Stop Failing Abroad: Why Preparation Beats Luck!

The thing I want to say upfront before The thing I want to say upfront before we get into like the failures of the we get into like the failures of the we get into like the failures of the negative is that it's ultimately more negative is that it's ultimately more negative is that it's ultimately more about the positive, right? I'm not about the positive, right? I'm not about the positive, right? I'm not telling you this to scare you out of it. telling you this to scare you out of it. telling you this to scare you out of it. I'm telling you this so the people who I'm telling you this so the people who I'm telling you this so the people who do fail, why they fail, aren't going to do fail, why they fail, aren't going to do fail, why they fail, aren't going to be you, right? Almost universally these be you, right? Almost universally these be you, right? Almost universally these people failed for predictable, people failed for predictable, people failed for predictable, preventable reasons, reasons that I or preventable reasons, reasons that I or preventable reasons, reasons that I or other expats can see from miles away. other expats can see from miles away. other expats can see from miles away. And with the right preparation, the And with the right preparation, the And with the right preparation, the right support, these don't have to be right support, these don't have to be right support, these don't have to be your reasons. This is not a negative your reasons. This is not a negative your reasons. This is not a negative video, right? The 20% who make it, they video, right? The 20% who make it, they video, right? The 20% who make it, they aren't luckier aren't braver or aren't luckier aren't braver or aren't luckier aren't braver or adventurous than the 80% who don't. adventurous than the 80% who don't. adventurous than the 80% who don't. They're really just better prepared. They're really just better prepared. They're really just better prepared. That's the whole difference. And it's That's the whole difference. And it's That's the whole difference. And it's usually not money. It's social. It's usually not money. It's social. It's usually not money. It's social. It's psychological. So, let's dig into some psychological. So, let's dig into some psychological. So, let's dig into some of the real reasons, the real whys. In of the real reasons, the real whys. In of the real reasons, the real whys. In this section, we're going to talk this section, we're going to talk this section, we're going to talk basically about the planning failures, basically about the planning failures, basically about the planning failures, right? Most office people who moved for right? Most office people who moved for right? Most office people who moved for the wrong reasons, right? This is like a the wrong reasons, right? This is like a the wrong reasons, right? This is like a foundational failure that happens before foundational failure that happens before foundational failure that happens before you get on a plane, even if your budget you get on a plane, even if your budget you get on a plane, even if your budget numbers are in order. A significant numbers are in order. A significant numbers are in order. A significant percentage of people who attempt to percentage of people who attempt to percentage of people who attempt to retire abroad are not moving towards retire abroad are not moving towards retire abroad are not moving towards something positive, successful, a goal something positive, successful, a goal something positive, successful, a goal in their life. They're running away from in their life. They're running away from in their life. They're running away from something bad, some failure behind them, something bad, some failure behind them, something bad, some failure behind them, some skeletons in their closet, a job some skeletons in their closet, a job some skeletons in their closet, a job they hate, a marriage that's fraying or they hate, a marriage that's fraying or they hate, a marriage that's fraying or failed, failed, failed, a life that feels that belongs to a life that feels that belongs to a life that feels that belongs to someone else, someone else, someone else, from a kind of exhaustion of being a from a kind of exhaustion of being a from a kind of exhaustion of being a middle-aged professional in a high cost middle-aged professional in a high cost middle-aged professional in a high cost of living country who's seemingly done of living country who's seemingly done of living country who's seemingly done everything right and feels like they're everything right and feels like they're everything right and feels like they're still losing.