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Do what scares you.
怖くなることをやろう。

 

I am going to start vlogging shortly.

Being filmed is one of the things that really scare me, because I hate seeing me talking and laughing—since my teens. It clearly shows that there is something wrong with my self-esteem.

And that’s exactly why I’ve decided to start vlogging—I really want to overcome my mental resistance, because to be scared is just to give up my power to do or change something.

I am creating videos for Japanese people right now, and here’s another thing that really scares me: vlogging in English. This will be the next thing I definitely have to try.

 

 

Reveal your true self & express it.
本当の自分をさらけ出して、表現しよう。

 

We all know that it is important for us to express ourselves.

But what is our true self? Do we really know our true self? What we think is our true self might be someone’s expectation. Or what we want to think is our true self. Or probably, just an illusion.

We can find our true self only when we are NOT self-conscious. Get out of your comfort zone, and see yourself as it is. Don’t judge anything. The only way to reveal your true self is to be true to yourself.

 

 

Know your enemy.
敵を知ろう。

 

“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”

This is one of the most popular quotes from the The Godfather Part III.

So who are, or what are, your enemies? People who are opposed or hostile to you? Things that harm or weaken you? Both are your enemies for sure.

But the worst enemy of all human beings might be hate itself because it can be easily directed toward ourselves. If that happens, it not only affects our judgment but often makes us blind.

 

 

Make your why big enough.
生きる理由を十分に大きくしよう。

 

What’s your purpose of life? ‘What’s your big why’?

When it comes to how to live, we have only two options: live for ourselves or live for others.

It’s not a matter of which is good or bad; it’s a matter of how big it is. If you want to live for yourself, go for it. If your focus is to live for others, don’t let anyone bother you. If you aspire to live for yourself AND others, you’ll find a way to do so sooner or later.

Our life purpose is not given; it’s something we develop, and keep developing, throughout our life. Make it as big as you can.

 

 

Decode yourself.
自分自身を解読しよう。

 

Your own way of thinking is a habit.

Like developing a good habit, you have to repeat your favorable way of thinking again and again—until it becomes part of your auto-pilot system.

On the other hand, if you want to remove an unfavorable way of thinking from the auto-pilot system, you have to repeatedly interrupt that thought pattern and redirect it to a better one. Or an ideal one. You have to work on this 24/7 because your brain keeps working even while you are sleeping.

I still struggle with removing my negative thought pattern. It often wakes me up at night and keeps me from going back to sleep for hours. I always feel like I’m decoding my auto-pilot system—it’s sometimes quite bothersome, but also helpful because I almost always find something I didn’t know about myself.