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I'm working hard on the shoot.

I'm wiped out~~~ (lol)

To everyone in the Yaruki no Switch (Motivation Switch) coaching community!!!

I'll introduce coaching clients to the people in the salon, so please reconsider the salon and come back~~~

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I'm looking forward to Ise-Shima!

Hosted by the Yarutchi Coach Association!

Lately...

I'm hooked on shisha! (lol)

In October, I'm off to Paris!

In November, South Korea and the Philippines...

And in December, Thailand!

I'm shooting a movie called "Yaruki no Switch"!

*This blog has photos pasted in the second half!

Please come, to help spread Yarutchi Coaching!

So you can say, "The coaching I do has even been made into a movie"~~~!

As expected...

Dreams come true.

You start them.

With every wall, I became a film director.

Walls are what grow you.

"I'll start once I can do it" — that's exactly why you never start!

With this, Ise-Shima in Mie
might suddenly become popular?!

[The Future Belongs to the Countryside] The Impact of the "Off-Grid Villa" That Frees You from Infrastructure

"I want to get away from city convenience and live as if I were deep in nature." Have you ever thought that, yet given up because of securing water, bringing in electricity and gas, and the burden on the environment?

Until now, "staying in the countryside" and "building a second home" have been, to a greater or lesser degree, a battle with infrastructure. But there is a company that has completely overturned that assumption and embodies the future of "creating a superb space in untouched nature without harming the environment at all."

That is the Japanese venture company ARTH Inc.

1. Why Is the Value of the "Countryside" Soaring Right Now?

From an era that prized efficiency and speed, people's values are shifting toward richness of heart, wellness, and "coexistence with real nature."

But there was a dilemma: the more people set foot in a place and develop it, the more they destroy its beautiful natural environment. "I love nature, yet staying there burdens the environment" — this contradiction was elegantly resolved through technology by ARTH's completely off-grid module "WEAZER."

2. No Infrastructure Needed, Zero Environmental Impact: A New Form of Lodging Drawn by "WEAZER"

This residential module, which has drawn attention with projects such as "WEAZER Nishi-Izu" born in a spectacular location in West Izu, has some astonishing features.

100% self-sufficient in electricity and water: Rooftop solar panels generate power, and rainwater is highly filtered and sterilized to secure water for daily use. It depends on no existing electricity, water, or gas infrastructure at all.
Doesn't harm the environment: A special purification system means no wastewater is discharged, so the burden on the natural environment is zero.
Can be installed anywhere: Because units are manufactured in a factory and assembled on site, they can be placed in "beautiful natural scenery around the world" — cliffs, forests, remote islands — that used to be out of reach due to infrastructure, without damaging the environment.

Within a refined design that overturns the very idea of container architecture, you'll find an open terrace, a water basin, a sauna, and more, realizing not "inconvenient sustainability" but "overwhelmingly luxurious off-grid living."

3. A Future Freed from the Curse of Infrastructure

Regional revitalization, relocation, and second-home development until now were battles over cost: "How do we bring in electricity and water?"

But what ARTH's off-grid villas have proven is a reversal of thinking: "The places without infrastructure hold the greatest value (potential)."

Primeval forests with no electricity or water, an ocean as far as the eye can see, silent mountains where no one will disturb you — in such "superb nature where people could never live or stay before," you quietly place a small villa clothed in cutting-edge technology. Simply surrender yourself to it, and you can return to being a part of nature.

Summary: From an Era of "Consuming" Nature to an Era of "Circulating" It

The standard of value from now on will shift from "how close you are to a convenient city" to "how much you can live in harmony with the earth and regain your own senses."

The world of off-grid villas that ARTH is pioneering teaches us "a new way of relating to nature."

Stepping away from the clamor of signals and infrastructure, producing your own energy and becoming one with the great outdoors — that future style of staying will surely raise the "value of the countryside" even higher. If you're interested in the potential of the countryside and sustainable lifestyles ahead, do keep an eye on ARTH and "WEAZER"!

[Fix the Business from the Back] How to Scale with Alex Hormozi's "Bottleneck Reverse-Thinking"

When you want to grow a business, many owners and freelancers tend to look only at expanding the front (the entrance) — "How do I get more customers?" "Should I try some new campaign?" But...

The famed American entrepreneur and investor Alex Hormozi says in his books and posts: "Fix a business not from growth (the front) but from the back (the bottlenecks, the structural flaws), in order."

This time, I'll explain, blog-style, the "fix it from the back" way of thinking that lets you scale explosively without breaking your business!

1. Why Does Chasing Only the Front (Customers, Sales) Lead to Failure?

Trying to force sales up by running new ads or beefing up selling is like "desperately pouring water into a bucket with holes."

The moment customers increase, support and delivery get overwhelmed
Complaints rise and the repeat rate (LTV) plummets
The owner's own time is completely consumed and they can't get out of being a player

These all happen because you tried to widen only the front while leaving the blockage at the very back of the business structure (the exit, delivery, operations) untouched. Hormozi's "Scale or Fail" fork in the road comes down to exactly this: where do you start fixing the structural weaknesses?

