5 Secret Steps to Becoming a Travel Virtuoso
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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5 Secret Steps
to Becoming a
Travel Virtuoso
If you travel. Or plan to travel someday. This is the secret tool that all successful travellers use to successfully navigate another culture.
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What happens when a
traveller feels stress?
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Your feelings are the first clue that you are about to learn a new cultural lesson.
Travellers learn to pay attention to them!
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You are standing in a lineup at customs and immigration in China. Everyone is crowding around, cutting in front of you, and taking your space...
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In Canada, if I am in a line where people are touching or pushing me, it means I am in a pushy or angry crowd
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Make up a new meaning.
Choose a meaning you KNOW is WRONG.
The more ridiculous and absurd the better.
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I feel crowded because
it is "Stand-on-Strangers-Toes-Tuesday" here in China.
It brings luck!
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The key is to make up an
unbelievable explanation
Ridiculous explanations
force you to begin looking
from a new perspective
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Most first interpretations are wrong, so choosing the absurd helps us remember we're probably wrong
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Tourists avoid stress, Travellers put themselves into stressful places.
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They are curious about the stress and pay close attention to what is happening.
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In my (home culture) ...
when I (describe the incident that caused you stress) ...
I feel (describe how you feel)...
WHAT DOES (that same incident) MEAN HERE.
When I stand in a line up people stand so close that they sometimes touch or push me. In Canada that means I am in a pushy or angry crowd,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN HERE?
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Just because you have asked one person to help you understand, don't assume you have the full picture.
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You know more than when you started But you have many more roads to walk before you really understand.
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Good thing, because that is the point of travel after all
Tourists won't get that.
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