making friends as an expat 🪂 debunking networking myths 🪄 and how reading impacts your life ✨

Ever wonder what it’s like to grow up third-cultured, moving to a new continent every few years? How does that translate to adulthood and making friends as a globetrotter? In this episode, my good friend Annie Chopra breaks down how her multicultural background has shaped her, why despite having lived in many countries, she keeps coming back to Saigon, Vietnam. She also debunks misconceptions I had about networking, and how she uses reading as a tool to expand her mind and expand her life. Oh! and we revisit some good ol' shared memories from grade 5 as well ☺️ 🎀Instagram: http://instagram.com/annie.chopra 🌏Website: anniechopra.com/ 🎀 Annie Chopra is a 26 year-old digital marketing strategist who is originally from India, was born in Dubai and grew up in Spain, Laos, Mexico and Tanzania. Her multicutlural upbringing has allowed her to vividly see the way the world works from a very young age, and continues to shape her sense of curiosity, adventure and yearning for learning today. Annie, let's do another episode when we meet again ✨Love you! 🧋Watch me live Annie's schedule for a day here: https://youtu.be/A0X4H7gkdxk ✉️ [email protected] 🧸Instagram: http://instagram.com/_caddberrie ---------------------------- ⏳Timestamps 0:00 intro 0:43 Annie’s introduction 1:31 how me met in Laos (grade 5) 🌏Expat life 4:06 why Saigon, Vietnam? 7:27 what keeps you coming back to Saigon? 10:04 making friends abroad 12:47 getting into networking 🫂Corner: Myth or Matter; topic: networking 21:08 Myth #1. it’s all transactional 24:01 Myth #2. it’s so formal! there is no chill 27:56 Myth #3. there is no need to network 30:00 Myth #4. you need to be naturally gifted 📚Reading books and writing books 33:16 earliest memories of reading 36:37 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 38:52 reading as an adult 40:29 productivity systems for reading 46:09 5 current books 48:49 on: publishing books & future plans 57:13 outro ---------------------------- This video is not sponsored.