACHINERY, PEOPLE They were scenery. The hired help — the farm hands — the transient laborers were good to have around, especially if you got a strong one at a low wage. They were incredibly helpful . . . until they weren’t. They were machinery. The prime spot was reserved exclusively for those worth a relationship. ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
3 SECONDS OF INSANE COURAGE: A TRIBUTE TO CALEB MEAKINS One year ago my stomach was in my throat and my heart was about to beat out of my chest. I was weighing out a decision that was wrenching my guts. It was one of those “this could be beautiful, amazing, and so good for so many people” AND “if you do this you’re going to get blasted, ripped apart and your life will change forever” kind THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Privilege is based on external realities. My statement is simply this — If you are white, your experience at home OR abroad may give you access to a different experience than people of color. To dismiss, ignore or even to be unaware of that is to cut yourself ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE CULTURE BLENDABOUTBLOGCONTACTSPEAK CHENGLISH OR GET OUTCHINA BANSMICHAEL J. FOX
The 99 Questions Series. 99 Questions for Global Friends takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 Questions for Global Families does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the THE BEST DEFINITION OF CULTURE I'VE EVER HEARD Culture is an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society. Culture is the total way of life of particular groups of people. It includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does and makes — its systems, attitudes and feelings. Culture is learned and transmittedfrom
HOW TO ASK GREAT CROSS-CULTURAL QUESTIONS The first one will see one bad driver, miss fifty good ones and say “see, I was right.”. The second will see one good driver and say, “yep, I was wrong.”. Don’t ignore your stereotypes. Don’t pretend they DON’T exist just because they shouldn’t. Expand them. TRANSITION IN A TRANSITION: A FEW THOUGHTS FOR MAKING BIG You can feel it can’t you? Like racehorses lined up at the gate. Like a dam about to bust. Like globally-minded, would be (or former) world travelers and serial expats who haven’t been on an airplane (or put on pants) in over a year. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense THE SEVEN LIES OF LIVING CROSS-CULTURALLY MOVING WELL: TEN TIPS FOR HIGHLY TRANSIENT PEOPLE Be the givers. 6. Always be changing. The richest part of transience is diversity. Every place you go, every community you live in, every group of people that you do life with is a new and unique opportunity. You get to see the world from their perspective STOP BLAMING YOUR HOST COUNTRY FOR ALL OF YOUR ISSUES Host Blaming is what happens when people who are living cross-culturally go looking for a single culprit to hold responsible for any and all of their frustrations and find that the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest target, and the one-stop solution is their host country. Blame it on (insert your country here) and it all makessense.
WHITE EXPAT PRIVILEGE Privilege is based on external realities. My statement is simply this — If you are white, your experience at home OR abroad may give you access to a different experience than people of color. To dismiss, ignore or even to be unaware of that is to cut yourself ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE BEST THINGS ABOUT COVID19 Being reminded of the sheer fragility of the world as we know it, my life, my work and my future really sucks. But it is also deeply moving to see the beauty of each sunrise, and notice that there are lots more birds and other critters in my backyard than I imagined. SUCCESS! | THE CULTURE BLEND The Day Grandma Got Us Kicked Out of Mexico. This book is a compilation of my favorite, personal stories of bumbling through life as a foreigner. Sometimes you need to be reminded that you’re not the only one screwing this up. Have a laugh at my expense SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 12 THINGS EXPATS SHOULD I was an expat in the 90s for five years, young and single at the time. It was so long ago that the internet was in its infancy at the time, so information and blogs like this were difficult if notimpossible to find.
LEAVING WELL: 10 TIPS FOR REPATRIATING WITH DIGNITY Tip #2: Build a RAFT. One of the simplest and most brilliant plans for transitioning well was developed by the late Dr. David Pollock. It’s called building a RAFT (genius). Paying attention to these four areas can mean the difference between success or failure, flopping or AN EXPAT IN CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS It’s higher if you’re reading this. For contrast, the SARS epidemic of 2002-03 infected around 8000 people in total, however, it was more deadly than nCorona. The impact for many people is higher than stir-crazy kids and long veggie lines. We have lots of friends who live in Wuhan who are on complete lockdown, unable to leave. EXPAT DISRUPTED: HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN EVERYTHING IS When that falls apart (and there’s a good chance it will) flexibility becomes essential. Solely flexible people get pulled in every direction. Solely firm people snap when their plan is disrupted. It is vital to have a plan and equally vital to have the courage to change that plan when the circumstances demand it. Practice firmflexibility.
SCENERY, MACHINERY, PEOPLE They were scenery. The hired help — the farm hands — the transient laborers were good to have around, especially if you got a strong one at a low wage. They were incredibly helpful . . . until they weren’t. They were machinery. The prime spot was reserved exclusively for those worth a relationship. ALONE IN A CROWD (AGAIN) If you’ve been an expat for several years and you feel all alone . . . you’re not alone. Surrounded by people and completely isolated. That’s a common sentiment among expat newbies. The introduction INTO an existing team of expats can be an awkward mix of high energy ice-breakers, and jet-lag tainted orientations wrapped in the sobering THE FOUR RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ONE: The Cheerleader. If you are branching out, launching, starting over, or some other form of doing something new . YOU NEED SOMEONE who is unconditionally, unequivocally, always, and no matter what, cheering for you. Find an enthusiast, a gifted encourager, or an affirming friend who will watch from the sidelines and scream stufflike
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I GET TO WORK WITH GREAT PEOPLE Here’s what some of them have to say about working with me. Jerry gets it. He gets this whole crazy living internationally thing. He gets that it’s not always great, but he always helps you find the good and keep moving forward.” BEKAH Int'l School Principal Working with Jerry is like a road trip with your best friend. You make it to your destination and have a blast along the way. He encourages me, challenges my thinking, shares his own victories and struggles, and is completely transparent. These times are rich and productive in a way I have never experienced. EDExpat Team Leader
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RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL PEOPLE I love creating things that help people do cross-cultural life better. THE 99 QUESTIONS SERIES 99 QUESTIONS FOR GLOBAL FRIENDS takes you deeper in your cross-cultural relationships, one conversation at a time. 99 QUESTIONS FOR GLOBAL FAMILIES does the same for the people in your own home. Simple, intentional questions open the door to a whole world of insight that is packed away just behind the eyeballs of the people we love. THE DAY GRANDMA GOT US KICKED OUT OF MEXICO THE DAY GRANDMA GOT US KICKED OUT OF MEXICO has a sole purpose — to give global people an opportunity to laugh so hard they blow milk out of their nose. Enjoy . . . with a glass ofmilk.
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