Back when I was selling Adopt & Embrace to a Dutch based company ( Rapid Circle ), I said to myself that I would learn Dutch.

As soon as I told my new Dutch colleagues that I was going to learn “Nederlands”, their reaction was… “Why?”

To be honest, that is a good question!

As I have learned since, 90%+ of the population in The Netherlands have some grasp of English. On my two trips to Amsterdam in the past 12 months, I have been able to get around, order food, talk to my colleagues… all in English.

Even if I tried to throw a “Goedemorgen” into a conversation, I would automatically hear “Good Morning” back…

I am in awe of how well spoken my Dutch colleagues are in English. I am on calls with our colleagues in The Netherlands most days, and most of them have a better grasp of English than I do!

Oh, did I mention that many of them know, three, four, or five other languages as well! Europe huh?!…