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A delivery from the okami of Kamishichiken, Kyoto…

① The Issue: The self you think you are and the self others see you as differ.

People tend to judge themselves by "what they thought" and "how they felt."

✦ Others, on the other hand, judge you by "what you do" and "what you've accomplished" — your actions and track record.

In other words,

You evaluate yourself by your "inner world," but others evaluate you by your "actions."

This gap creates frustrations like:

✦ "The real me isn't getting across"
✦ "I'm not understood"
✦ "It's so frustrating"

②The Challenge: The other person doesn't know you

Most people are focused on themselves.

Because of that,

"They'll pick up on it"
"If I just explain, they'll get it"
— that's not enough.

That's exactly why

you need to clearly communicate "who I am"
on your own initiative.

③ The Method: Define yourself within a few pillars

Don't overthink it —

✦ I'm a person who does ○○.
✦ I'm a person who values ○○.
✦ I'm a person who offers ○○.

Like this,
express yourself through a few pillars.

Then, go further:

About ○○
About ○○
About ○○

Write out and organize the details,
and even someone meeting you for the first time can easily understand you.

④Why This Matters

Every day, people decide
who to spend their finite asset of 24 hours on.

In other words,

✦ "I want to meet this person"
✦ "I want to hear what this person has to say"
✦ "I want to know more about this person"

— they invest their time only in those who make them feel that way.

A profile is
an instruction manual that tells others, "This person is worth spending time on."

⑤ Practical example: Refine it using AI

Ask ChatGPT:

"Describe Takumi Yamazaki by area of expertise."

Read what comes out, and
bounce it back again and again with
"That's not right" or "More like this."
Through repeated dialogue with AI,
the outline of who you are becomes clear.

AI can be used
as a partner for putting yourself into words.

⑥Action Step

There's one thing to do right now:

Write out "who I am" in a few pillars.

Then, make sure you can deliver it naturally anytime — whether in your:

✦ Profile
✦ Self-introduction
✦ Social media
✦ Business card
✦ Seminar appearance
✦ First-time conversation

Summary

People judge you not by "what you're thinking" but by "what you do." That's why it's important to clearly define yourself with a few pillars and have a profile that makes others want to invest their time in you.

↓↓↓ So I did that, and here's what came out ↓↓↓

The Work of Takumi Yamazaki

Turning learning into life equations, unlocking the potential of people and society

As an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and artist,
Takumi Yamazaki explores the "essence" of life and success through learning,
and transforms it into words and methods anyone can put into practice.
Learn, practice, turn it into an equation, put it into words.

Those words are then channeled into books, blogs, newsletters, social media, seminars,
coaching, business, art, and film —
creating moments where each person can awaken to their own potential.

And rather than growing alone,
he learns and takes on challenges alongside the people around him,
moving society in a better direction.

Takumi Yamazaki's work

extends across 3 domains.

From Me to Me
Deepening learning, exploring truth,
and continuing to evolve myself.
From Me to Someone
Turning my own learning and experience into words, education, business,
and creative expression — unlocking someone else's potential.
From Us to Society
Joining forces with fellow learners and business partners
to deliver new choices and hope to society.

1．From Me to Me

Learn, practice, discover life's equations

Takumi Yamazaki loves to learn.

Encountering new knowledge and ways of thinking,
digging ever deeper,
exploring the truths of humanity and life.

And rather than leaving what he's learned as mere knowledge,
he puts it into practice in his own life, work, and relationships.

Through repeated practice,
he asks:
"Why did that work?"
"What moved people?"
"How can anyone reproduce this?"
— and turns the principles that drive life
into simple, verbalized equations.

Learn
Exploring a wide range of fields: interpersonal relationships, communication, success philosophy, psychology, the deep consciousness, self-image, neuroscience, coaching, AI, and more.

Practice
Testing what he's learned on himself,
confirming whether it truly works
in business, team-building, and creative projects.

Turn it into equations
Transforming complex ideas
into words and systems anyone can understand and apply.

Put it into words
Expressing the realizations and transformations
that happen within himself
through books, writing, talks, video, and art.

For Takumi Yamazaki, learning
is not about collecting information.
It is an endless exploration
to keep evolving himself
and expanding what's possible in life.

2．From Me to Someone

Polishing your own soul polishes someone else's

When you learn with everything you've got, struggle, practice,
and go through real change —
that experience eventually becomes the power to change someone else's life.

Takumi Yamazaki delivers
the life equations he's discovered
to society through a variety of channels.

