Dedicated to "future Global Managers," The Global You by Susan Bloch and Philip Whiteley sets out ten strategies for achieving success as a working expat. The book is aimed at the expat who works for a company that sends him on an overseas assignment, but there are lessons which expats by choice can learn to become more effective entrepeneurs overseas as well. The authors point out in the introduction that: "Even if you want to work for a "national" company, that option is rapidly …
Let Total Strangers Plan Your Trip
My husband and I are going to Panama in a couple months to see whether it's someplace we'd like to live, so I've been spending a lot of time planning our scouting trip. Not surprisingly, not every little hotel in the country has a website (at least, not in English). Since we don't want to stay in tourist hotels, travel and tour companies are of no help. So what's a future expat to do? Turn to your social networks. I've been doing that -- a lot. Expat Forums I started with some of the larger …
Expat Mailbox
Occasionally readers email me with questions about specific places. I thought it might be fun to pop them into an occasional post. A reader recently emailed: "Hi "Myself and a friend are looking to relocate to Barbados. Where do we start ? We have both been to the island and both love it and realize that we could defiantly live there. We are now looking for employment, my friend is a hairdresser with 20 years exp. Myself I am more of a office based person with a lot of customer service …
Portable Careers for Expats: Stock Photographer
Photography is a wonderfully portable career. But even if your shots aren't up to National Geographic or haute couture standards, you can make a nice living creating and selling stock photography. What is "stock?" It's a picture that's licensed for specific use by advertisers, journalists, travel writers and others. Newspapers, magazines and other media love stock because it saves them money -- they don't need to hire a photographer. They can peruse huge databases of images and purchase just …
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6 Ways to Connect with Anywhereist
Recently some readers had questions about how to connect with Anywhereist. Visit the website. Get weekly emails -- not the posted articles -- from me. Follow on Twitter. Like on Facebook. Follow on YouTube. Leave a comment. If you're reading this on the website, click the comment link or scroll down to the speak your mind area. So there you have it -- six separate ways to connect. …
(Re)Discover Your Passion . . . in time for Valentine’s Day
In December, friend and life coach Barrie Davenport launched a new program called Discover Your Passion: A Step by Step Course for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. While not written specifically for the expat (or future expat), the course employs lots of techniques and exercises that can help you to create your ideal expat life. You can read my previous review here. Barrie is adding something special for Valentine's Day: an e-book titled The Passion Booster: A Simple Guide to Loving …
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