Check out Takumi’s NEW English youtube channel🎵
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https://www.youtube.com/@takuway
Thank you so much, Director Yuki and Producer!
Video shoot for Theater Yakiimio！！！
This time the backdrop was a izakaya bar！
I even got some acting tips,
and it was so much fun!
You
Me
You
Me
“Things I Want to Talk About” cards
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“I want to talk about work”
“I want to talk about why I want to go home early”
“I want to talk to someone far away”
“I want to eat a lot”
“...”
I want to make the content more and more interesting!
I’ve handed out the good fortune!
Anyone up for some roasted sweet potatoes (acting in short videos)?!
I'm putting out the call here!
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オープンチャット「山﨑拓巳監督を応援する会」オーオープンチャット「山﨑拓巳監督を応援する会」
I'm starting pickleball.
I'm also starting camping
A professional billiards player.
Do you have one among your friends?!
I do~~~
I'm so happy~~~
Publishing Conference.
At the café Hemingway loved!
It seems he really loved this.
I got a birthday present
from Yocchan.
And then,
something great happened and we had a good laugh!
Happy birthday
Yocchan, I'm so glad for you~~~
Singing lessons with AYAKA!
It was incredible!
I was completely captivated by Shin-chan's story.
Knowledge of finance.
Knowledge of cutting-edge medicine.
Knowledge of Buddhism.
His training in Nara.
It's just too much.
We met by chance two days in a row？！
This must be synchronicity
I'll be speaking here.
Please join us〜
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https://sanrinsatoshi.com/yumekana2026/3-4
I'm going to this event in Shizuoka〜〜〜
On the night of May 5th
It's in Shizuoka city
Bistro Jinnan
Have you been there?!
VIDEO
「Discover Your Life’s Purpose with Arthur Brooks (Pt 2)」
How to Find your life's Purpose and Meaning
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- Two Axes and Four Types for Measuring Life's Meaning [04:15]
From a behavioral science perspective, the way we relate to meaning in life can be mapped across two axes:
"Search" and "Presence."
- Lost in place: Neither searching nor feeling a sense of meaning.
- Searching: Actively and intensely seeking meaning.
- Content: Already feeling meaning without needing to search — a rare state.
- Seeker: Already feeling meaning, yet continuing to reach for something higher.
- Being Present and the Direct Correlation with Love [08:02]
The source of meaning is "love" — but love can only exist in the present.
- The cost of time-traveling: The human brain (via the prefrontal cortex) allows us to send our awareness into the past or future — but it is impossible to love from the past or future [08:46].
- The absence of presence: The more we are caught up in future plans or attachment to the past, the more we miss the love right in front of us (family, children) — and the more meaning slips away [10:24].
- The Equation of Suffering and Resistance [23:25]
Arthur Brooks argues that understanding "suffering" is essential to deepening life's meaning.
- The formula: Suffering = Pain × Resistance
- Accepting pain: The more we "resist" and try to eliminate pain (physical or emotional), the greater the suffering becomes.
- Converting to meaning: By accepting pain as part of life and reducing resistance, suffering diminishes — and from it, learning and deep meaning can be found [26:07].
4. Steps toward Transcendence [27:54]
The final stage in finding happiness and meaning is stepping outside the self (the Me-self).
- Escaping the psychodrama: Breaking free from the "self-centered drama" — the story in which you are always the protagonist — opens up your field of vision [28:26].
- Two pathways:
- Faith or philosophy: Cultivating a sense of awe toward something greater than yourself — the universe, the divine, nature [31:00].
- Service to others: Stop staring at your own reflection and act for others — and meaning will find its way to you [31:07].
Conclusion
Life's meaning takes shape naturally through a process of "focusing on the present rather than the future or past (presence)," "accepting unavoidable pain (acceptance)," and "turning your eyes toward something greater than yourself or toward others (transcendence)."
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6dyooQkCk
How to build a system that automatically runs your own personal, highly capable AI secretary （using Claude Code）
【Step 1: What can the AI secretary do?】
Here's a summary of what this system makes possible.
- Morning briefing: At a set time each morning, it tells you what's on your schedule for the day and which emails you haven't read yet [02:02].
- Draft replies: For incoming emails, it automatically prepares a draft response — "here's how you might reply" [00:21].
- Schedule coordination: It reads through your correspondence, finds open slots in your calendar, and handles the scheduling for you [00:24].
【Step 2: How does it work? (The theory behind it)】
The AI secretary has three components:
- The brain (Claude Code): The main AI that understands instructions, composes text, and executes programs.
- The connector (MCP): A convenient connection plug that allows the AI to operate external tools like Gmail and Google Calendar [03:02].
- The alarm clock (Cron): An auto-execution system that instructs your computer or server to "start the AI every morning at 6am" [13:03].
【Step 3: The concrete steps to build it】
The video walks through the process in four stages:
- Setup: Install the tools needed to run AI on your computer (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) [05:06].
- Integration: Use the MCP feature to grant the AI permission to access your Gmail and Google Calendar [06:19].
- Planning and implementation: Have the AI write an instruction document (a program or MD file) — something like "check emails every morning and send a summary to Slack" [12:31].
- Automation: Use your computer's auto-execution function (Cron) to configure the AI to keep working on its own even while you sleep [13:23].
【Step 4: Summary and benefits】
- Affordable and high-performing: For around $20 a month, you get a secretary working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — the kind of work that would cost hundreds of thousands of yen if you hired a person [00:54].
- Train it to suit you: Once you're comfortable, you can keep upgrading it — add LINE or Discord notifications, have it calculate expenses, and more [17:58].
Conclusion： This video is a practical guide to "connecting AI with various tools, automating all the tedious morning check-ins, and freeing yourself up to focus on the work and learning that truly matters."
Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ35VKVTAuo
Link to Takumi Yamazaki’s
ENGLISH Book “SHIFT”
