A story about realizing I lacked the idea of learning from someone

Just the other day,
I decided to study under someone
who supports entrepreneurship,
and decided to learn about business.

It all started when
someone who found me
in the world of note
reached out to me.

I ended up
talking with the person who reached out,
and I shared
my current situation, worries, and the things I was struggling with.

In the midst of that,
as we were talking,
the other person
made this suggestion.

"I also learned about business
from a mentor,
so why don't you, Hiroshi-san,
try learning about business too?"

Honestly,
it was an unexpected event,
and I froze.

Because these thoughts
popped into my head in an instant,
my mind went blank,
and I was at a loss for words.

In the first place,
the idea of
learning from someone about business or entrepreneurship
had completely slipped my mind.

Although I had, of course,
had the experience of learning from someone before,
I didn't think that things like business or entrepreneurship
were things you could be taught.

Thinking about it now,
I had been mistaken.

It is easy to imagine
learning knowledge, experience, and methods from teachers, instructors, managers, or coaches
when studying subjects like Japanese, math, or history,
or through learning things like baseball, soccer, or music.

However,
I had this idea somewhere
that business and entrepreneurship
were basically things you do on your own,
things you start on your own,
and things you grow on your own.

Besides, I wondered
if there was anyone in the field of business
who would go out of their way to do something
that would be disadvantageous to themselves,
like creating and raising their own competitors or rivals.

But that was
just because I didn't know.

Like looking at the sky through a reed,
like a frog in a well that knows nothing of the great ocean,
I was only able to see the world
through my own narrow perspective,
and I was just convinced that the environment I was in,
and the world I had seen, heard, and experienced,
was the entire world.

I was made to realize
that I had been lacking the idea of learning
until just the other day.

Honestly,
I had been learning about entrepreneurship on my own
and doing it little by little by myself,
but as I went along, I hit a wall,
reached my limits,
and found myself at a dead end.

Wanting to break through that situation even a little,
I decided to ask someone who teaches
to learn about business from scratch,
and decided to study under them.

Once I decided to learn,
I felt a little relieved.

Just because you learn about entrepreneurship,
it does not mean that your business will go well,
or that your business is guaranteed to succeed.

However,
I don't have to struggle all by myself,
I was able to feel that way,
and I felt a little relieved.

By feeling relieved,
my anxiety eased somewhat,
and my mind began to settle.

Until just recently,
I was filled with anxiety and fear about the uncertain future.

Mentally,
even though I was pretending to be okay,
I still felt unsettled somewhere,
and there was a sense of inner turmoil.

In my case,
I was lucky enough to have a connection,
and I was able to meet someone I wanted to study under,
but if I hadn't met them,
I wouldn't be writing this article now.

I am not someone special,
much less a chosen person.

The reason I,
someone like that,
can learn from someone now,is because I was able torealize it.

And,
in order for me to realize it,
someonewas necessary.

In other words,
to notice the differences
between myself and others,
the existence of others besides myself was necessary.

Because there was someone who reached out to me,
and someone who taught me,
I was able to realize it,
and I was able to make the decision to learn.

In the first place,
if I hadn't called myself a counselor
and started posting on this Note,
I would never have met these people.

I was able to take the action of calling myself a counselor
and posting,
but I couldn't do what came after that on my own.

Having had misconceptions
about entrepreneurship and business,
I was made to realize once again that I cannot do business alone,
and that humans cannot live alone in the first place.

Honestly,
I am glad I realized it,
and when I think that if I hadn't realized it,
I might still be carrying my worries
and wandering around,
it scared me.

So if there is anyone out there who thinks,
I want to start something new,
I have something I want to do,
but I don't know what to do,

learn from someone,I want to tell you to have that perspective.

Of course,
you need to carefully choose who you learn from.

You shouldn't learn from someone who tells you to play baseball
when you want to play soccer.

You wouldn't want to honestly learn from someone who says,
you must learn for more serious reasons,
when you want to learn English for travel.

It is also necessary to go out and search for yourself,
and to judge with your own eyes.

On the other hand,
there is also the method of
putting yourself out there and having someone find you.

Like me,
you could post on note,
or there might be cases where
social media or YouTube is better.

To start with,
you could just post a declaration of intent,
like saying you've started a business or are about to begin one.

It might take time and be difficult to get noticed,
but it should still be better than doing nothing at all.

If you start putting yourself out there,
there will surely be people who see it.

If you are struggling,
if you are worried,
taking the plunge and just saying so
is one way to go.

In the general public,
such voices
might be called weak,
pathetic,
or just an excuse.

However,
if you are truly worried and struggling,
it should be okay to say so honestly.

If you post about the things you are worried and struggling with,
there are people who will care.

Among them, there are people who will reach out to you.

At the very least,
there were such people in the world of note.

Compared to the harsh real world,
the world of note
was a much warmer place.

That is precisely why,
if you are reading this article
and you are someone in the world of note
who is worried or struggling with something,
I recommend writing about your experiences and feelings just as they are
in an article.

I won't force you,
and everyone has their own timing.

However,
before your situation gets stuck and becomes unmanageable,
before you are truly backed into a corner,
it is necessary to start posting.

It is also for your own sake.

Posting
might make you feel anxious or afraid.

I, too,
felt anxious and afraid at first.

When I actually tried it,
people who want to see my articles will see them,
and as long as I don't intentionally
write things to hurt someone,
I certainly haven't had any controversies to this day.

First of all,
it would be good to try writing about things
that are easy for you to write about
or things you want to write about.

By doing that, you let people know your character,
what you like and dislike,
and what kind of feelings, thoughts, and ideas you have,
so by conveying yourself to the readers,
someone is bound to take notice.
It might not happen right away, but

if you believe that there are people who will find you
and people who will care about you, then the things you are worried or troubled about
might have the potential to move toward a solution
through some trigger.

I want you to know that such a future
is one possibility.

I was able to start thinking that way
because I learned to learn from others.

Thank you very much
for reading until the end.

If you have been wondering,
"What kind of person is Hiroshi?"
then

I would be happy if you could also
read my self-introduction article here 😊

▼Hiroshi's self-introduction article