COLIN BEHARIE
Business. Faith. Leadership. Life.
A perspective shaped by business, different cultures and real-life experience.
I write about what I’ve learned, what I’m still learning, and the ideas that make us think differently about work and life.
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.
- Today’s Top Five: Melissa, Gun Laws, CHOGM, Iran, Brazil
A year after Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica faces hard questions on relief, proposes tougher gun laws before a UN review, and looks to CHOGM in Antigua, while Trump weighs Iran and Brazil’s Lula wins a historic fourth term. - What Negotiation Taught Me About ListeningThe best negotiators I have met talk less than you think. Lessons on listening from years of sales, leadership and working across two very different cultures.
- Success Is Not the Same as PurposeYou can reach every goal on your list and still feel empty. Why knowing what you are working toward matters as much as how far you get.
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.
Let’s Connect
Good ideas get better through conversation. If something here made you think, I’d like to hear from you.