HI ALL!
I'm planning to move to Japan in the fall and was hoping you would all share your experiences / tips with me. I'm not too worried about becoming a "fucked Gaijin"--worse case, I should have a blast on my way to disaster. :/
So, to get started, please allow me to bullet-point out my goals and "stats".
STATS
[INDENT]age: late-20s
Education: MsBA (international management, marketing, applied research)
Experience: 5 successful years, market research / marketing / consulting
Foreign-language skills: english, spanish, german (all fluent)
JPN-language skills: good apprehension/mimicry skills, limited vocabulary
Add'l skills: trained fighter (kungfu/muythai/grappling), socially adroit
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GOALS
(%% represents my confidence in my abilities/luck)
[INDENT]- build a marketing/communications/business consulting practice (85%)
- build some fame as a fighter, leverage to become a "tarento" of sorts (55%)
- build local/JPN nightlife contacts, promote/host/invest-in a bar/club (15%)
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Realistically, I'd be trying to upsell private english language/conversation coaching into a proper consulting gig, by leveraging my experience/networking/fun-ness. I'd start out doing 2-3 mos intensive JPN course, while networking/etc. Hopefully, I'd be able to transition at somepoint into an essential "go-to" for corporate clientele--you know, go from "tell me how to say what I want to say" -> "tell me what I should say"?
Any thoughts on this? Please, feel free to mock, bash, or be helpful--I'm trying to map-out possible scenarios/paths, and anything is better than nothing!
Thanks all!