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What have you learnt in the countries you have lived/been to?
03-01-2012, 11:57 AM
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This is a good thread. We can always learn more, especially in unusual environments abroad.
In the last 2 or so years that I've been abroad, I've learned:
-Urban planning, engineering, and environmental risk management, in Europe, China, and Korea, although that was part of an integrated international masters program. I assume you mean outside of academia.
-French, Chinese, and Korean work and business culture
-Mandarin, Korean, French
-Golf in SE Asia (super cheap, golf enthusiasts should hit up Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia)
-Although I could learn this anywhere, I'm teaching my myself how to code ruby on rails - codeacademy.org - the moral of this story is to surround yourself with people smarter than yourself when you are abroad, in my case I chose technical people and web developers
-Rapidly building social and professional networks abroad
-Scouting the best medical tourism deals for both mandatory and elective procedures
-Rapidly building and converting sales/business leads on short business trips in the Asia Pacific region
-Yoga
-Hong Kong incorporation, HK tax laws, US tax laws for expatriates
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What have you learnt in the countries you have lived/been to?
03-01-2012, 12:13 PM
This is not a skill, but a personal observation:
-As Americans we are so lucky and blessed to be in the position we're in. There are so many people in this world with very little. No shoes, terrible/dirty living conditions, very little money. People beg for a Coca-Cola or beg you buy their $5 souvenir so they can feed their families. When I see these spoiled women on reality TV it makes me sick.