The document provides 5 essential skills for immigrants to succeed in a new culture as outlined in an interview with international lawyer and author Henri Nkuepo. The 5 skills are: seek good advice such as avoiding bad advice and recruiting trusted advisors; reach out often including intentionally making connections and volunteering; ask for help fast like showing your authentic self and realizing when help is available; advocate for yourself like being your own best advocate and always negotiating; and embrace criticism such as having a growth mindset and viewing feedback as a gift.

1. 5 Tips To Thrive
As An Immigrant
Essential
Skills To Be
Successful
In A New
Culture

3. Immigrating to a new country can be overwhelming, lonely, and stressful.

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learn more

5. That is why it is
essential to get
the right people
to support you,
to be adaptable,
and take
command over
your experience.

6. I interviewed Henri
Nkuepo,
international lawyer
and author of “New
Immigrant Playbook –
Strategies for Success
in Your New Country”
about how
immigrants can find
success faster.
Henri Nkuepo
International Lawyer
Risk Professional
Author

7. Here are
Henri’s top
tips on how to
succeed in a
new country.

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5 ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR IMMIGRANTS TO SUCCEED
Reach
out often
Ask for
help fast
Advocate
for
yourself
Embrace
criticism
Seek
good
advice
FROM INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR HENRI NKUEPO

9. 5 SKILLS
Seek Good Advice Reach Out Often Ask For Help Fast
Advocate For
Yourself
Embrace Criticism
1 2 3 4 5

10. Seek Good
Advice
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By following some of the advice
that I received, I signed up for
programs that I didn't need,
and I ended up spending money
that I didn't have.
Henri Nkuepo
AVOID BAD ADVICE

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You want to be able to say, “Is
that good information for me?”
Henri Nkuepo
QUESTIONADVICE

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Be more assertive and say, “I
know what I want. I don't need
your advice right now. But thank
you.” And move on.
Henri Nkuepo
KNOWWHATYOUWANT

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You have to be able to triage
the information that comes and
to communicate that to them
and say, “thank you for your
advice, but I don't really want it
right now, I already have my
plans.”
Henri Nkuepo
TRIAGE INFORMATION

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After I realized that not
everyone had my best interests
in mind, I decided to look for
people that I could trust for
mentors.
Henri Nkuepo
RECRUITADVISORS

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17. Reach Out Often
2

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I reach out to mentors. I reach
out to people that I respect,
that are in my domain, in my
area of expertise to be my
mentor.
Henri Nkuepo
INTENTIONALLY
REACH OUT

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Each day when my mentor who was a
professor would go to school, I would tag
along. I would just go with him. I’d walk
around the campus. And I found out where
the law faculty was. And then I saw some of
the community centers that were there. And
then I started to volunteer.That's how I met
more and more people. And how I got
advisors.
Henri Nkuepo
BE RESOURCEFUL

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Volunteering and introducing
yourself are a good way not
only to meet people, but to
serve and to get things that you
wouldn't otherwise be able to
get.
Henri Nkuepo
INTRODUCEYOURSELF

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Through volunteering I met
many people who wrote my
recommendation letters.
Henri Nkuepo
NETWORKWHENYOU
VOLUNTEER

22. Ask For Help Fast
3

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In any country where you are new,
you need to understand the culture,
see and get close to the people.To
see who they are. And to show them
who you are. Because they want to
be able to help you.
Henri Nkuepo
SHOWTHEM
WHOYOU ARE

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Open up, share what you know
and what you don't know. And
get help when you need help.
Henri Nkuepo
OPEN UP!

