In one’s own country or abroad, since days of old, humans are characterized by their wish to be happy. Both if the decision is to stay in one’s home country, or to move away in search of a better life, there will be no lack of difficulties and problems to overcome because dealing with the hurdles that we come across along the road is part of life.
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On 24th June 2018, the ban on driving for women in Saudi Arabia was officially lifted, and already 2000 driving licences have been issued to women resident in the country. One of these is Margherita Di Paola who, it would seem, although we have no official confirmation, is the first Italian woman to have passed the driving test in Riyadh, on 24th June 2018.
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Whoever decides to move away and start their life over again elsewhere, on personal initiative or because she chooses to follow her partner, decides to leave their comfort zone, leave what she knows to go to something new and, quite often, into the unknown. This first decision is sometimes taken instinctively, other times after long, pondered thought, and in some cases, it is one taken out of necessity, while on other occasions, it is out of a will to change or to improve one’s life.
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After some years abroad, for some the time comes, by choice, by contractual obligation or for personal reasons, to return to the country of origin. Ostensibly, what can be more natural than going home, back to the family atmosphere left behind years before? One thinks of taking up one’s life exactly where it was interrupted, but that is not the case.
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Generally speaking, when we decide to move abroad, it is because we have a hope or a dream: a dream of a better life, of a more interesting job or of a better paid one, of being able to carry out a professional or life project.
Sometimes, once we have arrived at our destination, we realize that the difficulties that we face are greater than our expectations, or that the times to make our dream come true are further away than expected.
This saying has its ancient roots and harks back to J. W. Von Goethe, who wrote: "A man is judged by the company he keeps, and if I know what you concern yourself with, I will know what you will become".
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In our itinerant life, whenever we change country, we have to cope with the challenge of having to learn a new language. In our case, most often, this learning is a must if we want to carry out normal daily activities (work, shopping, doctors, post …), not to mention all the red tape that we have to deal with every time we move.
What to do to learn the local language as quickly as possible, to be able to be self-sufficient and feel more at ease in the host country?
Cross Cultural Coaching helps companies and their directors when it comes to dealing with complicated challenges, in areas that are changing and increasingly developing.
This can be due to market developments, the internationalization processes in companies, but also to merger and acquisition processes where cultural, national or entrepreneurial and different elements are compared.
The association Italia Altrove di Düsseldorf has organized a seminar, at the VHS in Frankfurt, on intercultural communication, with a view to highlighting the psychological and intercultural aspects of the migratory experience in Germany.
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