Mental Tools

Motivation For Cynical People

by khatzumoto

If you’re like me…I don’t know whether you actually are, but…you know, if you are, then you came from a country and a culture that largely frowns upon overt displays of emotion. Especially overt displays of positive emotion. Forget displays — simply having a positive mental attitude might be social suicide(?) where you’re from. As…

by khatzumoto

The other day, a young man named Ilhan sent me this email: Hi Khatz! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, and I love it! I try to follow your method as much as possible, but I am not 100% immersed in Spanish (yeah, I am learning Spanish instead of Japanese) as…

by khatzumoto

I get it all the time now. “Hey Khatsumodo! Love teh method! Your righting iz rully motuvashonul! I’ve been running my Japanese OS for 4 hours now, but i don’t feel much change! Hehe. Lolz!” “Hey! I really love all your talk about immersion! I don’t know kanji yet but I picked up a Japanese…

by khatzumoto

In another place and time [the other day], I came to make the acquaintance of a young gentleman with looks so sharp that Johnny Depp is yet to recover from the blow to his ego. The young man’s name was T-star [not to be confused with the Japanese T-star], and this is his story. I’ve…

by khatzumoto

This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series What It Takes to Be Great

This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series What It Takes to Be Great“Genius is…the eventual public recognition of dozens (or hundreds) of failed attempts at solving a problem” Seth Godin Babe Ruth Was A Big, Fat German Failure If you read enough personal development books, you will eventually come across mention of…