Today on a bit of a whim my friend and I entered a shop that we were thinking we could work together with. We ended up spending more than an hour talking with these people we had just met, and the conversation went quite well indeed. We had to build up a little bit of […]

When you find yourself concentrating on another person, it screws up your rhythm. The only way to do it right, is to focus on yourself. That's why competition is so difficult, it's a battle of wits, but you can get past that by concentrating on yourself.

My Jandal broke in the supermarket. I was walking along and all of a sudden, snap, the piece that attaches to the base had split. It was unrepairable. What was a man to do? Well, walk barefoot of course. The looks man, the looks from the other people during that short 3 minute stint without […]

New people and new experiences are the same. They both have the opportunity to teach you new things and give you new insights that can improve your life. The thing is, you have to be willing to give them a chance. This is where many people go wrong. What is a fair chance? It obviously […]

This is not my idea, I stole this from Seth Godin, but everyday you do something towards your goal and eventually you gain traction. I've been posting daily for my other website and been busting out blog posts as much as I can and I've been seeing a steady rise in engagement with my site. […]

Just like multiple choice questions in tests, stays in hotels are easy to measure. There's money involved, and they are easily counted. That's why the focus is on people numbers not economic impact. It's so simple. But difficult. You have to convince people of going the hard yards. That's one big theme in Japan, actually. […]

Yesterday at the ruins of Koyo high school I came across a thought that stumped me. Once you pass through the old school and through a short gallery, there is a video of the people affected by the disaster (Spoiler alert if you're going to go there). One such video is of a firefighter. He […]