Emotionally and mentally thriving as an expat: What's the answer?

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Job: Check. Accommodation: Check. Attitude: pending. Jerry Nelson, an American expat in Buenos Aires, Argentina gives us his thoughts on what an expat needs to succeed emotionally and mentally. 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