Communication & Content
Blog & Newsletter
Turning daily realizations and learning
into words people can put into practice right away.
Shifting readers' thinking and emotions,
delivering the spark for a new first step.

Social Media
Reaching approximately 600,000 followers,
primarily through Instagram and TikTok.
Within short posts and videos,
he packs hints that change
how people approach life, relationships, work, and motivation.

Seminars & Talks
He systematizes his learning and holds
seminars and lectures designed for participants
to create real change.

Key themes include:

Communication
How to speak and convey ideas
Ways of thinking and seeing things
The deep consciousness
Rewriting self-image
Goal achievement
How to draw out motivation
How to use AI
AI-powered coaching
and more.

Rather than simply passing on knowledge,
he delivers learning that helps participants
deeply understand themselves
and change their everyday actions.

Publishing
He has published 63 books to date,
with a cumulative print run exceeding 2 million copies.

He expresses complex psychology, success principles,
communication strategies, and goal-achievement methods
in approachable language that's immediately actionable.
Through his books, he delivers the switch for change
even to people he's never met.

Business Activities
Amway Business
For approximately 40 years,
he has been building his Amway business.
He has earned various world-youngest titles,
built an estimated annual revenue of 2.3 billion yen,
and leads a large network of over 20,000 members.

Beyond products and income,
he has nurtured many leaders
while valuing personal growth, holding dreams,
and supporting one another as teammates.

TAKUMEN
An izakaya and ramen restaurant
in Long Island City, New York.
Bringing Japanese food culture and a warm gathering space
to New York, now entering its 11th year in 2026.

TAKUSANDO
A shop delivering Japanese sandwich culture,
based in Brooklyn, New York.
In 2026, it expanded to Manhattan,
and in Japan, to Gokomachi in Kyoto and the area around Kiyomizu Temple —
broadening its reach.

Developing People
Coaching School
Through coaching,
he cultivates people who can draw out
others' answers and potential.
To date, approximately 740 graduates have completed the program.
It's not simply a school for learning technique —
it develops coaches who face themselves honestly
and engage sincerely with other people's lives.

Creative Expression
Painting
For approximately 30 years,
he has held solo exhibitions as a painter.
Emotions, energy, and the inner world of human beings
that words alone cannot express —
he gives them form through color and shape.

Film Director
He has also taken on filmmaking as a new form of expression.
Aiming for a fall 2027 release,
he is producing a work that depicts
human motivation, hope, and life's turning points.

Books, talks, business, art, film.

The forms of expression may differ,
but at the center is always the same message:
"People can change."

"Life can be so much more interesting."

3．From Us to Society

Making society better, together with our companions

There are limits to what one person can do alone.

But when people who share the same vision come together,
bringing their experience, talents, time, and networks —
they can create massive change.

Takumi Yamazaki,
together with his companions in learning and business,
is working to make society a better place.

Current initiatives
Providing suits to young people aging out of foster care
For young people leaving children's homes
and stepping into new lives through employment or higher education,
he provides suits as a first step into society.
It's not just about handing over clothes —
it's about delivering the message,
"There are people rooting for your future."

Supporting "GIRLS HOUSE" in Cambodia
He supports girls in Cambodia
so they can live in a safe environment, learn,
and choose their own futures.
The goal is a society where no one's future
is closed off by where they were born or their family circumstances.

Future initiatives
Supporting children who can't get enough to eat
There are children for whom school lunch
is their only full meal of the day.
Beyond just providing food,
can we create environments where children
feel safe, can learn, and can have hope for the future?
He is exploring sustainable forms of support
in collaboration with fellow supporters, local communities, and businesses.

Supporting people with disabilities and their families
The burden and isolation are significant
not only for people with disabilities themselves,
but also for the families who support their daily lives.

Creating places where families can rest with peace of mind,
communities where they can share their struggles,
and opportunities for new experiences and challenges.

Beyond the presence or absence of disability,
he is envisioning forms of support
aimed at a society where everyone can live as themselves.

The Cycle Takumi Yamazaki wants to create

From Me to Me
Learn, practice,
and polish my own soul and talents.

From Me to Someone
Turn what I've discovered into words and form,
and deliver the spark for someone else's transformation.

From Us to Society
The people who've been transformed become companions,
and each one channels their strengths toward society.

Polishing yourself makes someone else shine.
When someone shines,
hope spreads to the people around them.
And the people who carry that hope connect with one another,
changing society, little by little, into a better place.

The work of Takumi Yamazaki is this:
Opening up his own potential through learning,
passing that potential on to someone else,
and building the future of society together with his companions.