In his blog, brazencareerist.com, Dan Oshinsky published an entry on why world travelers make the best workers. Being able to stay calm in situations where everything goes wrong is one of the skills that he and his little sister learnt when they got lost in Morocco, a place where they did not speak the language, and where they had to use their own intuition and resourcefulness to get around. “What’s wonderful”, writes Dan, “is that once you’ve figured out how to solve a problem under the weirdest of situations, you can find the confidence to deal with stress at the office. You can probably fix whatever’s wrong back in the real world”. Furthermore, travelers are often willing to step outside their comfort zones and try new things, which translates into “getting out of the box” to find new answers- definitely a skill that most bosses value.
Read Dan’s article.
Read Dan’s article.
