The Learning Library
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We still use language from the Cold War to describe a world that no longer exists. First World. Third World. The terminology implies a hierarchy that made sense in 1975 but has little to do with how millions of people actually live today. The Moment I Knew When we first moved into our apartment abroad,…
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Tired of trusting politicians with your family’s future? Discover how simple moves — a fallback place, foreign income, or wealth abroad — give you freedom they can’t screw up.
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The Ceremony You Didn’t Expect Picture this: You walk into a British embassy in a foreign city. The Consul General greets you personally at the front gate—not with bureaucratic coldness, but with warmth. He escorts you into a private room that’s been prepared and dressed up specifically for this moment. The room is formal. Your…
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The Jet-Setter Fantasy When most people imagine global diversification, they picture a very specific type of person: Eduardo Saverin renouncing US citizenship for Singapore. Peter Thiel quietly securing New Zealand residency. Tina Turner giving up her American passport for Switzerland. Multi-millionaires. Tech founders. Icons. It feels like a game designed exclusively for the ultra-wealthy—people who…
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The Endless Loop You wake up. Check your phone. The headlines flood in: another political scandal, rising tensions overseas, economic warnings, a tragedy that dominates every conversation for weeks. You tell yourself you’ll disconnect, but the pull is magnetic. Notifications keep coming. Conversations at work, at dinner, with friends—they all circle back to the same…
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Most people see immigration, residency, or citizenship as walls designed to keep them out. But the truth is, the global infrastructure is already in place — not as walls, but as doors. The only shift required is learning how to open them. Every country has its own immigration rules: who can enter, who can stay,…
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The first time you stand beneath a monument, wander through ancient ruins, or sit at a table savoring a new cuisine — it imprints on you. But after you’ve done this five, six, ten times in different places, something happens. Another statue, another waterfall, another restaurant — it all starts to blur together. Tourism, by…
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I’ll never forget what my mentor told me when I first started looking at Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs. He didn’t hesitate: “Skip the real estate. Make the donation.” I looked at it like an investment, because as the name suggests, Citizenship By Investment…so it was hard to justify just giving away $150 to…
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One of the biggest myths I hear from entrepreneurs and middle-income families is this: “I’ll start thinking about international diversification once I have millions.” That belief is the reason so many people never act. They think that second residencies and citizenships are reserved only for the ultra-wealthy. That is a trap: you don’t need millions…
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Five years ago, I stood in a government office filling out visa paperwork to enter the country where I was born. My passport had always been my golden ticket. For decades, I’d traveled freely, never thinking twice about borders or permissions. But there I was—needing a visa for the place I was born. That’s when…
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The world our children are growing up in isn’t the same one we knew. Power is shifting. Economies rise and fall. Cultures and opportunities are no longer centered in one place. We live in a multipolar world, where no single country defines the future. For parents, that means we can’t just think about where our…