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In a sense, that is a way of living of refusing to acknowledge one’s life tasks. “Work” does not mean having a job at a company. Work in the home, child-rearing, contributing to the local society, hobbies, and all manner of other things are work.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
To procrastinate is to voluntarily delay an intended course of action—despite expecting to be worse off for the delay.
Anthony Raymond • Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)
YOUTH: So, I am making up flaws in other people just so that I can avoid my life tasks, and more, so I can avoid interpersonal relationships? And I am running away by thinking of other people as my enemies? PHILOSOPHER: That’s right. Adler indicated the state of coming up with all manner of pretexts in order to avoid the life tasks, and called it
... See moreFumitake Koga • The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
One shifts one’s responsibility for the situation one is currently in to someone else. One is running away from one’s life tasks by saying that everything is the fault of other people, or the fault of one’s environment. It’s exactly the same as with the story I mentioned earlier about the female student with the fear of blushing. One lies to
... See moreFumitake Koga • The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
Adler called the state of coming up with all manner of pretexts in order to avoid the life tasks the “life-lie.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
shifts one’s responsibility for the situation one is currently in to someone else. One is running away from one’s life tasks by saying that everything is the fault of other people, or the fault of one’s environment. It’s exactly the same as with the story I mentioned earlier about the female student with the fear of blushing. One lies to oneself,
... See moreFumitake Koga • The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
Adler called the state of coming up with all manner of pretexts in order to avoid the life tasks the “life-lie.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
The portrait might be a passable likeness, but no more. To turn out a true portrait, I had to discover the story that must be painted. Only that could get the ball rolling.
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
Supposing that you are frustrated with your talent like me, why not try to imitate the works you respect and with conviction? You'll likely notice something. But you have to keep trying until you feel something. You have to think about the details.