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THE PRIMARY MAGNET IS THE QUEST TO SUCCEED IN LIFE!
• What brings foreign born to America is the belief that anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make it! Brookings Institute, 2014
FIND YOUR VOCATION• What is a Vocation?• A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation• A strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work• IT HAS CONOTATIONS WITH WHAT YOU WERE CALLED TO DO ON EARTH
BE DETERMINED TO THRIVE• Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it• “This must succeed”• There will be obstacles
BE CURIOUS AND OPEN MINDED• Don’t be sucked in by stereotypes• Don let preconceived notions keep you down• Learn more and new stuff
STRONG WORK ETHIC• 73% of foreign born belief strong work ethic is the key to success -migration
Policy Institute
IMPROVE YOURSELF• To stay Competitive• Finish that PhD!• Learn that Language• Learn the culture• Get a hair cut• Stay healthy
BE WISE WITH YOUR MONEY• Save first before your spend• Invest• Don’t Compete with the Jones’s• Learn about how money works• Beware of credit cards• Plan-have a budget in place
BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP
• Don’t Burn your bridges• Make good and reliable friends• Expand your horizon meet new people!
AMERICA IS HOME• Get it mentally that America is home else you can never settle here!• Limit the remittances• Settle down• Raise your family diligently