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An Interview With Jayne Nakata, Transformation Retreat Organizer If you think your circumstances are holding you back, look for inspiration to Jayne Nakata. For 15 years, New Zealander Jayne has lived with her wonderful Japanese husband in Fukushima, which is still...
I’m talking specifically about the Sasuga You! Self-Discovery Weekend, but you can apply the lessons here to anything that you’d like to do but somehow can’t. Some women are hesitating to join the retreat even though they’re interested. They tell me that the barriers...
When was the last time you thought, “I can’t…”? As the saying goes, “Don’t believe everything you think.” Sometimes, the way that we communicate with ourselves isn’t helpful. What do you miss out on when you avoid doing something because you tell yourself you can’t?...
I noticed Awaken The Giant Within on the Ginza Hub coworking space bookshelf and grabbed it. I’d listened to Tony Robbins on podcasts and loved his work, but had never read one of his books. Even though he wrote it back in 1991, it’s well worth reading today. This is...
An Interview With Tia Haygood, Photographer and Founder of TopTia Photography Communication plays a crucial role no matter what business you're in. In the photography business, we can think about what the photos say about the person they portray and we can think about...
Do you give yourself reasons why you can't do something? "I don't have time." "I'm not good enough." "I should give the opportunity to other people." By doing that, you're arguing for your limitations. If you keep doing that, you prevent yourself from going beyond...
- An Interview With Emiko Rasmussen, Higher Education Professional and Founder of the Her Confidence Her Way Podcast and Community I "met" Emiko Rasmussen when she contacted me via Facebook messenger. She had seen my TEDx Talk and wanted to connect and know more about...
I recently took up karate again after being away from the dojo for a while. It feels GREAT! I realized that what helped me to win a gold medal in the 2009 Itosu-ryu Karatedo World Championships in Malaysia was exactly what helps us to become champion presenters:...
Do you feel awkward at networking events? Not sure how to approach someone or what to say? In Japan, at least the formalities of exchanging business cards give us something to do and say, but what else? At the networking event following TEDx Roppongi, a gentleman came...
“When I’m giving a presentation, what should I do if I don’t know the answer to a question or need time to think?” People ask me this a lot. So let me share four tips here. 1. Paraphrase “Paraphrasing” means repeating in your own words what someone else said....
Essentialism has been my favorite book for a long time, but I’ve now found another that I’m obsessed with. I read it and then immediately started rereading it: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. I’ve been quoting Gay Hendricks for a while after I heard him say on a...
Picture this: A talented Japanese businesswoman is updating an executive from global headquarters on the progress of a new project. She has good news, but the executive thinks things aren’t going so well. Or picture this: A Japanese businessman is presenting to a...