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Don’t Sacrifice Your Family on the Expat Altar

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Among expats who return home earlier than planned, most cite family problems as the reason. It doesn't have to be that way. By the end of 2010 there were over 213 million expats worldwide -- up from 177 million in 2005. And, according to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, there will be a 50% increase in the number of international assignments by 2020. Some, the traditional expats, are sent abroad by an employer while others chose to go abroad and find ways to support themselves. The Practical Guide to …

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10 Steps to The Global You

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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 …

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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A review of the book by Paul Allen Paul Allen is a British expat journalist living in Spain. I was fascinated by his book, The Truth About Moving Abroad and Whether It's Right for You: Should I Stay or Should I Go? because it's the first I've read about expatriation from a non-US-centric perspective. Allen provides information and insight to help would-be expats make a decision about whether expatriation is right for them. He asks: "The question is, will you be among the millions of people …

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It’s the #1 Best Seller!

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A few months ago I reviewed How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad by Kathleen Peddicord. Kathleen is the publisher of Live and Invest Overseas, which publishes a free daily e-letter as well as a monthly magazine and other resources for expats and would-be expats. Today, Live and Invest Overseas announced that the book is now the #1 international best seller. And when I took a look on Amazon, I found it is also the #1 bestseller in the retirement …

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At Home in a Spaceship

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Expat TV Series/Movie Review: Firefly and Serenity I'm not a big TV watcher. In fact, I almost never watch TV. But once in a while a show comes along that really catches my fancy. My kids introduced me to Firefly, sadly after it had already been cancelled. (That's common with shows I like, I might add.) However, Firefly still has an extremely active fan base, enough so that they convinced Universal Studios to release the movie Serenity. I've just re-watched both the series and the movie on …

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Hard Things Survive

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A Review of The Samurai’s Daughter by Sujata Massey Christmas in San Francisco – what an exciting holiday! But not for Japanese-American Rei Shimura, who grew up there. Rei has lived in Japan for several years, the fruition of a lifelong dream. She eked out a living teaching English to business people when she first moved to Tokyo, but has since put her art history degree to work, becoming a dealer in Japanese antiques. A speaking engagement for a Washington, DC museum brought her back to the …

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