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Asian Polyglot View Blog offers unique news and views on a variety of topics including macroeconomy, finance, international relations, current events, public policy and foreign languages for US, China, Japan and Korea.
AsianPolyGlotView
1y ago
The below is an article and infographics from carparts.com, on the issue of “How Much of Your Life is Wasted in Traffic? America’s 10 Most and Least Congested Cities“
The main points are:
Enormous amount of economic and health costs arise from traffic congestion.
Improvements in transportation infrastructure and technological breakthroughs may reduce such costs.
How Much of Your Life is Wasted in Traffic? America’s 10 Most and Least Congested Cities
According to the US Census Bureau, the average American spends about 26.4 minutes driving to work every day. It m ..read more
AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
Personally, I can speak English fluently, and speak Chinese and Japanese professionally.
The reasons I like foreign languages are as follow:
1) Communication with foreign friends
2) Specialty at Work
3) Freelance opportunities such as interpretation and translation
Number one is for personal reason. It is fun and enjoyable to have conversations with foreign friends in a foreign language. It’s also fun to study and learn about the cultural background behind the language.
Pertaining to financial freedom, the meaning of foreign languages relates to number 2 and number 3. Number 3 is easy to u ..read more
AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
The gig economy is where “a labour market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.”
In the gig economy, the meaningfulness of a full-time job fades away, and contract-based freelancers do most of the work.
As the meaningfulness of a full-time job is already fading in today’s society, sticking to only one job in the future is highly likely to be a risky choice. Therefore, having a freelance option is becoming quite important.
What can I do to develop my skills as a freelancer?
1) Do not bec ..read more
AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
Everyone dreams of becoming a YouTuber. I also wanted to run YouTube channel. After contemplating on which topic to choose, I decided to make videos on comparing similar idioms and expressions in my favorite foreign languages (English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean). (Channel link) I have uploaded videos for about 2 years […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
Choice on work-life balance depends on individual priorities. People who like to have personal time and enjoy their hobbies, even if they are paid less will, choose the life side; others will choose work and career to make more money. In the end, the choice differs depending on the individual’s priority values, […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
A personal brand is about making your reputation known to the public. In other words, it is a self-PR about who I am and what I can do for you. Why is personal brand important in achieving financial freedom? There are three main reasons: 1) Personal brands reduce the risk of loss […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
When operating various pipelines/media platforms, sometimes we have some contents that are the same or similar, are published in different formats across different channels. In my case, I operated a foreign language expression comparison YouTube channel, and based on this, I publish an e-book comparing foreign language expressions. When connecting pipelines in […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
Many people think that once they achieve financial freedom, they do not have to work. But this is a wrong idea. Most people who achieve financial freedom go back to work. The difference is that you do not need to force yourself to do something to make money, but now can afford […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
A close friend of mine said the following to me when I said I was starting a blog. “When you start working, you will never have enough time to run blog.” I wanted to do even better because he said so. There are several factors that have kept me blogging: […]
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AsianPolyGlotView
2y ago
I currently run 3 blogs and contribute articles to 2 media outlets. Macrotrend: https://themacrotrend.com/ Asianpolyglotview: https://asianpolyglotview.com/ Finance freedom blog: https://endworkat45.com/ Asiatimes: https://asiatimes.com/author/joon-young-kwon/ The International Scholar: https://www.theintlscholar.com/search?q=Joon%20Young%20Kwon I will explain how and why I started each blog and what income can be expected from each. Endworkat45.com At the beginning, I was […]
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