[12:00] Why not become a working professional teacher? "Someone who finds the next point for improvement through reflective questions"

You might already be a "teacher" yourself

The work you are doing normally today, might actually be a "lesson" for someone else.

A working professional's "norm" is someone else's "amazing" in the future. When you think about it that way, doesn't it make your heart beat a little faster?

What is a "working professional teacher"?

Have you ever heard the term "working professional teacher"?

This is not limited to school teachers. You, who gave advice to a junior colleague. You, who talked about life to your children. You, who stood by a subordinate's worries.

――Every one of those moments is the very image of a teacher.

A working professional's "experience" becomes teaching material

I worked as a news reporter and now teach Japanese at a high school. Standing in the classroom every day, I think, "A working professional's experience is the best teaching material."

You don't need major achievements or qualifications. Just put your experience into words and hand it to someone. That alone makes you a fine "working professional teacher."

Real "teachers" who actually existed

For example-- ・A "communicating teacher" who can laugh while telling stories of failure ・An "HR teacher" who spoke while holding back tears at the entrance ceremony ・A "father teacher" who reads books to his children ・A "nursing teacher" who conveys the weight of life through their back ・A "re-learning teacher" who started writing about their experiences on note

Every one of these teachers pushed someone forward with their words. That figure is undoubtedly a "working professional teacher."

And you are one of them too

You are also a teacher.

Even if you haven't been introduced, even if your name isn't in this article, you who spoke to someone today are already a teacher.

You might think, "I didn't mean to be." But the other person might have been saved by your words. They might have gained the courage to take a step forward. That one word is proof of "you as a teacher."

The words of teachers shining on note

What I am introducing here are five "teachers" I met on note.

1. Teacher Camellia Mountain
"How to think when you 'can't be positive'"

2. Shin | 📚 Learning Bookshelf Teacher
"📘 'GIVE & TAKE' - A way of thinking so that good intentions don't lead to burnout"

3. Hideshi Maeda Teacher
"Companies where talent 'becomes an asset' vs. companies that don't - The one and only turning point that only management can decide"

4. Tetsuya Shinzato | Life Comeback School Okinawa ☆ Confidence Regeneration Factory Teacher
"Dreams and goals aren't things you force out of yourself. It's perfectly fine to have periods in life where you have dreams and goals, and periods where you don't"

5. Kensaku Masuda / Management Consultant, Author of 'Leaders Learn from World History' (Diamond Inc.) Teacher
"The irony we sometimes encounter in history"

Your words, too, are surely leaving a mark

Even if they aren't flashy words,
even without a special title,
there are moments when just a single word can encourage someone.

A single word you said to a junior colleague.
A story of your own failure you told your child.
Advice based on experience you shared with a coworker.

All of those are "a teacher's words."

To you, who hasn't been introduced yet

In this note, I will continue to introduce such "working professional teachers."

But, in truth—
it is "you," who hasn't been introduced yet, who is surely a teacher who will leave a mark on someone's life.

Your experience will change someone's future.

You are a teacher.

Afterword

Thank you for reading this far.
I am sure you are also someone who has supported others with your words.

If these words today have left even a small impression on your heart,
I would be happy if we could exchange words here again.

Your experience and words
are encouraging someone today as well.

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