Taku's Blog++: Make Your Desires Crystal Clear — The Intense Energy of Shibuya!

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Today we had Mr. Fujimoto come as a guest!

I think many people have heard of UP & UP!

So much learning!

Clarify your desires!

Make Your Desires Crystal Clear

✅ Chapter 1: The Background and Beliefs of Takuya Fujimoto

● Career Overview
• CEO of a company with 75 locations nationwide
• Former top salesperson at Achievement Co. (over 1,500 referral contracts)
• Advisor to more than 60 companies through a management consulting firm
• Solo consultant generating ¥100 million in annual gross profit
• Co-founder of “UP & UP” with Takumi Yamazaki and Keisuke Ōshima

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✅ Chapter 2: The Concept of a Happy High Achiever

● Definition of Success
• Webster’s definition: “A sense of satisfaction from achieving a sought-after goal”
• But in reality: Success ≠ Happiness

● Definition of Happiness
• Subjective well-being — the feeling that you are happy

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✅ Chapter 3: Theoretical Background of Journaling

● What Is Journaling?
• A regular practice of writing down thoughts, emotions, and experiences
• Not just a diary, but a tool for
“clarifying thoughts” and “regulating emotions”

● Benefits

Separation of thoughts and emotions
Deepened self-awareness
Stimulation of the prefrontal cortex (thinking, planning, creativity)
Greater emotional understanding and more constructive responses

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✅ Chapter 4: Aligning Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions

● What Are Thoughts?
• Intellectual activity involving reasoning, judgment, and creativity based on information and experience

● What Are Emotions?
• Subjective responses to events (e.g., anger, sadness)
• It’s crucial not to react automatically to emotions, but to observe and respond consciously

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✅ Chapter 5: The Four Core Questions (The Heart of Clarifying Desires)

What am I truly seeking?
Why do I want it? (Purpose)
Is my current action aligned with that desire?
Is there a better way to achieve it?

What am I truly seeking?
　　What is the most important thing to me?
　　What is it that I genuinely desire?
What am I doing now to move toward it?
Is that action truly effective in helping me attain what I seek?
Can I come up with a better way—and try it?

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✅ Chapter 6: The 6 Domains of Journaling

Principles & Values (Your life compass)
Purpose (What you live for)
Vision (Your ideal future)
Use of Time & Money (Current self-inventory)
Goal Setting (Quantifying your vision)
Planning & Action (How to reach your goals and follow through)

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✅ Chapter 7: The SMART Criteria for Goal Setting

• Specific – Clearly defined
• Measurable – Quantifiable
• Achievable – Realistically attainable
• Relevant – Personally meaningful and aligned
• Time-bound – Set within a deadline

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✅ Chapter 8: Guidelines for Action Toward Success

● Three Essentials for Execution:

Leverage the power of others (Collaborative mindset)
Clarify your priorities (Stay aligned with your core)
Take massive action (With ongoing preparation)

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✅ Chapter 9: Sales Power = Life Power

• Sales is about “building trust and delivering value”
• View objections as questions—and respond sincerely
• The ability to “keep going even after rejection” is the essence of both sales and life

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✅ Closing Words: Becoming a Happy High Achiever

• To improve the quality of your success, you must first define your own happiness
• Journaling is a powerful tool to clarify your desires through dialogue with yourself—
　and to design your life with intention and ownership