2008-08-31

There are no free information this world.

Do you know we are paying the price to get the information?

Even TV, internet, newspaper, there are so much information flowing around us.

But those informations are not free in our hand. All information are controlled by those issuers and media.

When Russian troops fought in Georgia, I checked the news on BBC,CNN and NHK news.

Most of news said that Russian troops invaded in Georgia. But none of those news agency did not report Geogian military attacked and killed over Russian Civilian and at South Ossetia.

I double checked other media such as Besti (russian news agency) .

But those incidents influence over American poltics. Before this happened Obama was much popular than McCain. But now poll shows McCain caught up Obama.

There were other factors influence that but Ossetia gave the big impact toward the president election poll.

So when you get the information , you have to have own point of view to filter the information.


Do you believe everything which is written on newspaper?

2008-08-30

Do you really want to do it?

How many time do you ask these type of questions to yourself?

Whatever I got the offer, I kept asking myself these type of questions.


"Do I really want to do it?"

"Do I like them?"

"Would I be their friends even under different circustances?"

"Are you doing this work because of money?"


When you don't have the money or can't control your role in the business, you have no choice.


You do like it or not, it doesn't matter. You will take the job to earn some money.


But I want to keep asking these questions myself.

2008-08-29

How many books do you read?

How many books do you read?

Here I am asking you quantity not quality. I read 15 books a month at least. As my profession it is kind of compulsory to get the knowledge updated all the time.

There are so many wisdoms and best practices inside books.

You can learn a lot from people experiences, insight and thoughts.

I drop by book store once a week at least, now most of Japanese book store have the chairs and some seach tools, so book hunting became very fun activitiy for me.

How do you pick up the books? From your friend's recommendation or best-seller lists?

I am subscribing the newsletters from famous book critics, so it help me a lot to choose which book I pick up.

So I will go book store this afternoon.

Let's read!

2008-08-08

Do you invest yourself?

What does "investment" mean for you?

For me, investment is invest myself.

Invest myself means that spend time and money to improve my talent and build my character.

Today I attended the marketing seminar, it cost only 100 dollars for a couple of hours but it leads more business and good sales pitch.

Do you have spend the time for yourself?

What do you do if you have US$10,000 extra.

Do you buy the new gadgets or nice watch?

If I have this extra money as bonus, I will take the some courses I wanted so many years.

If you want to be successful, you have to cultivate and improve yourself.

What kind of first step will you take?

2008-08-06

Motivation

What is your motivation?



Money, fame or what?



If you don't motivate yourself, how would you pump the energy into yourself?



It is very difficult for everyone that do the works without motivation.



But even if we don't have the motivation, there is the easy way to energize yourself.


That kind of secrets, I wil tell you another time.

2008-08-04

Sex and the City

Are you familar Sit-com "Sex and the City"?

Off course most of you knew this mega-hit drama seriese, Sex and the City movie will be showing next week in Japan.

The trailer of the movie is shown many times on Japanese talk shows.

One thing I wondered "Are the Sex and the City's topics are common among the girls?"

Until quite recent, about sex topic is one of taboo topics in public especially from woman. Guys can talk about it over drink sessions but I could not imagine that woman talk about it over the dinner and lunch.

Well, even 20 years ago, woman talked about it but hide those very secretive, so we guys didn't realize those topics are well spoken among woman.

Obviously even people attitude and topics have been changed a lot in last 20 years.

Well, one of the movie major theme is "romance".

Is "Romantic thing" happened occasionally or accidentally or what?

Do you have the romantic moment right now?

I want to to know how to have the very romatic moment with my wife.

I want to make her suprised but she is always really cool about it everything.


Are there any suprising methodology or secrets to make the partner romantic?


If there are, I want to know as many as possible.