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Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi on Mt. Gassan

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Spectacular, not great

September 30, 2023

Initiative and Daring

Why do you do what you do?

September 29, 2023

For the sake of doing it

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Train your intuition

September 28, 2023

Put your mind to the task

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September 27, 2023

Wherever there may be

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The first step is always doing

September 26, 2023

Get your next foot ready too

Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san

I don’t care, and neither should you

September 25, 2023

People just being people

September 24, 2023

Every good song needs one

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Mt. Gassan seen from Mt. Hokari

Just allow it: The Dewa Sanzan Mountains of Rebirth

I’m just helping to make a pamphlet for the Dewa Sanzan. It’s amazing how much my knowledge has changed over the years, not that it increased much, but that it got more accurate. Yamabushi culture is traditionally only passed down through word of mouth, it took a lot to convince Master Hoshino to have his …

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Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Waiting for the Conch

During Yamabushi training, the conch is our alarm clock. When I first joined training, I would get so nervous waiting for the conch that I could hardly sleep. I would wake up probably an hour or so before the conch sounded, and then try and fail to get back to sleep. All that meant was …

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Who’s it for, and what’s it for?

Who’s it for, and what’s it for? The ultimate marketing questions from the ultimate marketing teacher, Seth Godin. Originally, this website was just to have some way of presenting myself to the world. That was it. But now I’m really wanting to ramp things up and actually try to make a living off my own …

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Random Posts

I’m talking in the business sense here, but threats only matter if it’s someone or something you care about. If the threat comes from someone who isn’t a threat, it’s not a threat. If you’re in a different market altogether, let it slide. It may sound like they are trying to gain dominance, but if …

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Remember it well

Keep on keeping on

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Dealing with quirks in other languages

There are a few words in Japanese that I always get tripped up on because their English is the same or similar. For example, in Japanese they say [Noun] no sei for being the fault of that person or thing, but [Noun] no okage for being ‘thanks to that person or thing’. Both equate to …

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