Category: mindset

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,...

It has been five years since I started my own business. One of the big reasons for doing business is earning money, of course. But I have other reasons to do business. I will explain them below. First, I want to make something like in my job. I like communicating with new people, learning...

Many people come up with good ideas for business. But the ideas are rarely put into practice. Because it is much more difficult to execute ideas in reality than to generate ideas. There are many critics in the world, especially on the internet. They just give their opinions, but don’t execute anything. Just criticizing...

Some people blame their failures on other people, they don’t reflect upon their mistakes. On the other hand, successful people seldom blame others, and instead, this kind of people take 100% responsibility for their lives. They are able to cope with failure, and therefore, they can improve themselves and do better next time. I...

I have met many successful and unsuccessful people. There are some differences between the two. One of the biggest differences is personality. Successful people tend to have great people skills. They are kind, friendly, and patient. In general, many people have a tendency to focus on professional skills such as accounting, law, marketing, economics,...

Many people are interested in launching a business. But some of them don’t think they are cut out for entrepreneurs. Then, they would give up doing business before they try to do that. The problem is not the skills, but the mindset they have. They just think that they wouldn’t be able to do...

The coronavirus pandemic caused chaos worldwide. News media have spurred it. They have been inspiring with fear among people. Why do they do that? Because it is a good way for them to get viewers and sell newspapers and magazines more. In Japan, there are some exclusive old media such as TV stations and...