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Real Japanese Conversation with Shun| What We Learned From Working Together (Advanced) #110

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Show Notes

We share our honest thoughts after working on a project together. I hope this real-life story makes language learning more engaging. Thank you!

0:15 Intro - An Honest Talk About Working Together 0:55 How the Collaboration Started 3:26 First Impressions of Each Other 5:46 The Shoot - A Week of Filming 7:04 Why Working With a Friend Is Different 7:36 The Hardest Part of Production 10:58 Stamina, and the Trip That Exposed It 13:03 The Desk Work Nobody Sees 14:25 What We'd Change: The Platform Problem 17:59 What We'd Change: Owning Your Positioning 21:06 Shun's Answer - We Targeted Too Narrowly 24:12 What We Discovered About Each Other 27:03 Doing Business With Friends 👇Learn N5 Immersion Program https://www.okkeijapanese.com/n5-program/

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