The Time Is Now

Research has shown that having a strong sense of purpose has real benefits for our physical and mental health, our relationships and even our life expectancy! Yet so often expat partners feel that it is somehow not okay for them to want ‘more’ from their globally mobile lives.

This week, my friend and colleague Sundae Schneider-Bean and I are breaking down some of the big myths about finding your purpose. We’re explaining why not embracing your purpose is dangerous, how starting a business can help you find your purpose and why right now is the time to really start taking action, despite all the uncertainty in our world.

If you are struggling with how you can make an impact on the world around you when you have to keep moving or want to feel more fulfilled despite not having a ‘typical’ career, this episode is for you!

"Research shows that lack of purpose is life-threatening."

Sundae is an intercultural specialist and solution-oriented coach. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and host of the podcast, Expat Happy Hour. Sundae is the mother of two third-culture kids and has lived overseas since 1998.

Originally from the US, she has lived in Switzerland, Burkina Faso and is now in South Africa. She has helped individuals from more than 60 countries go through transitions and change.  Sundae also works with individuals seeking more purpose and meaning as they face the challenges of living globally mobile lives as well as supporting multinational companies and NGOs to help their employees make the most of their time abroad.

What You Will Learn

What important things you should know when you are looking for a bigger sense of purpose.

Why the search of purpose often leads to impactful business ideas.

What the factors of success are for a meaningful business.

Dual career couples & putting the business at the same level as the partner’s job – With Jennifer Petriglieri

Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

The Scale of Wholeness

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Building a strong network can be a valuable asset to your business. However, networking is often looked at a way to “get” the right contacts that will “bring” you business. Today, I invite you to shift your perception of networking to “giving” and to building meaningful relationships that can grow your business for the long term.

This is the subject of “The Go-Giver” - one of the best books I have read. It has been a huge influence on my own business journey.

I am very honored to have Bob Burg, the author of this book as my guest on this week’s episode. Bob shares his insights on how “giving” the right way will make you a successful entrepreneur.

"Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment"

Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. He is also a much sought-after speaker at sales and leadership conferences. His book, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann, itself has sold over 950,000 copies and it has been translated into 28 languages.

Through his work and passion he shows how companies both large and small that conduct their businesses “The Go-Giver Way” are not only of much greater value to their customers; they are also significantly more functional, and profitable, as well.

What You Will Learn

What entrepreneurship is really about

How to network in a meaningful way

How to give without expectation while still serving your business

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The expat life is amazing and can be full of incredible opportunities. However, it can create some very real and significant challenges for your career if you are constantly moving to follow your partner’s job.

There are practical challenges like whether you can get a work permit with your visa status, whether your qualifications are accepted and then you can run into issues where employers don’t see the value of your international experience or simply don’t want to hire someone who is always on the move.

"Stop thinking about how far you could have come, start figuring out what you can do now."

All of this can lead to some serious issues with your sense of identity, your relationship with your partner and your wellbeing.

It does not have to be that way! Yes, the expat career curse is a real thing but there are things you can do to overcome it, to find personal fulfillment and purpose and financial independence.

This week, I’m going to tell you three big things you can do to break the career curse and change your thinking about what you can do, right now, and why it is never too late to make a change!

What You Will Learn

What are the circumstances that lead to the career curse

How to turn around the expat spouse career curse

What key mindset shift that need to happen

This episode is also available in a blog format:

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Resources And Inspiration:

Global expat numbers set to soar to 87.5m by 2021

Expat partners are not taken seriously – This is how it can change – Alix Carnot

Preserve your health and the energy you need in your business with easy Ayurvedic recipes – Rashmi Zimburg

Dual career couples & putting the business at the same level as the partner’s job – With Jennifer Petriglieri

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Building confidence with your identity and feeling that you belong when you are living on the move can be incredibly challenging. It can be even harder to cope with if you feel discriminated against.

