10 Percent Happier Every Year

 Bonji Tettei 凡事徹底　in Japanese Bon means mediocre or ordinary. Ji refers to things. Tettei means doing something perfectly without any fault. All in all it means that the more we want to expand our business, the more we need to carry on our everyday tasks in a perfect in a perfect manner. On the contrary, if you work lax, you not only inconvenience your colleagues and customers but also your income or promotion. This has been my motto for during my lawyer years, which enabled me to FIRE in my 40's with good fortune. That era was tough but worthed it. God bless you.

  Former YouTube CEO's son found dead at UC Berkeley (nbcnews.com) No Japanese can imagine that a student of Tokyo Univ. dies from narcotics in the dorm. That happens in the US.

"Scared of Manju Dumpling" is a Japanese folklore of how to get what you want. Gist of the fable: A guy says he is afraid of dumpling, so his cheeky friends throw dumplings in his house. And then...   Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump because he's 'more experienced and predictable' https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-russia-prefers-biden-trump-experienced-predictable-107244817 ...And then American voters may vote to Mr. Trump, which is totally explained by the Japanese folklore. 

 ME: Copilot, draw a picture of voting rights in Japan  COPILOT: Okay, I'll try! A minute later...         ・・・A century ago?

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