A story about being taught the 'basics of business' by my first-grade daughter

This time, I will talk about the theme of
“the one thing essential for success.”

There is a saying that
“persistence is power,” but
everyone already
knows that.

However, it is difficult to keep going.

I believe a major cause of that is
“comparing yourself to others.”

When you look at other people's posts and content,
“That person is amazing,”
“I'm not good enough,”
you feel that way and stop in your tracks.

Have you ever experienced this?

I have, many times, but
my daughter's actions became the catalyst
for me to realize something very important
all over again.

Today, that is what I want to talk about.

To you, who are exhausted by social media
and starting to lose confidence

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The story of my daughter reading a book other than a picture book by herself for the first time

I have a daughter in the first grade, and
every Monday,
she borrows one book
from the school library.

Usually, she always
borrows picture books, but
the other day, she borrowed this book.

Huh? What happened... my daughter?

My daughter, who always talks about
Pretty Cure or
Sumikko Gurashi,
suddenly, mRNA? (lol)

Apparently,
her friend was reading it,
and since the pictures were cute, she just
borrowed it.

Regardless of the reason,
this is the first time
my daughter has borrowed a book
other than a picture book.

Even though it is a manga,
compared to a picture book,
the amount of text is overwhelming.

Although there is furigana,
there are also many kanji characters used.

I thought, 'Well, she'll probably return this
without reading it.'

That's about as much as I expected.

However, from then on, she started reading it
a little bit every day.

And she wasn't just looking at the pictures;
she was carefully reading every single character out loud.

If there were characters she couldn't read or
words she didn't understand,
she would come and ask me.

In this way,
she continued to read through it.

In the end, she couldn't
finish reading the whole thing,
but by the return date one week later,
she had made it about a third of the way through.

I was surprised, saying,
'That's amazing! You read so much!'
but

my daughter was a little down
that she hadn't finished it, saying,
'I'm a slow reader...'

...

That evening.

When my daughter got home,
the first thing she took
out of her school bag was,

Image

You again! (laughs)

'Dad! I borrowed it again!'

It seems if no one else is waiting to borrow it,
you can borrow it consecutively,
and my daughter showed me 'The Secret of mRNA'
looking very happy.

And so,
in the second week, my daughter continued to read
slowly and steadily.

I started to feel like her reading pace
was getting a little faster
as well.

In the end, she couldn't finish it in the second week either,
and to my surprise, she went into a third week.

On the weekend of the third week,
she was finally able to finish reading it.

She read a little bit every day, and
over the course of three weeks,
she finished reading her first book
that wasn't a picture book all by herself.

For the last few pages,
she had her mom and dad sit next to her,
and read it to us
as if she were reading aloud.

She had such a great sense of accomplishment.

The whole family
was overjoyed (^o^)/

“My friends in class
read much faster than me”

“I’m a slow reader”

is what my daughter used to say, but
she decided that “it’s okay for me to be slow,”
steadily moved forward at her own pace,
and reached the goal
under her own power.

Whether it’s fast or slow doesn’t matter.

Even if it’s slow,
if you move forward one step at a time
at your own pace,
you will definitely reach the goal someday.

That is something
I was made to realize all over again.

It’s okay if it takes time, isn't it?

When you’re doing online business,
you end up worrying about other people.

“I went from 0 to 1 in X days!”
“I earned X amount in X months”

When I see reports or posts like this,
I get really anxious,
and I start to think that maybe I can’t do it.

I look at the amazing people around me and
sometimes fall into self-loathing,
thinking, “Oh, I’m still not good enough,” or “Why can’t I do it?”

But comparing yourself to others
doesn’t change your abilities,
and it doesn’t bring the goal any closer.

You just have to accept that “I am me,”
do what you can do now,
one thing at a time at your own pace,
and steadily build it up.

It sounds like a very simple thing,
but it is very difficult.

You start to lose faith in yourself,
or you start to doubt yourself,
wondering if there is a better way.

However, there are no shortcuts, are there?

It is okay if it takes time, so
believe in the path you are currently on,
and take it one step at a time.

In order to accomplish something,
in the end, this is the only way.

Consistency is essential for success.
There is no need to compare yourself to others.
Believe in yourself and move forward one step at a time.

From my daughter's experience,
this was a weekend where I thought about these things once again.

Taakun

P.S.

By the way,
this is what my daughter borrowed next.

My daughter's choice... a mystery.

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