I want to turn what I thought couldn't be a job into a job: To everyone struggling with 'I don't know my own strengths.' Talent might just start from the place where you shine a light on it.

Apparently, today and tomorrow are
Tenchusatsu days for me.

I found out from a destiny chart
I happened to look at,
July 10th and July 11th, 2025.

Hmm???
That's today.

I felt a momentary jolt
(thinking, 'Is something going to happen!?')
but I decided to reframe it,
thinking, 'Wait, could this actually be an opportunity?'

In the world of fortune-telling, it's sometimes said
'It's better not to move'
or 'Don't start anything new,' but
I, on the contrary,
thought that precisely because these are days when boundaries are removed,
I might try breaking my previous
'limits' and 'common sense'
once and for all.

Limits, common sense...
What comes to mind now is, of course, my own
life's work.
Things only I can do, which could also be called my mission or destiny.

I want to give shape to this.

It's there, fuzzy and vague,
but that thing of mine that I can't quite grasp
is probably outside the boundaries
of who I am right now.

So, at this timing,
I think I'll try poking at those boundaries.
I'd be happy if this could provide some kind of hint
to those who are searching,
asking, 'What can I do?'

What are you good at?

I'm sure there are quite a few people
who get stuck for words at this kind of question.

And I am no exception,
having been unable to answer this question well.

It's not that I don't have any.
It's just that the things I was good at or had talent for
were all things that couldn't be written on a resume or CV.

That's why, for a long time, I never thought
that the things I was good at or could do without eating or sleeping
could 'become a job.'

I didn't even think I could list things as my strengths
that aren't currently recognized
in the world
as jobs.

• Listening to someone's story.

• Coordinating things.

• Coming up with ideas from a different perspective.

• Waiting for the right timing to gently offer something.

• Delivering information that seems necessary.

• Connecting one person with another.

• Choosing clothes together.

• Enjoying golf while improving together.

• Watching a movie and sharing our thoughts.

• Communicating things I've noticed.

• Remembering various things.

• Organizing and tidying up.

• Making improvements through trial and error.

• Breaking rules while wondering if there's a better way.

• Thinking about how something can be done.

None of these come with qualifications.
They don't translate into numbers,
and they often end without anyone noticing.
But even so, I have kept doing them.
Unconsciously, naturally, for years.

People flock to flashy strengths
and easy-to-understand results.
It is a society that treats that as 'talent'.

But I am not flashy.
I don't make strategic moves either.
Yet, I am valued when I am around.
I have even been teased as being like a household appliance.

I think I am the type who is trusted through word-of-mouth,
and who slowly cultivates relationships.

I am the type who is only understood
by those who get it,
which is extremely inefficient.

I don't have an impact upon first meeting,
nor do I have intense qualifications or special skills
that hook people,
or a strong background.

Even if I list the things I am good at,
while they are convenient and people are happy to have them,
a question mark naturally arises within me too:
'Can that really be a job?'

But suddenly, I thought this.

Isn't it about time that Japan
properly pays for individuality and talent
as a concept?

Isn't it okay for the world to finally
shine a light on personal 'strengths' that haven't gained status as jobs,
and recognize them as work?

Come to think of it,
I heard there is a service called
'Rental Jiro Eater'
where someone accompanies people who want to go to Jiro Ramen
but find it too intimidating to go alone,
and the reward is just the transportation cost to the shop.

Isn't this a perfect example of turning a strength into a job?
However, the reward is too low.
I believe this is because the status of such strengths
has not yet been socially established.

'Wait, you're just eating ramen, right?'
I think the fact that such voices might be heard
is the reason why these strengths are undervalued.

No, no, they have spent time and experience
going to Jiro enough to accompany someone,
drilling the rules and manners into themselves,
and gaining enough experience to provide peace of mind to others.

If it were me, I would want to pay for the ramen and an hourly wage
for them sharing their experience.

Regarding this concept of paying,
I have another concern.

'Because we're relatives' or 'Because we're friends, give me a discount.'
That kind of unhealthy trend
has existed for a long time, but

that is not trust, butexploitation.

With that kind of mindset,
neither talent nor skill is protected.
Culture cannot grow.

A society where we can say to someone aboutthe things they can do naturally,
'That's amazing' and 'Lend me that power.'

And a culture where we can offer compensation with respect, saying,
'Thank you. So, let me pay you.'

I want to live in a world like that.

For example,

• Being able to think a little bit ahead.

• Having a good memory in a certain category.

• Being good at putting things into words.

• Being good at summarizing.

• Being told that people feel at ease when they are with you.

• Being able to offer things at the right time.

• Not getting in the way of other people's pace.

• Being able to manage your own mental state.

• Being good at researching things

• Being able to explain things well

None of these are things that would be noticed unless I dared to mention them, but
these are all things I can do naturally.
And it is also a fact that there were people who said they were 'helped' by them.

• Introducing events.

• Introducing people.

• Passing on information.

• Helping to satisfy the five senses.

• Going shopping together.

• Choosing clothes.

• Enjoying golf together.

• Watching movies and sharing thoughts.

• Making travel arrangements.

• Choosing a place for a meal.

• A smooth communication network among friends

I think there are more, but
all of them look like 'un-work-like' actions.

But, organizing the hesitation of the other person together,
or
gently easing decision fatigue or anxiety about choices,
can sometimes already
function like work.

When people hear 'talent,' many might think of some special skill or
being better than others.
But I now believe that

it is precisely within the 'things I have done as a matter of course' that
my true strengths and specialties lie.

Talent sprouts from the place where you shine a light.
Being told by someone that you are amazing
is not the only form of talent.
Within your ordinary,
might there not be something someone else wants?

Besides,
things that are hard to write on a resume or CV
are often the very things that are essential
for work to actually function.

• Advancing a conversation without disrupting the other person's pace

• Quickly organizing chaotic information

• Fine-tuning the sense of distance in human relationships

• Summarizing key points while reading the room during a meeting

• Proceeding calmly without being swept away by waves of emotion

• Translating feelings that the person themselves cannot put into words

All of these area sense of security for someone,and I believe they are
invisible but definitely effectiveforms of value.

If you change your perspective a little
and replace this with work,
what if you delivered it as a 'paid service'?
When you think about it that way,
these kinds of possibilities come into view.

Listening to someone and organizing their discomfort or conflicts
→ Emotional Organization Session / Introspection Support

Choosing clothes or food together
→ Five-Sense Branding Accompaniment

Providing information at the right timing for the other person
→ Information Prescription Service tailored to life planning

Introducing people and assessing compatibility
→ Human Curator / Matching Consultant

Deepening self-understanding by sharing sensibilities
→ Empathy-based insight session

Wow.

Right now, I am

'There's no way something like this could be work,'
'I only did this because I was asked,'

re-examining the things I've thought that way about
as actual seeds for work.

Just because they don't have a name in the world yet,
these talents have definitely supported someone.
If that's the case, I've started to think that maybe
I can bring this power out into the world.

'It's okay to make this my work.'
'This was a value that was okay to have accepted.'

Surely you also have those
talents and strengths that are buried,
but definitely connect to what someone wants.

Today and tomorrow are my Tenchusatsu (void period).
If so, at this timing,
I think I'll try to push past my own limits,
even if just within myself.

Finding those unique strengths of yours
is also something I am very good at.