2. Use the "Theory of Constraints" to Find the Blockage at the Very Back

The basic principle of fixing a business from the back is based on Dr. Goldratt's "Theory of Constraints." In any business, overall performance is determined by the strength of the "weakest link" (the bottleneck). The order of improvement is always "from the back (from the exit toward the entrance)."

Check the final stage (delivery and value provision): After the customer has paid, are you really delivering the expected value smoothly? If this collapses, running ads will only spread bad word of mouth.
Check retention (continuation and cancellation prevention): Are people who bought once leaving right away? If your churn rate is high, you need to fix your customer-retention system before bringing in new customers.
Check sales conversion (proposing and selling): Can you reliably close your prospects?
Expand leads (customer acquisition and awareness): Only once you have a pipeline in which all of the above flows smoothly do you pour in ad spend and double your customer acquisition.

"If our sales doubled tomorrow, which part of our company would break first?" Asking this question brings the "real bottleneck" you should fix right now into sharp relief.

3. Are You, the Owner, the "Biggest Bottleneck"?

"Nothing moves unless every instruction goes through me." "Every problem lands on my desk."

If that's your situation, the business's biggest constraint isn't the outside market but the inside: "the owner's own brain and time."

In Hormozi-style scaling, the top priority is to first take yourself out of the system and replace yourself with capable people, manuals, and systems (solidifying the structure at the back). Only after you're freed from fieldwork and have built a state where "the system runs on its own" do you step on the accelerator for the next stage.

Summary: Haste Makes Waste. First, Plug the "Holes at the Back"

In our impatience to scale a business, we tend to leap at flashy marketing and new challenges.

But the companies that keep growing sustainably calmly knock out, one by one, the back-end problems that look unglamorous — "operational glitches," "reasons customers cancel," and "dependence on my own resources."

"Fix the business from the back." Which spot is most clogged in your current phase? Real scaling begins by deliberately looking back, not forward.

You Need to Find Your Constraint

This video goes deeper into how to find the true cause (the constraint) that's stopping your business growth and break through it efficiently.

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To break out of a state where your churn rate is high and customers leave right away, you need to work from upstream down, taking not gut-feeling measures but concrete actions that "break down the structure of cancellations and plug the holes."

From the perspective of Alex Hormozi's "thorough bottleneck elimination" and practical marketing, here are 5 concrete measures to implement right now!

1. "Dissect" the Reasons They Leave (Learn Why They Quit Through Data and Their Voices)

First, pin down the real reason customers left. If survey response rates are low, build a mechanism such as offering "a discount or perk next time if you tell us why" just before the cancellation process.

What to do:
- Send an automated email survey to people who canceled, or run individual interviews.
- With options such as "I didn't know how to use it," "It didn't match my expectations," "I switched to a competitor," "It was a budget issue" plus a free-text field, identify the top one or two reasons for leaving.

2. Optimize Onboarding (Success Experiences in the First 1–2 Weeks)

Many cancellations of subscriptions, communities, and services happen because "they didn't feel the value in the first few days after buying." To prevent early churn, make the experience right after sign-up (onboarding) thoroughly attentive.

What to do:
- Guide them with a checklist or welcome video so they don't get lost about "what to do first after joining (the first step)."
- Within the first 7–14 days, have customer support or the system reach out, automatically or manually, with "Are you able to use it?" "Are you having any trouble?"
- Design it so they taste the "first value (quick win)" as soon as possible.

3. Detect Drops in "Usage Frequency and Engagement"

People who cancel always show signs before they quit. Build a mechanism that automatically raises an alert when they stop logging in or their usage drops.

What to do:
- Use data to pull out users who "haven't used the service in the past 14 days" or "haven't touched a particular feature."
- Automatically send those users helpful emails like "Need help?" and "Here are some ways to use it," or invitations to exclusive content, to forcibly reignite engagement.

4. Remind Them of Value Beyond the Price (Visualize ROI)

The biggest reason customers consider canceling is the moment they feel that "what I'm getting (the return) no longer matches what I'm paying."

What to do:
- Once a month (or regularly), send a usage report or results notice saying "This month, you gained this much from the service" (for example: "You saved X hours this month," "You gained this much knowledge").
- Re-input into their mind: "If I'm getting this much out of it, it's well worth paying this amount every month."

5. Systematize the "Save-Sell" (Cancellation-Prevention Offers) Instead of the Upsell

Even if someone reaches the cancellation form, don't just let them quit quietly. Prepare a cushion (a save-sell) that holds them back from canceling.

What to do:
- If the reason is "I can't make good use of it," offer usage support or a one-on-one consultation.
- If it's "I'm too busy this month to use it," offer a 1–2 month pause instead of a full cancellation.
- If they feel "it's expensive," offer a downgrade to a lower plan and keep the relationship connected.

Summary: What to Tackle First

The most effective place to start is with these two: "1. Identify the reasons they leave" and "2. Strengthen support in the early days after joining."

Plug the bottom of the leaky bucket, build a state where "people who come in naturally stay a long time (or get results)," and only then step back on the accelerator for ads and customer acquisition!

Including today, there are just 3 more days of shooting!

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