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Get addicted to bettering yourself.
自己を向上させることにはまろう。

 

If you get addicted to anything, that’s a clear sign that you can improve yourself further.

The root cause of any type of addiction is one thing: fear. It creates the urge to escape reality, and lead you to a binge watching on Netflix. Or playing a cell phone game for hours.

The fear never disappear by itself. But when we notice the urge and face our fear, things start changing. Sooner or later, we will notice that we have no need to escape reality; because we all have the power to change reality.

 

 

Make you SPECIAL.
あなたを「特別」にしよう。

 

Always focus on making you S-P-E-C-I-A-L. What does this stand for?

S – Smarter. Learn everyday from books, podcasts, or anything that inspires you. Do an experiment, and learn from your own experience.

P – Powerful. Your true power always comes from within, not from outside. Believe in yourself. Even if you’re in doubt—or especially when you’re in doubt—believe in yourself.

E – Energetic. Show your enthusiasm for what you do. Do it better and faster. Strive for more.

C – Capable of working for yourself. Hating to work for someone else doesn’t mean that you are able to work for yourself. Learn how to do it. Even if you have no plan to start your own business, no one ignores you if you become so good at doing what you do.

I – Independent. Refuse to be a part of an existing system. It’s always better to build your own system than being a cog in the machine.

A – Approachable. Be open to anyone who need your help. Some of them are dishonest, or only try to use you as cheap as possible. But there are way more people who are faithful, truly need your help, and are willing to pay for it.

L – Lovable. Or likable. It doesn’t mean that you have to be liked by everyone. That’s simply impossible. It means that you let go of your anger, hatred, or resentment against other people. It’s okay to have such negative feelings at times, but don’t stick to them; doing so only makes you quite unattractive.

 

 

Show, fail, then adjust.
見せて、失敗して、調整しよう。

 

Some people say, “Ask your customers what they want.” And we usually only come to know that they don’t even know what they really want.

Some people say, “Show your customers what they need.” And we soon realize that we can’t do this without knowing what they need.

Product (or service) development is not a one step process. It’s a cycle.

First, you have to create something anyway and show it to your customers. And you will most likely fail to deliver what they need. Then adjust and create something different. Show it to your customers and see how they respond. If you fail, adjust it again and show again. Repeat until you finally get what your customers really need.

Successful businesses repeat this cycle relentlessly. For them, failure always means ‘one step forward.’

 

 

Never stop creating.
創造することを決して止めない。

 

To be a creator is not as easy as it sounds.

You want to be a creator, decide to create something, and start sharing it with the world. That’s a great start, but the first challenge is to keep creating something on a regular basis.

When you start sharing your work with the world, people start reacting to your work—for a while. Then most of them quickly lose interest in your work because you are not a professional artist or any kind of publicly-recognized creator yet. The second challenge is to keep creating something even when people start ignoring you.

One day someone starts talking about your work. Some of them, or many of them, start asking you to create something for them. You get paid, at least occasionally, for the work you create. But the work is not always the one you wanted to create; it’s often the one that your client wanted you to create. The third (and the biggest) challenge is to keep creating something you really want to create.

 

 

Make your own way.
自分自身の道を切り開こう。

 

Your life is what you’ve made up.

Your friends. Or having no friend. Your financial situation. Your weight. Everything you have right now is the result of your choice and action in the past.

But no matter what your life has been, it’s your own choice how you want to spend the rest of your life. You always have that choice.

Most likely, your life will not change instantaneously. Perhaps people who ignore you on Facebook right now will never be your true friend. Probably you’ll notice that there is no such thing as the law of attraction without action.

But things will change sooner or later if you keep taking action. You will change them if you decide to do so.