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Give Up Samurai: We are the Two to Five Percent!
Work can be play. Give at least two to five percent a day to play/work towards your dream/goal/skill. So it is in any situation you find yourself, no matter how overwhelmed you feel, no matter how...
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“Weaponize” It
In real life, swords and spears are a little too pointy and scary. As metaphors they great. Nice quote from Boldt:”The Warrior is totally alive. He accepts his life and his death. Most people accept...
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Shave it Samurai!
Thinking about shaving time made me think of shaved ice. In Puerto Rico, we call it “piragua.” My favorite is shaved ice with tamarind juice. If you are busy getting organized and shaving time, make...
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Overresponding Samurai: Stop the Drama and Do Something
Overresponding doesn’t have to be hectic. Use your snail power. In four more days, my family and I will leave Japan and we will be back in our semi-hectic work/school mode. I am spending more and...
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The Law of Language and Skill Attraction
Keep tinkering with shifts in your environment to attract your skill. I recently discovered using iTune radio to listen to Japanese radio stations. Shake it. Shape it. Your environment that is. :)...
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Samurai Grammar: Pullin’ Ain’t Pushin’.
This is a screenshot of one Japanesepod101 lesson. I like “moving” the bar of progress and I like that the grammar explanations are brief. But the rest of the day, I have Japanese music in my ears or I...
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Restart the Suckage: Turn Resistance into Flow
Sometimes you have to suck to get the creativity and productive “flow” going. The other day I had a memory of a time when someone needed to transfer gas from a friend’s car to make it to the gas...
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Small is the New Big: Samurai Chain Reaction
Actions may seem small but actions accumulate. Like water creating waterfalls, carving canyons and sustaining life. Taking five minutes to do something you love or practice is more than a small act....
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Samurai Attraction: Get a Little “Shelvish”
This is one of the bookshelves I’ve started to go through. Reading is a powerful way to move your life forward. But sometimes we need to give ourselves to not be so precious or serious about our...
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How to Get Ahead Without Losing Your Head
Get ahead without losing your head. I finally got around to picking up a copy of The Last Samurai: The Life and Times of Saigo Takamori. After watching the Hollywood Tom Cruise version of history, I...
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