The most important thing in choosing a career path is none other than ‘understanding yourself.’
If you ask students in class to list five strengths and weaknesses of their personality, many of them either can't write a single word or simply list the obvious answers you'll find in a search. This suggests they know their MBTI type inside and out, yet they don't truly understand who they are.
Ultimately, your career path is your own story.
It is a huge process of realizing what you truly love and what is most valuable to you.
Keep in mind that as you go through the process, big and small, you may sometimes fail and sometimes fall.
In this way, we each 'discover' our own path little by little.
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At one time, the so-called 'drop-out vlog' was popular among teenagers.
The process and moments of dropping out are recorded on video.
Until the 1990s, 'school' was considered a place 'you have to go to even if you die soon', but a change in perception towards breaking away from the standardized education system and becoming an 'independent choice maker' for one's own future is continuously being detected.
In particular, the examples of celebrities and creators who achieved success without attending school sometimes make school life and academics seem even more meaningless, and accordingly, many teenagers believe that they can leave school at any time to pursue their dreams.
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Rather than being led by the crowd mentality that 'studying is the only way to survive', let's take time to explore ourselves deeply.
When we are stuck in dogma, we face limitations and our choices are limited by the problems we cannot solve.
Only when you begin to explore yourself will you begin to discover what kind of person you are.
It is said that people have 3 to 5 jobs in their lifetime.
Sometimes, it can be a good idea to get hints about the right career path from adults who have experienced society before you, and cultivating knowledge about various occupations will certainly be effective in promoting 'career flexibility.'
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Moon Hye-jin, CEO of invention education company Semoganemo, saw her life change 180 degrees after encountering invention education.
As I was exposed to various fields through invention, I became very interested in 'fusion' and 'creativity'.
Since then, she has been reborn as the so-called 'inventor girl' through dozens of inventions and patents and over 100 invention competition awards.
However, my curiosity about 'how can I make a living through inventions' grew, and I decided to invent my own 'life' by thinking about the numerous ideas I had acquired over the years.
CEO Moon Hye-jin, who realized that life, like invention, is something that must be created on one's own, founded the invention education company Semoganemo in December 2017 and has been steadily expanding the foundation of 'invention education'. She hopes that invention will provide a grand vision for the lives of students, just as it has positively changed her own life.
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If you are having trouble figuring out your style or feel you need more proactive learning training, it is recommended to combine private lessons with self-directed learning.
By strategically utilizing private academy classes to address your weaknesses, you can identify your weaknesses and areas for improvement, leading to remarkable growth.
In fact, some students have been attending academies for many years since middle school, and those who are accustomed to academy classes may feel anxious if they do not go.
Most academies have a pre-release version of the school exam questions. If you're taking comfort in this approach, which is to make difficult questions easier to solve and show you how to get through them, you need to be careful.
This is because all study requires you to think for yourself and learn one thing at a time.
--- p.180

I have experience completing a full marathon.
I, who had never run even 1km, challenged myself to run a full course with a 6-month plan.
I ran a half course twice a month, practicing at a pace of 10km each time.
After running about 3km, my body always felt lighter, and from then on, I was able to gradually increase my speed.
Of course, there were parts where I felt like I had reached my limit.
At the 34km mark, I no longer want to run, but it feels like I’ve already come too far to give up… .
As I was running without thinking, I suddenly saw the 40km sign and now I really had no choice but to hold on.
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Even Lee Chang-ho, 9th Dan, who was called a genius at Baduk, did not always win.
And whether he won or lost, he used the result as a stepping stone for the next game.
It depends on your mindset.
Please put aside your hopes and expectations and look at the results for what they are.
There may have been subjects where your score went up, and there may have been subjects where your score went down.
Objectively evaluate your skills, determine what you need to do to improve your grades, and then do what you think is necessary.
It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong.
The very act of trying something already ‘secures’ the possibility of success.

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