COLIN BEHARIE
Business. Faith. Leadership. Life.
A Jamaican heart, a Norwegian home: ideas, stories and culture from both.
Born in Jamaica, living in Norway since 1987. I write about what I’ve learned between two cultures, and the ideas that make us think differently about work and life.
JAMAICA WORLDWIDE
Wherever you are, find Jamaica
A home for Jamaicans, the diaspora and everyone who loves Jamaica: reggae festivals, venues and sound systems around the world, community groups, Patois, recipes and the stories behind the music. Every link is checked daily.
FESTIVAL · MONTEGO BAY
Reggae Sumfest
Jamaica’s biggest reggae and dancehall festival, usually in July.
SOUND SYSTEM · OSLO
Jah Ark Manifest
Norway’s pioneering reggae sound system, playing since 1999.
CARNIVAL · LONDON
Notting Hill Carnival
Europe’s largest street festival, rooted in the Windrush generation.
Ideas Worth Thinking About
Life doesn’t fit neatly into one category. Neither do the things worth talking about.
Business & Leadership
Lessons from years in international business, sales and leadership. People. Relationships. Decisions. Negotiations. Success. Failure.
Faith & Purpose
Success matters. But so does understanding why you’re pursuing it. Thoughts on faith, purpose, resilience and the things that give life meaning.
Personal Growth
None of us has it completely figured out. Ideas about ambition, discipline, setbacks, confidence and continuing to grow.
Culture & Life
A perspective spanning Jamaica and Scandinavia. Thoughts on culture, family, food, travel and what different ways of living can teach us.
From Jamaica to Scandinavia
Two very different places.
Two very different cultures.
And a lifetime of lessons between them.
Living across cultures has changed how I see business, success, relationships, community and life itself. Sometimes you understand your own world better when you learn to see it through somebody else’s eyes.
Latest Thinking
Ideas. Experiences. Perspectives.
- Reggae & Dancehall Now: Malie Donn
The Spanish Town dancehall star holding the top three spots on Apple Music Jamaica. - Norway’s Voices Now: MakosirThe Holmlia singer-songwriter at number two in Norway with “I et annet liv”.
- Top Five: Melissa Lessons, Water, CHOGM, Midterms & BinanceCAPRI sets out 16 lessons from Hurricane Melissa as builders push back on NaRRA. Plus: Jamaica’s water squeeze and the NWC’s 51% rate request, CHOGM opens in Antigua, America votes Tuesday, and Binance loses a record US$6.3 billion.
New for Christmas · A novel
A Norwegian Christmas in Sandnes
She came home for twelve days. She found a reason to stay.
A year after missing her father’s death by seventeen minutes, Astrid Johansen comes home to Sandnes for Christmas. Twelve days, she promised. A story about grief, family and the courage to stay.
Good Luck With That!
Jamaica will confuse you before breakfast and change you by sunset.
Good Luck With That! is a guide to understanding Jamaicans: the humor, the pace, the unwritten social rules and the warmth beneath the bluntness.
Written for travelers, expats, and anyone who loves someone Jamaican.
Success isn’t only about how far you get. It’s also about who you become on the way there.
I’m interested in achievement. But I’m even more interested in what sits underneath it.
Character.
Faith.
Relationships.
Purpose.
Resilience.
THE BEHARIE LETTER
Something worth thinking about.
Once a month, I’ll send you a thought about business, leadership, faith, culture or life. No daily inbox invasion. No noise for the sake of noise. Just something worth reading.
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Let’s Connect
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