Almost all of us go abroad on holiday at some point. But there are a lot of people who never leave their home country in their entire lives. Nevertheless, they form an opinion about other countries and about foreigners in their country. They come to the conclusion that their home country is the most beautiful and best, for whatever reason, because they really have no basis on which to base this opinion.

Even those who regularly go on holiday abroad only have a limited perspective. They only see what they want to see.

But there are so many angles that we don't experience in this way and that are so important and formative for us.
In fact, they are so important that each of us should even be obliged to spend a certain amount of time in the country of our choice, similar to military service.

What influence does experience abroad have on our lives and our attitude towards foreign people?

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It has now become the norm in our society for people to complain about their work. At the end of a working day, they pour their hearts out to friends and family. That is quite normal. That's the way it's supposed to be. C'est la vie. There is simply no other way. That's why it's called work, after all, they tell themselves.

What happened to our childhood dreams where we wanted to turn what we enjoyed into a career? We just started a job at some point and stuck to it, even if we can't stand the work.

Sunday evening is spoiled because we already think of Monday with dread. Then we literally count the seconds until closing time.

Let's take a look at how this could have happened. Then let's see what we can change.

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Practice makes perfect - we've all heard that before, of course. But why is it so important to practise a lot in order to become perfect and what strength practising gives us is something that most people don't realise.

All good actors are only who they are because they have practised incessantly.

There are few people who master certain things straight away. As a rule, all those who have made it in one area are only where they are because they have practised over and over again.

But how do you actually practise properly?

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Be honest, I'm sure you've all made smart remarks about other people's businesses, like 'I would do the advertising this way' or 'that's stupid, no one will buy there with that logo'....

And what good are we at giving advice when acquaintances tell us about problems in their small or medium-sized businesses.

But when we take the step into self-employment at some point, we realise that we have no idea about any of this, because reality is different from our fantasy-spun ideal world.

And so it happens that we, as newcomers to business, all make the same mistakes over and over again.

I would like to give you a little help from experience, so that you may already be a few steps ahead when you start.

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