Living the Dream
Well that’s what people tell me I am doing as I live out in southern Turkiye. I was chatting with a friend recently. They have been out in Turkiye quite a while and are married to a Turk and in their work have lot to do with yabancı (that’s foreigners and in Turkiye can sometimes just be someone who is not from the area you are from or living in. A little like the Scots calling other nationalities ‘white settlers’). The friend told me this - some people move here and buy a property (or rent) and they only stay for two (2) years and others for five (5 years) and yet others for ten to fifteen years (10 to 15) and others just stay for ever. I nearly choked on my coffee and was for once in my talkative life almost rendered speechless! As a Master Consultant and Trainer of the Language and Behaviour (LAB) Profile® I recognised these time frames as being what the LAB Profile® calls ‘Decision Factors’. These behavioural patterns will be evident in the lives of those of us who move