OP,you said it yourself:
"Not what you know but who you know"
Just as human language ,genetics and customs vary from place to place but as a species we continue to be the same funny apes or clay/iron/corn/wooden men who like in varying degrees to kill, maim have sex and bitch about life.
Meaning in all socities regardless of their customs will you find time and again the same underlying mechanics of power and connections.
Am I telling you to give up your mission of
changing locations or seeing the world?
NO.
Simply giving you a heads up to hopefully avoid and/or better confront unlikely expectations
"Not what you know but who you know"
Just as human language ,genetics and customs vary from place to place but as a species we continue to be the same funny apes or clay/iron/corn/wooden men who like in varying degrees to kill, maim have sex and bitch about life.
Meaning in all socities regardless of their customs will you find time and again the same underlying mechanics of power and connections.
Am I telling you to give up your mission of
changing locations or seeing the world?
NO.
Simply giving you a heads up to hopefully avoid and/or better confront unlikely expectations
We move between light and shadow, mutually influencing and being influenced through shades of gray...