Comments on: Looking for New? It’s in another country

By: The challenge of international business « Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience

The challenge of international business « Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:07:16 +0000

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By: Chiva Congelado

Chiva Congelado — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:51:16 +0000

It’s just what I do… ;-) Doesn’t mean that I’m any good.

I think the most important thing is getting rid of your fears. Fear of rejection, of misunderstanding… Once you do that, it will be easier for you to practise, and through use you learn.

The main difficulty for finding New is that it eventually becomes Old, so you have to be always on the move.

By: Lee Iwan

Lee Iwan — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:39:42 +0000

Language. You’re correct, a gigantic omission from the list.

The biggest changes and frustrations come from the inability to communicate.

The best New experiences and New understandings come from confronting and learning a new language.

Language is a really important New when you’re in another country.

Thanks for adding it to the list, and congratulations, 8 languages have exposed you to a mountain of New.

By: Chiva Congelado

Chiva Congelado — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:25:30 +0000

Good list. However, I think you forgot a basic one:

Language. Not only the fact of learning a new language from scratch, but also using different levels of it (or even your native language) depending on what you want to convey.

I should have an idea, I’ve tried eight.