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1. Google translator is great, but you ought to work on your English every day. Even if it's only 5 minutes, knowing how to speak English fluently is an enormous asset that most of us take for granted.
2. Learn to think independently. Don't make MJ into a guru. He provides general guidelines, but you have to figure the rest out for yourself. Nobody can become the substitute for your independent judgement. If you need to ask somebody else the question: "Am I right?" then you're already wrong, because you aren't using your brain. Right now your problem is that you've been following somebody else probably your entire life, which unfortunately is very prevalent in Asian culture in general (Korea, China, Japan, etc.).
So probably, it's going to feel alien to you to 'own yourself'. That's a battle you should focus on. For example: why does it matter if your parents want you to go to school? You can get a job and move out and live by your own rules. At this point, that might be the best thing for you. It is good that you are aware that you have a tendency to 'follow others', but don't minimize it - this is probably something that is a deep part of you, and it isn't going to change overnight. It's going to require work, but the reward of truly owning yourself is worth it. In fact, it's a crucial part of being a happy man.
3. There is no school for this. Nobody is going to teach you everything you need to know - and it's nobody's problem but yours. It is entirely your responsibility. Nobody is going to hold your hand. Living with your parents, going to school, doing what you're told - it's like you're a goldfish living in a fishbowl - safe, protected, secure, predictable. Entrepreneurship is like being plucked out of that fishbowl and being dropped into the middle of the ocean. You have to adapt, and it's not going to be comfortable, and you have nobody to depend on but yourself. MJ might not get back to you and your questions may go unanswered. Will you wait for it to drop into your lap? Never going to happen. Will you give up? Up to you, but you'd be selling yourself short. Or will you forge bravely ahead, going where no man has gone before? The choice is yours.
All that being said, welcome to the forum. This community is an amazing resource and even though you're jumping into a dangerous, unpredictable ocean, you're lucky enough to know a big group of bad-a$$ dolphins who will occasionally show you the ropes and warn you about the sharks. Cheers!
2. Learn to think independently. Don't make MJ into a guru. He provides general guidelines, but you have to figure the rest out for yourself. Nobody can become the substitute for your independent judgement. If you need to ask somebody else the question: "Am I right?" then you're already wrong, because you aren't using your brain. Right now your problem is that you've been following somebody else probably your entire life, which unfortunately is very prevalent in Asian culture in general (Korea, China, Japan, etc.).
So probably, it's going to feel alien to you to 'own yourself'. That's a battle you should focus on. For example: why does it matter if your parents want you to go to school? You can get a job and move out and live by your own rules. At this point, that might be the best thing for you. It is good that you are aware that you have a tendency to 'follow others', but don't minimize it - this is probably something that is a deep part of you, and it isn't going to change overnight. It's going to require work, but the reward of truly owning yourself is worth it. In fact, it's a crucial part of being a happy man.
3. There is no school for this. Nobody is going to teach you everything you need to know - and it's nobody's problem but yours. It is entirely your responsibility. Nobody is going to hold your hand. Living with your parents, going to school, doing what you're told - it's like you're a goldfish living in a fishbowl - safe, protected, secure, predictable. Entrepreneurship is like being plucked out of that fishbowl and being dropped into the middle of the ocean. You have to adapt, and it's not going to be comfortable, and you have nobody to depend on but yourself. MJ might not get back to you and your questions may go unanswered. Will you wait for it to drop into your lap? Never going to happen. Will you give up? Up to you, but you'd be selling yourself short. Or will you forge bravely ahead, going where no man has gone before? The choice is yours.
All that being said, welcome to the forum. This community is an amazing resource and even though you're jumping into a dangerous, unpredictable ocean, you're lucky enough to know a big group of bad-a$$ dolphins who will occasionally show you the ropes and warn you about the sharks. Cheers!