中國人と交渉する時は中國語を話した方が有利だから・・・ When speaking with Chinese people, that hoe is Yuri だからI told you Playa, I done told you! 解らないでしょう！これがhow heavy! Do you have any idea how heavy this is? 生きろ！ “Live long and prosper” [said with airquotes] 外人の癖に日本語喋ってんじぇねぇぞコラァ！ I love diversity! 日本に何しに來た？ When are you leaving Japan? キメたくない？ Say no to drugs. “僕には99の問題があるけど、ビーチは違うよ！！！ I’ve got…
[Immersion] Why You Should Stop Trying to Control or Measure Time
by khatzumoto
Stop trying to control and measure time. Now, don’t get me wrong, I still love (and use) timeboxing. But that’s almost more about controlling the self and forcing out perfectionism than it is about controlling time; time is, in the context of timeboxing, the perfect cross-platform tool for managing the situation. But here’s why you…
[Immersion] Why Is the Pause Button Your Enemy?
by khatzumoto
The pause button is a cruel mistress. Sure, it lets you pick up from right when you left off. But the problem is that in today’s frenetic, over-stimulated world, with all the choices available to us, we often forget to pick up again. At least, I do. So don’t pause that movie or podcast, loop…
Why Don’t You Do Like Bruce Lee Said And Have Nice, Warm Glass of Calm the Fu…?
by khatzumoto
One is reminded of Juggernaut from X-Men 3: The Last Stand. For a fan of the X-Men comics, the movie version of JG was too small, but that’s beside the point. Juggernaut is an unstoppable force. And if time is real, and if time is like Juggernaut — unstoppable, inexorable in its passage, then perhaps…
Why is Hedonistic Learning Good for You?
by khatzumoto
If your process sucks, then your life sucks. And if your life sucks, then (get this…wait for it…) your life sucks. And no milestone can change that. No milestone will erase day-to-day suckage. No peak of achievement will make it taste sweet. Not for more than five minutes. Maybe an hour of afterglow. And if…
Why is Knowing the Whys of Grammar a Waste of Your Time?
by khatzumoto
You don’t need a reason why, you just need to know that’s that’s how people — natives — say things. That’s more than enough for you do to deal with right now. Why create work for yourself? Just copy. Crib. Don’t “show your work”. Cheat. Go straight for the right answer, no ifs ands or…