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Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: Welcome to the Age of the Global Cosmopolitan; Truth 1: The Rise of the Global Cosmopolitan Continues; Truth 2: A Global Cosmopolitan Mindset Is Essential for Twenty-First Century Success; Truth 3: Learning from Life Is Mandatory for Maximizing Potential; The Importance of Stories5; A Geography of Ideas About Globalization; A Life Span Perspective; Certain Characteristics Hold True Across the Life Stages and Generations; Lessons from the New Global Leaders; Part I Learning from a Global Life; 2 The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset (GCM)
A Mindset Is Not a Set MindLearning with a Growth Mindset; A Global Mindset: Seeing the World from Multiple Perspectives; The Added Edge of a Creativity Mindset; The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Leadership; 3 The Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; The Power of Change; The Most Important Skill of All Is the Ability to Learn from Experience; The Key Components of the Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; Cognitive Flexibility; Adaptive Capacity; Knowing, Not Knowing, and Knowing How to Find Out; Reinvention; Cross-Border Collaboration; Relational Understanding, Competence, and Respect for Difference
'Kaleidoscopic' and 'Peripheral' Vision'Inside-Out' and 'Outside-In' Vision; Risk-Taking; Complex Decision-Making and Managing Complex Change; The Two-Edged Swords of the Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; A Personal Toolkit; Part II Composing a Global Life: Navigating the Challenges and Benefits Along the Way; 4 Who Am I? Identity and the Global Cosmopolitan; Recognizing the Changes Within; Is 'Global' Part of Who I Am?; Born Global; Owning the Identity Journey3; Changes in the World Can Reroute the Global Journey; Personal Timelines: Critical Decisions that Impact Going Global
Developmental Moments Continue Over a LifetimeThe Impact of Change on Identity Development; A Life Mosaic; An Identity Check; The Importance of Purpose and Meaning; How Will You Measure Your Life?; 5 The Professional Me; Developing and Benefiting from the Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Skillset; Building Bridges Across Difference; Feeling at Home with People from Different Cultural Backgrounds; Understanding and Redirecting Your Motivation; Radical Professional Shifts and Their Personal Consequences; Mid-career Entry-An Important Demographic
Role and Career Changes Often Feel Like Identity ShiftsProfessional and Financial Success-A Mink-Lined Trap; Home Is Where I Work?; Place Matters; Being Entrepreneurial in Multiple Ways; Professional Networks are Crucial; Non-professional Networks Matter Too; Unexpected Crunch Factors: Travel and Time Zone Constraints; Challenges for Global Cosmopolitan Women; The Glass Ceilings of Global Cosmopolitanism; Identifying Global Cosmopolitans; 6 The Relational Me; Back to Basics: The Development of the Relational Self; The Complex Circle of Family of Origin; Professional Relationships
A Mindset Is Not a Set MindLearning with a Growth Mindset; A Global Mindset: Seeing the World from Multiple Perspectives; The Added Edge of a Creativity Mindset; The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Leadership; 3 The Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; The Power of Change; The Most Important Skill of All Is the Ability to Learn from Experience; The Key Components of the Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; Cognitive Flexibility; Adaptive Capacity; Knowing, Not Knowing, and Knowing How to Find Out; Reinvention; Cross-Border Collaboration; Relational Understanding, Competence, and Respect for Difference
'Kaleidoscopic' and 'Peripheral' Vision'Inside-Out' and 'Outside-In' Vision; Risk-Taking; Complex Decision-Making and Managing Complex Change; The Two-Edged Swords of the Global Cosmopolitan Skillset; A Personal Toolkit; Part II Composing a Global Life: Navigating the Challenges and Benefits Along the Way; 4 Who Am I? Identity and the Global Cosmopolitan; Recognizing the Changes Within; Is 'Global' Part of Who I Am?; Born Global; Owning the Identity Journey3; Changes in the World Can Reroute the Global Journey; Personal Timelines: Critical Decisions that Impact Going Global
Developmental Moments Continue Over a LifetimeThe Impact of Change on Identity Development; A Life Mosaic; An Identity Check; The Importance of Purpose and Meaning; How Will You Measure Your Life?; 5 The Professional Me; Developing and Benefiting from the Global Cosmopolitan Mindset and Skillset; Building Bridges Across Difference; Feeling at Home with People from Different Cultural Backgrounds; Understanding and Redirecting Your Motivation; Radical Professional Shifts and Their Personal Consequences; Mid-career Entry-An Important Demographic
Role and Career Changes Often Feel Like Identity ShiftsProfessional and Financial Success-A Mink-Lined Trap; Home Is Where I Work?; Place Matters; Being Entrepreneurial in Multiple Ways; Professional Networks are Crucial; Non-professional Networks Matter Too; Unexpected Crunch Factors: Travel and Time Zone Constraints; Challenges for Global Cosmopolitan Women; The Glass Ceilings of Global Cosmopolitanism; Identifying Global Cosmopolitans; 6 The Relational Me; Back to Basics: The Development of the Relational Self; The Complex Circle of Family of Origin; Professional Relationships