What We Learn From Travelling – Episode 216 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

For many years, travelling was like a sneaky, secret personal development tool for me. So sneaky I didn’t even realise how much I was learning from it, until I eventually stopped and reflected on everything that had changed about me over the previous few years and I realised that so many things – increased confidence, a more open-minded world view, even many practical skills – could be attributed to my travels. It’s like magic, right?

Since then, obviously, I have taken many chances to drone on to anyone who will listen about the lessons we can learn from travel! But fortunately, it’s not just me who thinks this and in this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I have three more people who feel they have learnt a lot from travelling. Enjoy!

Show notes: Episode 216 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

What We Learn From Travelling

There are countless lessons we can learn from travel: from small to large, nice-to-know to completely life-changing. I’m sure that I’m a completely different person thanks to the things I have learnt while travelling – and hopefully a better one!

In this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I chat with three guests who agree that we can learn a lot when we travel.

First, I speak with Justin Meneguzzi who has a personal lesson connected to confidence, and a broader lesson about social norms, and right and wrong.

Next, Tasha Goldberg explains one of her most important personal lessons from travel, learnt while travelling after a heartbreak; she also talks about how she learnt the difference between the theory and framework of policy and what it’s like to meet people actually experiencing that situation.

Finally, I chat with Lindsay Williams, a language-learning expert, about some of the lessons travel can teach us about speaking another language.

Links:

• Justin Meneguzzi 
• Tasha Goldberg’s project Evidence of Hope
• Lindsay Williams’ site Lindsay Does Languages 
• Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers

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