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Are You Running Toward. . . or Running Away?

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Recently it seems as though I've been stumbling across all sorts of reasons to expatriate -- or not -- from all sorts of different sources. All the reasons, though, fall into one of two categories: running away from something running toward something In general, the coaches I've been in touch with agree that your move will be more successful if you're running toward something. In an ideal world, I think I'd agree with them. This not being an ideal world, however, I'd hate to think that …

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Enough to Make Anyone Sick

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I'm a big fan of Kathleen Peddicord's website, Live and Invest Overseas. I get her Overseas Opportunity Letter, and look forward to it hitting my inbox every day. I even subscribe to her Overseas Retirement Letter. Most of the time, I think she and her writers are completely on target. Once in a while, not so much. Paul Terhorst is a regular columnist, writing about investments and his own personal experiences of living abroad as a semi-retired person since the age of 35. [ad#MEDEX2] In a …

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Americans, I Have Some Bad News for You

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On June 10, EFAM published an article titled America -- the Grim Truth. And grim it was indeed! "Americans, I have some bad news for you," the article starts. "You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin. "If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singaporean taxi driver has a much better …

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It’s Official: US Health Care IS Driving Americans to Move Abroad

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Last October I asked the question, "Is US health care driving Americans to move abroad?" You can read the original post here. I followed up the question and post with a poll. When the poll closed, 19% of respondents listed health care as the "most important" reason for their move and a whopping 69% rated is as "very important." Not a single respondent indicated health care was not a consideration. [ad#Google Adsense-1] The prestigious magazine for expats and would-be expats International …

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The Sin of the Blogger

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Well, I've done it. I've committed the unforgiveable blogging sin: I haven't kept up with my posting schedule. Normally I put up a new article every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But the past couple of weeks, I've only done two, and not on schedule. My bad. I've gotten distracted by another project. Shame on me. I should be superwoman and do it all regardless, right? Well, er. . . no. [ad#Google Adsense-1] You see, the other project I'm in the midst of deals with health and wellness, and I …

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US Healthcare Reform Brings Jobs to India

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Last month, the US Congress passed health care reform legislations and the President signed it. While it doesn't appear it will make much of a difference to US citizens living overseas, Global Post reports that outsourcing of jobs to India will increase because of it. The headline on the April 17 article read: "For India, US health care a sea of opportunity Outsourcing firms in India brace themselves for onslaught of work following US health care reform." According to the article, India's …

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