Honestly I too once thought that there are hardly any female entrepreneurs who actually could succeed in the million dollar mark in "the men's world" so to speak; but seeing each and every one of them especially our expats who had that determine to thrive and survive in a foreign land led me to a thought why only 2 out of the 6 panels are locals.

Complacency
It's a place we can always fall back . Our expats friends could strive and thrive forward is the very fact that they are in a foreign land. They are pushed out of their comfort zone already.

No turning back
Just like when most of us women who actually travel to different states instead of our hometown, especially when you travel from East to West Malaysia (and vice versa), that mental lock of no turning back is powerful enough to push us through and through.

I think when we realise our weakness of always able to fall back to our family and embrace that first step that we cannot run back to our own old ways once we make that move will help us, especially women, who are so used to depending on our male counterpart, look beyond what we have right at this point and also to appreciate the present.

Great insights @khimgoh ! upvoted and resteemed