Author: Satoru Hirose

 

Think nothing to regain yourself.
アタマを空にして、自分を取り戻そう。

 

I redrew this simple doodle several times.

I had too much noise in my head and didn’t think clearly. I lost sight of what to share with the world.

Then I meditated. Just for two minutes. Focusing on my breathing, I unplugged myself from the small chaos in my head.

When we get stuck, we tend to look for a big idea to turn everything around. But, often times, what we need is a quick refresher like 2-minute meditation. We just need to recall that we are here, alive and capable of thinking creatively.

 

 

Life is too short to be arrogant.
人生は、傲慢でいるには短すぎる。

 

The easiest way to let people leave you is to be arrogant. The price of being arrogant is WAY too high.

Stay humble whenever possible. It doesn’t take anything from you.

 

 

Whatever you think, write it down.
あらゆる考えを書き留めよう。

 

I’ve seen many people saying, “Well, let me think about it.” But their outcome is often quite similar (if not the same) with what they said before thinking about it.

We human beings tend to think the same thing over and over again. Especially about bad things. This is how our ancestors survived for millions of years — if they didn’t focus on bad things, most of our ancestors would have been killed by other animals.

But now, this tendency does not always give us an ideal outcome because we have many choices. There are millions of ways to make something happen or avoid something happening. In order to get a better outcome, we have to stop our brain going around the same place.

Always carry a notebook and pen (or whatever you can write) with you. Write your thought down whenever it comes up. Or draw an image in your brain. Then forget it and think about other things.

The more you think and write down, the more likely you come up with better idea.