Secret letters sleeping in a safe and the brilliance of Hermès. The equation to protect your dignity, taught by my father, the 'operative' who ran 500m for 50 yen. 27
"Fumin-san, actually... I haven't been able to tell anyone."
Recently, I've been receiving more and more heart-wrenching confessions from people around me.
And it's not like they come to me for advice from the start.
I see a shadow suddenly cross the faces of people who are supposed to be laughing brightly.
My intuition whispers, "Oh, something's going on," and after listening carefully, I finally find out.
Well, to be honest, it's my meddling (laughs). 🤣
But thanks to that meddling, the heavy doors they were holding onto alone are opened.
What they have in common is that they have encountered unfair situations or scam-like troubles and are being cornered both mentally and financially.
What surprises me is their reaction.
"It's because I was stupid," "It's my fault for being deceived," "I can't tell anyone about something so embarrassing."
Furthermore, they are more afraid than the perpetrators, unable to sleep at night and suffering from stomach aches, worrying, "Will the police raid me and will I get arrested?"
To such people, while laughing it off with a **"Gya! Gyahaha! 🤣"**, I tell them this seriously.
"You, that's completely taken over by a 'Sucker OS'!"
"Patience is a virtue," "Once a rule is decided, it's absolute," "Don't disturb the harmony," "Don't be disliked," "A samurai doesn't eat but uses a toothpick"—these are deeply ingrained in Japanese people.
These are the **[Edo Period Samurai-Farmer-Artisan-Merchant OS]** that were supposed to protect the good old Japan.
This is actually a perfect target in today's global, and sometimes absurd, world.
💊 The shadow of an "operative" who was at a pharmacy in Niigata
My younger brother still grins 😁 and says this:
"Was Dad actually an operative for some country?" 🤣
Thinking back now, it was certainly abnormal (laughs).
My father never studied abroad even once. Yet, he was fluent in English from the time I was born.
In Showa-era Niigata, in an age before the internet, my father kept playing FEN (Far East Network) and shortwave broadcasts on the radio every day, listening to them like a lullaby.
In the morning, the sound of an English typewriter echoed throughout the house.
And after my father passed away, what came out of the safe was a secret letter from a friend who had been dispatched to Kazakhstan, which was on the other side of the "Iron Curtain" at the time...
Among such "legends" of my father, there is a scene I will never forget in my life.
One day, there was a man who took a newspaper from a newsstand in front of the shop (it belonged to a newspaper seller unrelated to our shop!) without paying and tried to walk away.
My father's movement when he found it was truly "pro".
"Wait!!"
My father ran out of the shop and chased the man at full speed.
50 meters, 100 meters...
In the end, he kept chasing him for nearly 500 meters, caught the man, and collected the "50 yen" exactly.
🚢 The reason for running for 50 yen, the reason for fighting for dignity
"You didn't have to go that far for just 50 yen..."
Some people might think that. But what my father wanted to protect was not the small change of 50 yen.
What my father was protecting was the **"Rules of the World (Dignity)"**.
"No matter whose it is, I will not allow it to be taken unfairly, even if it is 50 yen."
This dignified strength.
Niigata at that time was also a place where a sense of tension drifted, where daily life could be suddenly stolen, like the middle school that abduction victim Megumi Yokota attended nearby.
Instead of blaming the environment, stand on your own feet and polish your own words.
For my father, "protecting his own rules and the rules of society by himself" was synonymous with protecting life.
This sharpness of "connoisseurship" might have been the OS of the entire family.
My aunt was also a person who broke through.
My aunt eloped and married a US military officer and worked hard as an interpreter at the US military base.
That aunt, who "easily crossed the boundaries of her own life," found my father at the base, was convinced that "this man is no ordinary person," introduced him to my mother, who was her younger sister, and became the cupid of love.
🇫🇷 A mountain of prize postcards and a Hermès scarf
My father was not a person who would "leave luck to heaven."
"If you want something, attract it with your own actions."
The symbol of that was his trip to France.
My father always kept postcards at hand! He kept submitting prize entries in overwhelming numbers and successfully won the "trip to France" he really wanted to go on.
A luxurious trip to Paris guided by the intellectual actor Fumio Watanabe at the time.
He bought me a Hermès scarf and a Louis Vuitton bag as souvenirs.
That's not all. He didn't forget the "spirit of service" to deliver the scarf requested by a business partner in a way that would please them the most.
"Please the other party, make them a fan, and build an equal relationship."
This was also the essence of "negotiation" that my father showed me.
🌏 The "absurdity" thrust upon me at a Chinese port
The spirit I inherited from my father would be tested in the harsh field I faced during my trading company days.
Coal import work at a Chinese port.
Just as the ship was about to arrive at the port, the other party suddenly said this:
"Domestic demand has increased, and we can't sell at this price. Raise the price. If you don't like it, we won't sell."
To them, a contract is just a piece of paper.
If the situation changes, the negotiation changes. This was the "absurd reality" of the world.
If I were to be patient and obedient as a "serious Japanese person" here, I couldn't protect the company's profits, and above all, my own dignity.
Instead of fighting, I read the other party's OS and thought about how to deliver our value.
At this time, I was convinced that my father's "tenacity to achieve goals" and my aunt's "strength to carry through her own will" were flowing within me.
💎 The "ultimate equation" that changes destiny
By multiplying all these experiences, I arrived at one "answer."
That is this equation.
Destiny = (Talent OS + Environment) ✖️ Gyahaha Tuning (Steps for conveying) ✖️ Amount of Action
Talent OS: Talent, genetics, and reaction patterns. They are immutable, but in the course, I teach how to "master" this.
Environment: The past is immutable. But,"Future environment" is 100% variable.
Gyahaha Tuning: Technique for conveying. Steps to put both the other party and yourself in a "pleasant" state. This becomes the strongest multiplication.
Amount of Action: This is where the "ability to achieve goals (tenacity not to give up!)" inherited from my father??? 🤣 is shown! An overwhelming number of attempts, like continuing to submit prize postcards, will twist destiny. You don't have to go this far, but don't give up on anything.Action comes first!!!
You who are trembling now because you are in an unfair situation.
It is not because your "personality" is bad, nor is it because your "luck" is bad.
It's just that the **[Edo Period Samurai-Farmer-Artisan-Merchant OS]** you are using has become unable to handle modern clever traps and absurdities.
If my late father saw you now, he would surely say this:
"You fool! Don't sell your dignity cheaply for something like fear!"
👄 Future environment can be chosen right here, right now
My father, while living in a region called Niigata, expanded his environment to the world with just a shortwave radio and a typewriter.
My aunt threw away the old environment of public perception and grabbed a new love with her own will.
Both of them proved with their own bodies that **"you can choose your environment yourself."**
No matter how painful your situation is right now.
You can choose your future environment.
Will you continue to stay in an "environment where you endure with stomach aches"?
Or will you jump into a "new environment" where you take the initiative by laughing it off with a meddler like me (laughs) with a "Gya! Gyahaha! 🤣"?
As the daughter of an operative 🤣 (?), I am ready to rewrite your "patience OS" from the roots.
Don't sell your value cheaply, not even by 1 millimeter.
Let's bring back the brilliance like a Hermès scarf into your life!
As the first step, please come to meet me at my 3-day free LIVE.
Let's update your OS and "edit" your life together!
"One laugh a day"!
Until the day your smile becomes your strongest negotiation weapon, I will support you with all my might! 🚀
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