Doodle Card

 

Invest time wisely.
賢く時間を投資しよう。

 

Time is the most precious resource in our life, and we better focus on getting the best return on investment (ROI) of our time—no matter what we do, and no matter how old we are now.

How can we measure the ROI?

It’s simple; If you have the life you wanted, you’ve gained enough return so far. If something in your life is not what you wanted—your body, relationship, financial situation, or anything—you haven’t gained enough return, or haven’t invested your time wisely. Either way, you definitely need to change what you do with your time.

Each one of us has a different target ROI. So my way of investing my time would not work for you, and vice versa. A challenge for all of us is to figure out how we should spend our time now—and for the rest of our life.

 

 

Get to the point.
核心をつこう。

 

At some point in our life, there is a time to scrap existing beliefs and rebuild new ones from scratch—especially when running a business.

In a business situation, numbers matter. Without monitoring key metrics, you can’t make your business grow. But some people are just keen to do what they want to do, not what they ought to do, and tend to forget their numbers. Their business will never be successful.

If no one visits your website, there is something to work on. If your customers don’t come back, you have something to improve. If your revenue does not hit your target, you’ve got to do many things—including things you don’t want to do—to turn the situation around.

Don’t just do what you love. Do what you love and MAKE MONEY. To make money, know what your customers want, then figure out how you can fulfill their needs by doing what you love.

In a business world, a customer need always comes first. Doing what you love is the second. The opposite will never work.

 

 

Choose where to go.
行き先を決めよう。

 

We either find a way or crate one. Or, instead of finding or creating a way, we find excuses. We choose one of them every day.

Which one would you choose today?

 

 

Love & fight.
愛せ、戦え。

 

Kindness and compassion can be quite addictive.

It’s quite comfortable when someone is kind and/or compassionate to us. Then we tend to forget to keep sharpening our edge: hard-work, perseverance, or toughness.

Not everyone on this planet is our ally. We have tons of haters and naysayers in our life, and we’ve got to fight. We always need someone who is kind and compassionate to us, but never forget to prepare for battle.

 

 

Overcome doubt.
疑いを乗り越えよう。

 

Doubt is an addiction.

When you are in doubt, you actually avoid responsibility and play the victim card. Doubt often makes you comfortable: you can avoid facts, logic, or any situation that put you in a position that would force you to change your view or belief. So being in doubt can easily become a habit—and get you addicted.

As Suzy Kassem put it, “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” This is exactly true, but I would add one more: doubt lets us refuse to face reality than fantasy ever will.

Never be addicted to doubt. Or self-doubt. Don’t give power to it; use that power to overcome an addiction.