Facing the fear of failure with Ikigai as your guiding light The sweet aroma of my morning coffee wafts through the room, but the mug sits untouched for hours. In front of me lies a blank page, cursor blinking, waiting for my keyboard strokes. It’s past 6AM, there’s no one …

Have you ever thought about why you’re unhappy? I’ve thought about this for quite some time, but it’s only lately that I wrote my thoughts about it. We can be unhappy for all sorts of reasons but usually, it’s because we (or our mind) think there is a gap between …

25 years ago, I was a broke teenage boy with no future. Today, I’m a tech director at an IT firm in Tokyo. This is how I broke the cycle of poverty through a combination of luck, clear purpose, and an unwavering determination to never give up. A Childhood Realization …