{"id":4319,"date":"2019-10-04T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2019-11-05T16:45:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:45:58","slug":"growing-stronger-abroad-germany-and-shanghai-hari-and-marina-absolutely-intercultural-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=4319","title":{"rendered":"Growing Stronger Abroad +++ Germany and Shanghai +++ Hari and Marina +++ Absolutely Intercultural 243 +++"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4319-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_243.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_243.mp3\">http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_243.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Day-time-temple-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4320\" width=\"338\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Day-time-temple-.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Day-time-temple--300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 85vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This show is about growing stronger overseas. Maybe you\u2019ve always dreamed about a new life or modifying your old one? You will hear about two students who used their time abroad to reinvent themselves and discover how they managed this change with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMART_criteria\">SMART goals<\/a>. You will be surprised how these students spent most of their energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harigautham Somasundaram, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitm.ac.in\/msresearch\">Indian Institute of Technology Madras<\/a>, spent a semester at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs-koblenz.de\/rac\/international-programs\/\">RheinAhrCampus<\/a>, Germany, doing an academic internship. He explains how he moulded a new personality using a technique he learned in Germany &#8211; SMART goals. Marina, from Germany, shares her personal transformation in China. Initially, she was too scared to order food from a restaurant in China, but by the end, she was exploring the Chinese country-side far away from the trodden paths of regular tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>absolutely social <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first category, you will learn why Hari spent only 25% of his energy on the classroom, and why on earth the other 75% went to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/advice\/4-strategies-for-networking-with-your-friends-without-making-it-weird\">social life<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>absolutely stronger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second category, Marina explains why she is not the same person anymore. 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You can\nsubscribe for free and give us a rating and a comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our next show is coming to you from <a href=\"https:\/\/annefox.eu\/\">Anne Fox<\/a> in Denmark on 01 November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bleiben Sie absolut interkulturell!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/absolutely_intercultural_show_243.mp3\"><\/a> <br>The host of this show is: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laurent-borgmann.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Laurent Borgmann<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editors: Vitor Lima and Kalvin Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poddownico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\"><\/span> <a title=\"Download the show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_243.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podfeedico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\"><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/absolutely-intercultural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast-Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podaboico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\"><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=137617215&amp;s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes-Abo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This show is about growing stronger overseas. 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