In this episode, bilingual expat and diversity coach, Ellen Wagner shares her steps to gaining confidence in your identity, especially when you feel marginalized or are in a minority. She also explains how feeling empowered and owning who you are can help you succeed personally and professionally, as well as how doing this work can help you be ready to speak up when you experience discrimination.

"It all starts with embracing your identity and getting comfortable with being different."

Ellen Wagner runs Cross-Cultural Bridges. She helps expats grow on their (life) journey, keeping their orientation and overcoming their inner barriers. Ellen also helps individuals from minority backgrounds gain confidence and feel empowered to share their voice and be visible.

With African-American roots and growing up in Germany, she now lives with her wife and daughter in Princeton, New Jersey, USA where she moved and changed her career to support her wife.

Prior to becoming a coach, Ellen built her career in hotel management and tourism where she gained her experience in conflict and negotiation management.

What You Will Learn

What the 5 steps are that will allow you to feel confident about being different and feel more empowered

How to find a tribe where you can belong and be yourself

How to communicate your discomfort and speak up when you feel discriminated against

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Have you been contemplating for some time finding a busines idea to create your own source of revenue and fulfillment?

And are you now having cold feet because of the economic challenges caused by the pandemic?

"Don’t lose this huge opportunity to find a great business idea by looking at this crisis the wrong way!"

Guess what? Instead of abandoning the idea, this is the perfect time for you to search and test the right business idea for you!

In this episode, I will tell you why and give you some inspiration from other businesses that started right in the middle of a crisis.

What You Will Learn

What makes a crisis the perfect time to find the right business idea for you

How you can find these opportunities in turbulent times

Why you need to look for your business idea now even if the market is not ready for it

This episode is also available in a blog format:

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Resources And Inspiration:

How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of Airbnb

Zocdoc: Oliver Kharraz

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Instagram can be a great tool to get exposure for your business, build your audience and engage with your tribe.

However, navigating the tool can be a little tricky and knowing how to attract followers can be a challenge.

"Your social media becomes powerful when you start making genuine connections"

Carolyn Malasig is half Danish and half Filipino. She grew up in The Philippines where she was an international relations TV reporter before she met her husband and became a diplomat’s wife.

Due to the conflict of interest and the nature of her husband’s job, Carol shifted her area of focus to multimedia and turned to freelance journalism. She also launched a blog called Almost Diplomatic where she writes about how one can live a good life without breaking the bank. This is also where she shares her travels and her daily adventures as a lifestyle journalist and a diplomat's wife.

Carol is a savvy user of video content and is very active on Instagram where she had over 11,000 followers at the time of this recording.

What You Will Learn

What practical tips you can implement to build your following

What the key foundations of creating high engagement are

How Instagram can benefit your business, even if you do not have one yet

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Can a crisis really become an opportunity for your business? As the COVID-19 pandemic started, I shared some strategies to build a recession-proof business.

One of the clients I was working with at the time implemented these strategies with remarkable results, despite incredibly challenging personal circumstances.

"As hard it was to find the energy and time to run a family and a business during lockdown, I could not give up working on my business, I had to double down on my efforts to adapt to the crisis."

Marcelle Yeager runs Career Valet, which empowers mid- to senior-level professionals and executives to reach the next level of their career by strengthening their career narratives for their job search. She was just about to launch a new service targeting those who had a job but wanted to move when employers stared to cut jobs or put employees on furlough due to the pandemic.

In this week’s episode, she shares how she quickly assessed the new challenges created by the pandemic and re-focused on serving her community when they most needed her skills. As a result of how she showed up as an entrepreneur, and pivoted to meet emerging needs, she experienced some of the best monthly results since her business started eight years ago.

