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Roppongi Hills is crowded to the brim —
that’s the power of holiday lights!

Thank you Riyoーsan

Roppongi hills with Yamada！！！

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I asked ChatGPT:
“If I keep going like this, what’s the worst-case scenario that could happen?
And how do I avoid it and turn things into something amazing?”

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And wow… seriously…
It’s wild.

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Time-Traveler Technique
“You’re a time-traveler from the year 2050.
Looking at our company’s current business model, point out 10 things that feel outdated or doomed to collapse,and tell us what we need to change right now.”

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And what comes out is basically
a full-on horror story!

So then I asked:
“What would it take to miraculously V-shaped recover from that worst-case scenario?!”

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And then I asked this too:

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Change the Future with ChatGPT
Time-Traveler Method

“Throughout human history, list five cases where people solved a fundamentally similar problem to this one.
Extract the lessons we can apply today,
and tell me exactly how those lessons can be used in modern business.”

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I spent the entire flight
doing endless back-and-forth with ChatGPT
using these prompts. 😂✈️

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The results I got？！

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dana

GIVE & LOVE

Don’t push.
Don’t chase.
Don’t corner or pressure.
Don’t compare.
Be sincere.
Carry yourself with grace.
Touch with gentleness.

Practice Give & Love

Align and center yourself.
Celebrate small shifts.
Deepen your worldview.
Let love circulate.
Those who give love quietly change the world.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9pu9pkCdoQ

“The Artist’s Way – Do the Things You’ve Always Wanted to Do”
Do ○○ and you’ll feel the change on day one! Okada has tried it himself.
A look at the U.S. mega-bestselling book!!
【Toshio Okada / …】

新版　ずっとやりたかったことを、やりなさい。

Amazon（アマゾン）

新版いくつになっても、「ずっとやりたかったこと」をやりなさい。

Amazon（アマゾン）

いくつになっても、「ずっとやりたかったこと」をやりなさい。

Amazon（アマゾン）

To give the conclusion first:

This whole talk explains
“How to awaken the ‘artist brain’ that’s sleeping inside every person, using two tools—Morning Pages and the Artist Date.”

① Overview ＆Positioning of the Book

Title & Background
- 『ずっとやりたかったことを、やりなさい。』（Original title：The Artist’s Way）
- Published in 1992; a global bestseller.
- Julia Cameron distilled over 10 years of her
  12-week “Artist Development Workshop” into this single book.
It's Influence
- Mystery writer Patricia Cornwell publicly credits it in her acknowledgements.
- Pete Townshend, guitarist of The Who, says in his autobiography that the book shaped him profoundly.
- The author's claim："Everyone can become an artist"
  → This book is the concrete 12-week method that proves it.

② Two types of Self-help books (In Japan)

The speaker divides Japanese self-help books into two categories:

1. Type A: Essay-style (light, short-chapter books)

Each topic is 2–3 pages.
A 180-page book = ~60 short essays, each 400–500 words.
Production technique:
- Editor and writer first decide on 60 chapter titles.
- A pro writer can create ~400 words if the title exists.
- The best 5 essays are placed at the beginning → to impress browsers in bookstores.
Reader reality:
90% don’t finish the book. Most read only 10–20%.
So the first part is great, the latter tends to repeat.

2. Type B: Workshop-style (method & steps based)
- Packed with detailed instructions.
- Not long, but dense — honestly tiring to read.
- But these are the books that actually change your life when practiced.
So where does The Artist’s Way belong?

- It is definitely a work-shop style.
- The sequels (like It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again) explain the “how-to” more clearly,while the original book explains the inner logic behind the methods.
- - Recommended reading order:
    1. Read the sequel(s) first → to grasp the method.
    2. Then read the original → to deeply understand why it works.

③ The Core of the Book：4 Tools (only two explained here)

Although the book presents four tools, the speaker says:
“Honestly, the first two alone will change your daily life.”

