People who you have as mentors is more significant than anything.
Your mother? Your school teacher? Start up owners? Investors? Business owners? Local small business owners? Your friends?
Break your subconscious norms.
Broaden your measurement.
Learning English / mastering english as a non-native speaker is not for making friends across the world. It’s about information acquirement.
You only get info through someone translating.
You only access to the info through limited information sources by someone’s choices.
I would never be a fan of fake people.
No need fake smile.
People with fake smile tend to be unkind people. This is an undeniable fact. Period.
Be authentic.
Be true to yourself, communicate through.
My subconscious norms were devastated. towards everything - society, common sense, others' perspectives, study abroad, culture, money, education, and human relationships.
Having and retaining subconscious norms limits yourself.