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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...
One of the questions I hear most often is this: “What do you actually say when you approach someone?” The way people ask it, you’d think there was a secret code. A magic phrase. Some clever line that unlocks attraction instantly—like a cheat code in a video game. But when I give the real...
Most people think of strength training as something that happens only in the gym. You lift weights, add resistance, and gradually your body adapts. But here’s a secret that changed my life: your mind works the exact same way. Mental strength—confidence, resilience, courage—isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you train. Once I discovered...
One of the most powerful lessons I ever learned didn’t come from a book or a video. It came from a mentor who looked me in the eye and said: “Everything is your responsibility.” At first, I resisted. My head filled with excuses: “I wasn’t born with advantages.” “My English isn’t perfect.” “I didn’t...
It is often said that Japanese people are conservative and avoidant of financial risks. Therefore, they rarely start up a business, and instead, they continue working for their companies until retirement. If an employee says he wants to quit a company and launch a business, he is likely to be opposed to that idea...
There is a saying “show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” It means that your close friends represent you, or the average of your friends is exactly you in terms of income, social status, career, and so on. People are greatly influenced by other people around you. If you have bad...
Takafumi Horie is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Japan. Unfortunately, it seems that his achievement is not fairly evaluated in Japan. But I was greatly inspired by his way of life and I started my own business based on his thoughts. He said that Japanese people really care what others think. Then,...
Planning what to do and what to accomplish is a good method to suppress anxiety. People tend to be uneasy if they cannot imagine the future and they don’t know what to do. Especially now, many people cannot see the future because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have read a lot of self-help books,...
