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Why I Learned English | Jack Ma

First let me tell you, that language is very important. I was born in a normal family. And I’m not good at school. Of course I tried to study hard. But as a boy you know, my school was not that good at that time. So I failed looking for jobs, looking for joining university, joining good schools. But I never gave up.
But let me tell you another thing, language is so important, it helped me a lot. Because of artificial intelligence, in the future, people will say: “I don’t need to learn English, or Russian or Japanese; something, a quick app here can translate quickly." No. It’s not about language. It’s about culture.
When you learn the other language, you start to understand the other culture. You start to appreciate, respect the other culture. When you appreciate, respect the other culture you will be respected and appreciated by the others. Then you can work altogether. I learned my English by myself, when I was a child.
I never got one day English training class outside China. But I think I understand Western culture much better than those Chinese students that study outside. Because I’m not learning language, I’m learning culture. When you respect the other culture, when you appreciate the other culture, it’s easy to make friends.
If you don’t like the other culture you will never make friends. If you don’t have friends, how can you do business? So, I would say, language helped me a lot. But mostly, the thing that helped me, is my respect for the different cultures. If you speak good English, does not mean you will do global business.
Right? Mao Zedong didn’t speak English, Nixon did not speak Chinese but these two guys made a global deal; China and US working together. It’s the vision, it’s the belief that you have, that'll change the world. If you have to do everything with a translator, no good. Of course sometimes you have to right? But if you can understand a language and can communicate; it’s easier for you to communicate; easy to understand and be understood.
Thank you. And always: focus on the things that you’re good at, focus on the things that you love.
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