When you relocate to Mexico —full time or part-time— you’ll pass through a period of adjustment as you experience and respond to Mexican culture and the way of life here. Becoming well-settled in a country that is not your original home requires understanding, compromise, and the development of a few skills.
This five-part series about Essential Skills for Expats in Mexico enables you to learn about key skills you’ll need to help make your move and settlement here a success.
Every part in the series is cross-referenced with detailed guides, articles, and other resources on Mexperience to help you delve deeper into each topic.
By taking time to consider these skills, you’ll become better prepared for a move to Mexico, and the series also shares valuable insights about living styles in Mexico and how you can make the most of your experiences here.
Essential Skills for Expats: Five Part Series
Part 1 examines what is perhaps the most important skill you’ll need, because you’ll need to use it every day — learning the language.
Part 2 describes the need for flexibility and patience with and around your life situations in Mexico.
Part 3 explores the deeply-ingrained culture of trade, negotiation and bargaining that exists in Mexico, and how you’ll need to learn how to engage with it.
Part 4 is about the importance of contacts and networking and how being an active contributor in the local community where you live will make a material difference to your well-being.
Part 5 concludes the series by highlighting the need for cultural awareness as you settle-in to your life and/or work situations in Mexico.
Resources for Living & Lifestyle in Mexico
Mexperience offers you a comprehensive online resource of information and local knowledge to help you discover Mexico, explore choices, find opportunities and plan a new life in Mexico. Our resources include:
- Regularly-updated articles about lifestyle planning in Mexico
- Extensive free guides about living & lifestyles in Mexico
- A regular Mexico Newsletter you can subscribe to for free
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