Salon Backstage Talk 065: The Correlation Between Kids Who Succeed Without Cram Schools and Aonishiki's Rapid Promotion

Don't you have the impression that the kids who don't go to cram school are the ones who excel at both studies and sports? Even though there are people who try hard and still can't do it? No, it is because they have an image of succeeding with ease because they don't try too hard. Aonishiki, who won the championship yesterday, also stepped onto the ring with the mindset of "well, it'll work out somehow" and charged in from a low posture. That is the reason for his unprecedented rapid promotion. I will explain the reason for that a little bit.

▶ The mystery of "people who handle everything with ease"

There are people who handle everything with ease, aren't there?

Even though there are people who try desperately hard and still can't do it.

On the contrary, it might be that they can handle it because they are at ease.

That is Ichiro's style (related article "The reason why Ichiro still went to an incredible place (hypothesis)"). Because they don't try too hard, they don't give up after three days and don't get injured; rather, just like the music culture of the Baka tribe, they

stop just before the limit where things feel unfinished, which makes them want to do more (related article "You grow when you stop at 'I want to do a little more'").

▶ The kids who didn't go to cram school were the "geniuses"

When you were a child, haven't you noticed that the kids who didn't go to cram school were the ones who were excellent at both studies and sports?

What develops a person's ability is the "image" that governs them.

The more kids who go to cram school try, the more they have the image that "I can't do it unless I try that hard," so they don't become able to do it.

Since they have an "image of not being able to do it," it is only natural.

Because they are people with an image of being at ease no matter what they do, they can handle everything with ease.

Aonishiki, who won the championship yesterday, charges in with a low posture in both Japanese and sumo, thinking "well, it'll work out somehow."

The story of why that is the reason for his "rapid promotion" will be discussed later.