Tool 1：Morning pages
Tool 2: Artist date

④ Tool 1: Morning Pages

4-1. Basic Rules

Use a A4 notebook (no smartphones allowed)
- A4 = big enough to fill your whole desk when open.
- Pen type doesn’t matter.
- Handwriting on paper is a non-negotiable rule.
Write three A4 pages every morning, right after waking up.
- Before breakfast, before checking your phone.
- Preferably at home, not at a café. Somewhere you can definitely do this practice.
- What's important is making it your first ritual of the day.
Write anything. Literally anything.
- Have total freedom in whatever you write.
- The author, Julia Cameron says:
  - “If you have nothing to write, write ‘I have nothing to write’ until you fill three pages.”
- The purpose is not to "write good thoughts." The point is mental drainage.
Never show it to anyone.
- Not to family, partner, or friends.
- The moment someone else’s eyes get involved, the “safe inner space” collapses.
- It’s to avoid disasters like “I shared my locked SNS account with a friend… and somehow it blew up.”
- Only when you know no one else will ever read it can you truly dump out everything inside.

4-2. Why "paper" and why "morning?" (the logic)

Writing by hand slows the mind n a healthy way.
- Typing moves as fast as your thoughts → your thinking (torque) becomes shallow.
- Handwriting forces a slower pace → thoughts deepen.
Morning pages purposely exhaust the "rational brain"
The speaker divides the brain into two modes:
Rational Brain
- “Do this.” “Don’t do that.”
- “Don’t upset that person.” “Be cautious.”
- Useful for survival, but overpowers everything after age ~15.
- Makes life safe but dull.
Artist Brain
- Curiosity, impulses, sparks of creativity.
- Messy but magical.
- Source of surprise, joy, and life-changing ideas.
  For many of us, by the time we hit fifteen, the rational brain has grown too loud.
  It whispers, “Don’t bother,”
  “That dream will never work,”
  slowly pushing down the artist brain inside us.
For many of us, by the time we hit 15 years old, the rational brain has grown too loud.
- It whispers, “Don’t bother,”
  “That dream will never work,”
  slowly pushing down the artist bran inside of us.
The purpose of Morning Pages:
- Dump all rational-brain chatter onto 3 pages of paper in the morning.
- → Rational brain gets tired early in the day.
- As a result, the rational brain gets quiet and the artists brain finally has breathing room.
- In short,
  "We need the rational bran to survive, but we need the artist bran to be happy." Morning pages creates that space every morning.

⑤ Tool ２：Artist Date

5-1. Basic Rules

Go on a weekly "exploration trip".
- 1–2 hours minimum. A whole day or overnight is welcome.
- The goal is adventure, not productivity.
Go alone (this is non-negotiable)
- No children, friends or lovers.
- Because if someone comes along,
  - you start caring about their mood.
  - your energy aligns to their tension instead of your inner artist-child.
- A date with your inner child.
  The metaphor used:
  A divorced father finally gets a day with his child —but brings his new girlfriend along → the child is disappointed.
  Same dynamic.
Schedule them in advance and don't move it as much as possible.
- Ideally schedule 10 weeks’ worth in advance.
- Put them in your calendar like sacred commitments.
- Even if someone invites you out, the Artist Date takes priority.

5-2. Where should you go？

Childhood dreams as clues
- What did you want to become?
  Examples:
  - Wanted to be a pilot → visit a flight training school.
  - Wanted to do pottery → go to a pottery class.
  - Wanted to be a baseball player → batting cage.
  - Wanted to be a dancer → trial dance lesson.
    Go somewhere unfamiliar.
    Church, library, sports gym, specialist shops, random stores in unknown genres.

※What's important here is

your physical body must go to the actual place. It's not online shopping via Amazon.

5-3. Why does the Artist Date work?

Purpose of the Artist date：
- To bring out your shy inner artist-child out of its room and let it play.
By repeating weekly
- Subtle but surprising changes emerge.
- You also learn to treat yourself as the most important person in your life.
  Only when you can cherish yourself can you truly cherish others.

⑥ Summary：Action Steps

Starting morning pages tomorrow morning
- Use any notebook for now. Just write 3 pages. That’s it.
Buy an A4 notebook today.
- You’ll be shocked at the sheer size —
  it feels like filling an ocean with your words.
Put yoru first Artist Date in the calender

Even 1–2 weeks ahead is fine.Choose experiences your inner artist-child would love.
- Even if you don’t enjoy it → it’s okay. The important thing is to go.