What You Will Learn

What the 3 steps to pivot a business during a recession are and what these can look like in practice

What tangible results Marcelle and her partner achieved when they implemented these strategies

Whatchallenges and mindset shifts needed to be addressed to get results

Resources And Inspiration:

How to know if it is time to call it off or pivot your business? – With Marcelle Yeager

How to create your recession proof business now! – Part 1: Assess

Create a recession-proof business – Part 2: Pivot

Create a recession-proof business – Part 3: Super Serve

Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz

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Do you feel like being an entrepreneur is an endless learning curve? Do you often feel like you are just not making any progress towards achieving your goals?

Understanding what type of entrepreneur and learner you are can help you feel less overwhelmed, find more balance, and take big steps forward in your business.

"Find the balance between being strategic and leaving space for spontaneity"

In this week’s episode, I explain some different approaches to entrepreneurship and learning, and the advantages and challenges of each type. I am also sharing how being aware of these can make a huge difference to your business, helping you to adapt and to overcome perfectionism and procrastination, two huge barriers to success!

What You Will Learn

What type of entrepreneur and learner you are

The advantages and challenges of your type

How to use this awareness to adapt, change your mindset and take action

Resources And Inspiration:

How to be smart and effective with the way you consume free content

The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning by Steven Pressfield

Sign up to the Portable Business Accelerator waiting list

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When running a business and as an entrepreneur, I strongly believe that is our responsibility to show up:

as an individual

for your community

in times of crisis

when we see social injustice such as racism

But it is often not easy to know what to do and how to show up effectively without getting overwhelmed.

To discuss this topic, I am bringing you an expert in community leadership, Naomi Hattaway.

"Instead of using the word ‘ally’ use the word ‘antagonist’ but the work starts at your kitchen table"

Naomi Hattaway is the founder of I Am A Triangle, an online community with thousands of globally located members with one thing in common – they have lived around the world, away from their passport countries. She also owns 8th & Home Real Estate and Relocation, a nationwide referral network, matching families on the move with real estate professionals who chase communities and not commissions.

After living in several locations in the United States, her family (three kids, now in college and high school) moved overseas to Delhi, India where she learned to thrive in the midst of chaos. Following a one-year stint in Singapore, they are now back in the United States, and she has traipsed her way from Florida to Virginia to Ohio and is now back in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Naomi is passionate about community building and empowering others to thrive, not just survive, in the places they call home.

What You Will Learn

How global nomads can take a stand against injustice even when not having voting or local political power

Why not being racist is not enough and where the work again racism can start in simple small actions as an individual and as an entrepreneur

How entrepreneurs can show up and lead their communities again racism and injustice while making sure to not get overwhelmed and keeping the business in focus

Resources And Inspiration:

Using your voice to speak up

How to build a powerful community and lead it to the next level – Naomi Hattaway

Catrice Jackson

Antagonist, Advocates and Allies: The Wake Up Call Guide for White Women Who Want to Become Allies with Black Women

Angela Y. Davis Quote

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work

Antiracist Baby Board Book

How to Be an Antiracist

Harvard Implicit bias test

Danielle Coke

Desiree Adaway

Tiffany Jewell (This Book is Anti-Racist for teenagers)

Rachel Rodgers

Take the Anti-racist Small Business Pledge & commit to building an equitable, anti-racist organization.

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Is your fear of rejection stopping you from getting out there and selling? Does the idea of sales make you feel anxious and uncomfortable?

It can be very intimidating to put yourself out there to promote your product or service, but it is critical to your business success. You have got to be able to convert your business ideas and marketing efforts into revenue!

" The more rejections you get the more sales you will make."

In this episode, I am breaking down the practical steps you need to take to sell effectively, starting with developing a more positive mindset.My three essential rules for sales will help you challenge your own limiting beliefs and build effective strategies to turn your marketing into revenue.

What You Will Learn

Practical steps to turn marketing efforts into sales

Mindset shifts that will allow you to be more comfortable with selling

My three secrets to selling in an authentic way

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Resources And Inspiration:

How to get clarity on your business idea and bring it to reality

How to build consistency in your business to attract clients

What door-to-door sales taught me about entrepreneurship

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