How to enhance your life as a third culture kid?
Do you know why TCKs fare well in management related jobs? It is because they can manage well. Being a scholar of multiple languages, they do well in managerial posts and also their knowledge of different cultures helps them get accustomed to a multicultural environment. But that is the ultimate outcome of a TCK’s life. The struggles he/she has to go through before are immense.
Many people do not get to the ultimate stage and give up in between. Such quitters keep wondering for the rest of their lives that where did they go wrong. However, the only thing they did wrong was to give up. Whether you are a TCK or a normal human being, you should never give up on your fate. A man shapes his own destiny and if you can work hard, there is nothing in the world that can hold you back. The third culture kids should be taught this at a very tender age so that they remember it for their whole lives. Yes, their lives are different from others and the troubles they face are quite different too. But, you have to keep faith on yourselves if you wish to surpass all the turbulence and emerge victorious in the battle called life. Let us discuss how a third culture kid can overcome all his/her obstacles and reach the finishing line, sweating yet smiling.
- Always be optimistic - Always remember, if others can do it, you can do it too. They also have two hands, two legs, one heart and one brain. So if they can make it possible, why can’t you? What is it that you do not have? In fact, you are more gifted than them. You have seen the world, you have learned a plethora of languages and you can communicate well with different cultures. So, you are more prone to success than they are.
- Keep faith on yourselves - No matter what the situation is, never lose faith on yourselves. Keep on trying and trying. Being a third culture kid, you have the whole world at your side. You are a child of the world and nothing binds you to any definite culture. So keep faith and enhance your knowledge to fare well in a competitive world.
- Communicate - Take maximum advantage of your status as a third culture kid. There are thousands like you and you have to communicate with them in order to enhance your knowledge of the world. You can do that, right? You just need to get a bit extroverted and start making interesting conversations to draw people in. In no time you will see that you have become a prominent figure in your group and people are turning to you for suggestions.
- Read and read more - Read more about people like you. Subscribe to blogs that focus on the life of third culture kids and their struggles. You can learn a lot by reading about experiences of other people like you, like how they manage to live in different cultural environments or engage in conversations with people from other communities. Also, you will gain motivation from the way they have paved their way out of the toils and troubles to shape up a life of their own.
If you are a TCK, there is no need to worry at all. You are different from others but in a good way. You have an an edge over your competitors by being multilingual, multicultural and a child of the world. So, revel in it and use it to your advantage instead of brooding over it. Wish you all the very best in your life as a third culture kid.
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