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Ten years ago, after quitting my corporate job, I finally became free. For the first time in my life, I had both the time and the courage to focus on what truly mattered to me: improving my communication, overcoming fear, and building real confidence. I decided to go all in. Every single day, seven...
The day after I got my first phone number from a woman on the street, I went back to Tokyo’s busy downtown, ready to keep going. I walked for two hours, approached another stylish woman, and—surprisingly—got her number too. Later, I found out she had given it to me for business reasons. She was...
People often ask me, “How did you become comfortable approaching anyone?” Today, I can start conversations with almost anyone—young or old, men or women, in Japan or abroad. It doesn’t matter if it’s on the street, at the beach, in a café, or even in a noisy club. But it wasn’t always like that....
Over the years, I’ve coached men from all kinds of backgrounds—students, shy office workers, travelers, even CEOs, doctors, and executives at global companies. From the outside, these men seemed to have everything: intelligence, professional success, and social status. By most standards, they were already the kind of men others look up to. And in...
Today, I want to explain why men who already have wealth, status, or professional success often need this skill more than anyone else. The Illusion of Success Over the years, I’ve worked with men from every kind of background. Some were students, shy office workers, or travelers just starting out. Others were entrepreneurs, lawyers,...
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from meeting thousands of people around the world is this: the things you feel most insecure about can actually become your greatest strengths—if you know how to use them. For a long time, I didn’t believe that. Like many guys, I thought confidence meant fixing every...
There’s a lesson I once heard from someone I deeply admire. It was short, almost too simple, but it hit me like a punch in the chest: “Instead of laughing at others, become the kind of person who gets laughed at.” At first, it sounds strange. Who wants to be laughed at? Nobody enjoys...
Most people misunderstand failure. They see it as a label—proof they’re not good enough, not talented enough, or not ready. They treat failure as a stop sign, when in reality, it’s the very path to success. Think about how you learned the most basic skills in life. You learned to walk by falling. You...
