Conservatism is selfishness. I don't mean conservatism in that environmental sense. I mean conservatism in the political sense. If conservatism is about keeping the status quo, then it is about selfishness. Keeping the status quo means you are not thinking about the future life for your children. You are only thinking about yourself and now. […]

Fuck em. They're only there because they're there. You can choose to follow them. Or not. Be different, what does it matter if you're not? You won't be considered normal? What? You want to be normal? Ok. Take the average statistics and that's you. Someone average. Someone normal. Don't be normal. Be someone. And start […]

It goes without saying, but getting away from your ordinary life every once in a while is a pretty good idea. I feel this quite strongly with Japan, at least Yamagata, because there is a set of understandings that aren't really tested until people leave and see a completely different point of view. Some of […]

How do you develop leadership skills? How do you develop any skills? By doing things of course. The best way to develop leadership skills is to lead. Go out on a limb and put yourself in a position where you are forced to lead. Not only will you grow as a person, but your leadership […]

When you compare yourself with others, you put yourself on the back foot. This is never a good place to be. Take a different path, no matter what it takes. That's the only way you can guarantee that you can get ahead.

Always. Quality done well enough enough times leads to quantity (if you want it). The opposite is never true. Constantly strive for quality. The quantity will come if you do.

Is starting to show cracks. Pretty big ones in fact. Seth Godin is totally right. The time of mass advertising is done. We need to focus on a core audience of fans, and worry about quality 100 times more than before. This is a lesson Japan (and I mean here in Yamagata) will have to […]