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If you need help on how to
communicate better, they have
help for that, they will provide it.
If you need help on how to
negotiate, there are trainings
that you could do.
Henri Nkuepo
REALIZEYOUR
EMPLOYER CAN HELP

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I'm not suggesting that you
should just go out and beg. I’m
just saying that when you have a
difficulty, you should ask.
Henri Nkuepo
ASK FOR HELP,
DON’T BEG

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If you share a difficulty to
someone and they don't want to
help you, what do you lose?
Generally, it’s nothing.
Henri Nkuepo
REALIZEWHENTHERE’S
NOTHINGTO LOSE

28. Advocate For
Yourself
4

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I'm my best advocate. Nobody
else would do it for me if I don't
do it. So, I always go and ask for
what I think will be helpful for
me, in my career or in my life.
Henri Nkuepo
BEYOUR BEST ADVOCATE

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If you don't speak up, nobody's
going to speak for you. And
people are going to assume
things that in fact, are not there.
Henri Nkuepo
SPEAK UP

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You have to step up to advocate
for yourself or to be assertive.
Henri Nkuepo
STEP UPTO ADVOCATE

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One mistake I made was not
negotiating my salary. And that
was a big mistake.
Henri Nkuepo
ALWAYS NEGOTIATE

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People in corporate are there to
get things done. And they want
you to be able to contribute and
to not be shy.
Henri Nkuepo
UNDERSTANDWHAT
CORPORATE
PEOPLEWANT FROMYOU

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You have to be honest.You have
to be yourself. And you just have
to show them who you really
are. And that you care about
what you are there for.
Henri Nkuepo
BE AUTHENTICAT WORK

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You have to be respectful and
recognize that whatever you're
doing, there's always someone
watching.
Henri Nkuepo
KNOW SOMEONE IS WATCHING

36. Embrace
Criticism
5

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You have to be open to receiving
feedback as well.You want to
know things that you're doing
best. And the things that you
need some help on.
Henri Nkuepo
BE OPENTO FEEDBACK

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Negative feedback is negative
because it's not what you
expect. It's what your colleague
is seeing.
Henri Nkuepo
UNDERSTANDWHY FEEDBACK
FEELS NEGATIVE

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I always look at feedback as an
opportunity to learn.
Henri Nkuepo
EMBRACE FEEDBACK
AS OPPORTUNITY

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You have to understand that
people are out there trying to
help you.
Henri Nkuepo
GET GROWTH MINDSET

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Nobody is out to get you. It's just
feedback about something that
you could improve on.You still
have control over that.
Henri Nkuepo
REALIZEYOU STILL HAVE
CONTROL

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If someone is willing to give you
feedback, it’s because the
person sees potential in you and
they think that you could do
better.
LOOK AT FEEDBACK
AS A GIFT
Henri Nkuepo

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If I had been in the mindset of
“who are you to tell me this”
then things would have gotten
bad.
Henri Nkuepo
ACCEPT CRITICISM

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It takes a lot of courage to tell
somebody that something is
wrong.The person that does tell
you something is off, they really
like you, because they are willing
to help you change.
ACKNOWLEDGETHE CRITICISM
INTENTION

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Sometimes feedback is really
about perspectives.
UNDERSTAND FEEDBACK IS
NOT ALWAYSABOUTYOU

46. 5 ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR IMMIGRANTS’ SUCCESS
Seek Good Advice Reach Out Often Ask For Help Fast
Advocate For
Yourself
Embrace Criticism
1 2 3 4 5
• Avoid bad advice
• Question advice
• Know what you want
• Triage information
• Recruit advisors
• Intentionally reach out
• Be resourceful
• Introduce yourself
• Network when you
volunteer
• Show them who you
are
• Open up
• Realize your employer
can help
• Ask for help, don’t beg
• Realize when there’s
nothing to lose
• Be your best advocate
• Speak up
• Step up to advocate
• Always negotiate
• Understand what
corporate wants
• Be authentic at work
• Know someone is
watching
• Be open to feedback
• Understand why it
feels negative
• Embrace feedback as
an opportunity
• Get growth mindset
• You’re still in control
• Look at it as a gift
• Accept criticism
• Acknowledge the
intention
• Understand it’s not
always about you

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How To Communicate Anything With Confidence!
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HERE
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Course
HERE
Article &
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51. 5 Ways To Thrive
As An Immigrant
Essential
Skills To Be
Successful
In A New
Culture
 Seek good advice
 Reach out often
 Ask for help fast
 Advocate for yourself
 Embrace criticism