Ten Commandments of Relocating Overseas #7: Try to understand the host country’s perspective.
Try to understand the host country’s perspective. It would be quite the task to encapsulate an entire country’s significant culture, or even try to boil it down to a few key points. The thing is when you try to define nationality, you resort to simply creating a stereotypical object, which might embrace everything, but really […]
Ten Commandments of Relocating Overseas #6: Do not expect the same sense of urgency or availability of conveniences
Do not expect the same sense of urgency or availability of conveniences In the heat of a strong and intense culture shock moment in your host country, it is very, very easy to slip a bit. Slipping up is what culture shock is all about. There are moments when you take a step back and […]
Ten Commandments of Relocating Overseas #5: Strengthen and Maintain your Enthusiasm
Look for ways to strengthen and maintain your enthusiasm. We all have been there before; alone in your new apartment, not wanting to go out onto the street to the nearby market, not wanting to be confronted with a bunch of people that are speaking a language you don’t understand, feeling tired all the time […]