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Apr 29, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #26 Pick a Church Carefully

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” ― Galatians 3:28 Choosing where to fellowship is important because it gives the worshiper an opportunity to plug in and build deeper relationships with others. Unfortunately, by default, many people gravitate towards their kind because they want comfort; this is contrary to the missional call on our lives. Instead of assimilating, many immigrants en

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 28, 2021
1 min

#25 Plan Carefully Before Starting Business in Your Country of Birth

If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere. ―Henry Kissinger By default, most immigrants feel more comfortable starting a business in their countries of origin, especially with family members. Unfortunately, these ventures fail because of many factors out of the control of both parties. Therefore, immigrants must move slowly and avoid making the costly mistakes others have made before them. You are going to have pressure both here and from those in

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 27, 2021
1 min

Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #24 Send Money Home With Caution

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” ―Winston Churchill Many immigrants become financially viable and are required to send remittances to their countries of birth to support parents and extended families. But this new position of power and control can create a dependency culture of “toxic charity” and become detrimental to both the giver and recipients; therefore, this is something to guard against. You will become a millionaire soon;

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 23, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 21 Watch What You Eat

“When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.” ―Proverbs 23:1-2 As an immigrant, maybe you are moving from lack to abundance, and there is the possibility that you are going to be tempted to overindulge in the “goodies” in the land. This chapter addresses the perils and pitfalls of the fast-food culture in the US and how the immigrant can avoid them. Your health cannot be sepa

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 22, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 20 Write a Book

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” ―Franklin D. Roosevelt One of the most effective ways to share our story with a larger audience and to pass it on to the next generation is to write a book. This chapter encourages immigrants to write so that they can enrich the cultural heritage of their new country and add their own “flavor” to existing ones. The next logical step after taking ownership o

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 19, 2021
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What is your mission?

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 17, 2021
3 min

How to enhance your marriage Marriage: The surprising benefits of exercising as husband and wife

Have you ever wondered if there were benefits to exercising with your spouse? Have you ever wondered if there were true benefits to exercising? In Enhance Your Marriage: The Surprising Benefits of Exercising as Husband and Wife written by Elizabeth Tayem, M.S. and Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D., these questions, and more, are answered in a very convincing way. The authors describe marriage as a three-legged stool. According to research, the three legs are money, sex, and communic

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 14, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 13 Know Who You Are

“No Person is free who is not master of himself.” ―Epictetus “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.“ ―Psalms 139:14 It is only when you are comfortable with who you are that you will be able to find your voice and make any meaningful contribution. This is crucial for immigrants who may find themselves in situations where they are different from others and may not look, speak, or sound like those around them.

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 13, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 12 Expand Your Network

“A king who has people is more important than a king who has money.” ―Bamumbu Proverb By default, most people will gravitate toward people that look like them, eat, speak, and dress like them. This is because people like what is comfortable, familiar, and predictable. Unfortunately, this attitude prevents assimilation and impedes how much the immigrant utilizes their skills and thus limits their impact. You did not travel this far to settle down for comfortable, familiar, a

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 12, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 11 Learn About Other Cultures

“To the weak, I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might, by all means, save some.” ―I Corinthians 9:22 This chapter’s emphasis is on the importance of getting out of your comfort zone and learning new cultures and increasing your cultural intelligence quotient (QC). The future belongs to those who develop a high QC. Air travel has brought the world closer than anything else, and people who were isolated in the past are in

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 10, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #9 Get Reconciled to God

“ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” ―Matthew 16:26 King James Version Many move for green pastures and risk all for earthly and material things that are temporal and have no eternal value. This chapter is emphasizing the importance of having a personal relationship with God through the finished work of His one and only begotten Jesus Christ on the cross. It is important to

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 9, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # Get Life Insurance

“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.” ―Proverbs 13:22 You might have migrated from a country where life insurance is non-existent, and even if there are any life insurance companies, only a few individuals have access to it. In this chapter, the need for having proper and adequate life insurance coverage is highlighted. It is not uncommon in some of the immigrant communities for solicitations

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 8, 2021
1 min

Your future is hinging on your today

To live the future you MUST see it with the eyes of tor mind. In other words, you need to walk by faith. What are you seeing? www.iemapproach.com

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 7, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 7 Your Host Family

“Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.” ―Proverbs 17:13 Many relationships have been ruined because proper boundaries were not set initially, and the expectations were not well defined. This tragedy can be avoided. Setting boundaries and having a timeline and specific expectations from each party may be strange to you. The reason is that in your country of birth, your culture assumes that “things always work out as long as you are family or fri

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 6, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 6 Go to School

“Studying is like rowing a boat upstream, not moving forward is to fall behind.” ― Chinese Proverb The United States of America has some of the best schools on earth, and any immigrant who does not take advantage of this opportunity will not be equipped to take full advantage of being in the country. Why are you not considering going to school? Millions of students have moved from various parts of the world for a great education in the great educational institutions in the Un

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 5, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant: # 5 Ask Questions

“ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” ―Matthew 7:7 One way of learning is by asking questions. It takes humility to admit that you need help. If you do not ask, you will not receive, and those that keep asking will reach their full potential, for other people will reach out to them.” In his book, Become a Better You, author and speaker Israelmore Ayivor says “One common thing about great achievers is that they ke

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 3, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant: # 4 Be a Student

"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” —C.S. Lewis When you stop learning, you stop growing. As an immigrant, you have been thrust into a new environment and have a lot of learning to do. If you do not keep learning, you will not grow and will not reach your full potential. Nobody captures this more than Henry Doherty, a successful American businessman who held close to 140 individual patents and founded the Cities Service Company in

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 2, 2021
4 min

How can bloody Friday be Good Friday?

When I was a little kid, I had a hard time understanding the whole meaning of Good Friday. How can the “untimely death “of a 33 years old man on a bloody Roman cross be a good thing? How can dying to be good? How can defeat be a good thing? What good can come out of false accusations, jealousy, and hatred? These and many other questions plagued me as a kid. Good Friday cannot be good! The unjust condemnation of an innocent man by one of the greatest “kangaroo courts” on the f

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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.

Apr 1, 2021
1 min

52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant: You are unstoppable

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” ― Amelia Earhart Immigrants are generally high achievers, driven, resourceful, and risk-takers. It takes more than the desire for a better life for someone to pack and leave all they know, love, and trust to travel thousands of miles to a foreign country where there are no guarantees of success. If you are holding this book, you fit this profile, and there is no other place like the United States

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