Taku's Blog++: Fish That Walked on Land likely Had a Coach

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[Special Dialogue #3: Hideto Tomabechi × Takumi Yamazaki]
Motivation Techniques You Can Use Right Now!

Even if you start from Part 3,
you’ll still gain plenty of insights!

👉 Every fish that walked onto land must have had a coach!

👉 A single generation can rewrite its own DNA!

👉 Every human is born a genius!

👉 The overwhelming selflessness of coaches and leaders is pure magic.

👉 Your beliefs? They’re things you picked up somewhere along the way!

👉 When a thought arises, challenge it—why do I think this way?!

↓↓↓From here is a summary by Chat GPT↓↓↓

Below is a structured summary of the discussion, broken down into eight key steps for a logical and systematic understanding. While the original conversation was lengthy, this summary captures its core insights.

1. The Relationship Between Coaching and Leadership

Coaching: Prioritizes the client’s success 100%, supporting them with selfless dedication, often leading to breakthrough results—akin to "unconditional love."
Leadership: Involves setting ambitious goals beyond the status quo and guiding followers toward them. Unlike coaching, leadership prioritizes the organization or group over individuals.

2. The Three Essential Goals: Abstraction, Leadership, and Esotericity (Spirituality)

Abstraction: Thinking beyond personal or family interests, aiming for global or societal impact.
Setting a big goal—one that ensures "everyone is well-fed"—elevates both perspective and level of thinking.
Leadership: The ability to rally people around an ambitious goal.
It is essential to have leadership that sets ambitious goals beyond the current state and inspires and mobilizes people.
Esotericity (Spirituality): The realm of "spirituality" and "mental essence" is difficult to put into words.
In American culture, religious and spiritual elements—such as the phrase "Help me God"—are deeply ingrained and are believed to help unlock a person’s innate potential.
In Japan, however, due to incidents like the Aum Shinrikyo case and the influence of cults, the term "spiritual" carries a suspicious connotation. For this reason, the concept is deliberately referred to as "esotericity."

3. Differences Between America's Bible Culture and Japanese Culture
America
America has a deeply rooted Bible culture (based on the Old Testament). This is evident in traditions like placing a hand on the Bible during presidential inaugurations, creating an environment where spirituality is positively embraced.
Phrases like "Help me God" naturally resonate, making it easier to incorporate spiritual elements into coaching and leadership.
Japan
Due to incidents such as the Aum Shinrikyo case and other cult-related issues, there is a strong sense of caution toward spirituality in Japan.
As a result, when introducing coaching, the term "spiritual" is often avoided, as using it too openly can lead to misunderstandings.
Although Japan has religious foundations—such as praying to Ojizō-sama (Jizo Bodhisattva)—it struggles to integrate spirituality within business or academic contexts.

4. The Nonverbal Impact of Coaching

When a coach engages with 100% commitment to the client, the client may feel that "this person might be more on my side than even my own family."

This kind of relationship, akin to unconditional love, can lead to extraordinary growth and results that defy conventional expectations—an impact that operates on a nonverbal level.

While it may seem almost miraculous, it can also be understood as the activation of latent human potential that has been developed through evolution.

5. Human Evolution and Goals "Beyond the Current State"

Just like the first fish that ventured onto land, there are times when people must take a leap of faith into a new environment, even when others say it’s impossible.

When a coach continuously believes in a client’s potential—saying "You can do it"—it can lead to a transformational leap, akin to moving from W1 to W2, W3, as in evolutionary progress.

This is not divine intervention but rather an inherent human capacity for evolution, and coaching serves to unlock this ability.

6. A Self-Analysis Technique: Repeatedly Asking “Why?” and Challenging Assumptions

A Practical Method You Can Use Starting Today

Continuously ask yourself, "Why do I want to do this?"
Once you arrive at an answer, challenge it by asking, "Is this truly the only reason?"
Develop five counterarguments against your own reasoning.
Then, counter those counterarguments.

By repeating this process, you can question ingrained beliefs and habitual thinking, allowing you to uncover purer motivations and new possibilities.

Adopting the mindset that "what I believe to be right might actually be an external influence" is the first step toward setting goals beyond the current state.

7. Addiction and the Mechanism of Dopamine

Addiction is caused by the release of dopamine in response to strong stimuli or rewards. People become addicted to experiences that are even more intense than natural pleasures (such as hunger or sexual desire).

It was once believed that tolerance meant becoming insensitive to stimuli, but in reality, it can make people more sensitive and attuned to subtle differences.

For example, people may begin to notice fine differences between high-end audio equipment or cars, and their curiosity for these experiences becomes insatiable.

When brain patterns (such as glutamate pathways) are formed in the prefrontal cortex, it can make it difficult to control behavior and desires, which may be considered pathological. However, if channeled correctly, it can be used as a positive trait, driving a deep sense of exploration.

8. The Coach’s Self-Sacrifice and Commitment to the Client

In the speaker’s example, by abstaining from alcohol, they keep their mind (IQ) clear and maintain 100% commitment to their clients.

It's not just about the few sessions a month, but about constantly keeping the client’s goals in the back of their mind. The attitude of "What can I sacrifice to achieve results?" represents the coach's core love.

This extreme self-sacrifice creates an astonishing sense of security and becomes the foundation for success for the client.

Summary

1. Coaching brings extraordinary results by prioritizing the client’s benefits 100%, deeply engaging without hesitation for self-sacrifice.

2. In leadership, the role requires setting bold goals for the organization or society, and inspiring followers to achieve them.

3. The three areas of abstract thinking, leadership, and esotericism (spirituality) help elevate goals to a higher dimension and unlock the latent evolutionary potential within humans.

4. While spirituality may be misunderstood in Japan, it is fundamentally a form of consciousness that unlocks human latent abilities, and it is more readily accepted in American culture.

5. From a neuroscience perspective, the mechanisms of addiction and strong rewards can significantly change thoughts and actions. When used in a positive direction, this opens up vast human potential.

6. The most important thing is to question "Why do I think this way?" in order to free oneself from past conditioning. Repeatedly challenging reasons and deconstructing the self can lead to the reorganization of core beliefs.

This is a theoretical summary of the content shared in the main discussion.