Excerpt from The New 100 Basics: A Guide to Self-Renewal
INTERVIEWER Sun/Yataro Matsuura
Yataro Matsuura is a publisher, writer, creative director, a popular young mentor throughout Asia, a maverick thinker, and a forerunner of the aesthetics of life.
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>> When the last book, 100 Basics, was published, I was working as editor-in-chief of Life's Handbook. Every day when I make "Life Notes", I will think selflessly about what is necessary, what is unnecessary, what should be done, what should not be done, what should be learned, what should be improved, what should be challenged, and what should be invented. After experiencing success and failure, in the name of "The Way to Make a Life Post", I thought about the basic points and priorities that I believed in and took notes. Day after day, after 3 years of accumulation, 100 key points of the record were accumulated. It was at that time that I suddenly realized that work is also life, and life is also work, and I tried to overthrow myself who had thought separately about work and life. In addition, I also realized that whether we work or live, we use not only the brain, but also the heart, enjoy with the heart, in order to learn more things. As a result, the "life sticker production method" has gradually transformed into "the basic of work". The so-called basic of work is also the basis of life. The so-called basic of life is also the basis of work. This is the truth I realized when I recorded the "basics of work", no, it should be said that it is a new knowledge discovered and learned.
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>> Let's develop a sense of "what's new today"! Creativity, sorting, add an "innovation" every day. After all, creating something unprecedented is a wonderful thing, but if it is easy to slacken off, it will gradually drift away from "innovation", and finally just blindly do what should be done repeatedly, unable to grow. As we age, our professional abilities increase even more so. The awareness of "renewing every day" can help us refresh ourselves.
>> Everything has infinite new possibilities, and in the well-known and natural things, there are often hidden "things that everyone wants to get and wants to know." Try to examine the mundane through a new perspective!
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>> We should think about "don't do it," not "do it."
>> There are two major conditions for improving quality: calm time and calm mentality. Often urged, blindly desperately dealing with the matter at hand, and finally having no time to take care of quality. When time and mentality become calm, consideration will be more thorough, and effort will be deeper.
>> production, hospitality, and improvement, and repeating these three points is the basis of work.
>> Please make "Reply as soon as possible" the biggest principle of the work. The act of "considering a reply after a day" can easily miss an opportunity.
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>> Communication should be fun and aesthetic. Work is a form of communication, and if you only pursue the main points when communicating, the effect will not be satisfactory. When communicating with people, always be mindful to be fun. Even writing the same business email can be made meaningful by the uniqueness of adding a small spoon. For the project book, the content is the most important, but if the layout design is not clear enough, the language is not beautiful enough, the content will be difficult to convey. People will always be attracted by interesting things, beautiful things. So, whether it's text or dialogue, use fun, aesthetically pleasing ways of communicating.
>> Remember to share the information you have in hand with those around you. In order not to let others feel uneasy because they do not understand the situation, please learn to "report"; in order not to make others unhappy because they are left behind, please learn to "contact"; in order not to worry others, please learn to "discuss" first. All in all, "newspaper, link, and business" is an excellent information sharing technique.
>> Write like a hookup. The skill of writing an essay is to forget what is "handy", we don't have to pursue to create a beautiful text or use complex wording, just like talking to people, caring and kind, at a glance, the text is the first priority. In addition, words like "well known" are taboo. When writing an article, think about who will read it in your mind, and then write the text like a face-to-face conversation.
>> People who are usually good at finding beauty are good at praising. If you find beauty, you may wish to share it with you through language.
>> Insist on being the source of sharing information.
>> to discover by oneself, to work one's own, and to publish oneself, these three points are the basic posture of creating self-worth. Whether you play social networking sites or not, once you have realized something from your personal experience, please quickly share it and actively communicate with others. It's an age of information inflation, and the information we gather, the efforts we rack our brains, and the impassioned proposals will become precious first-hand accounts.
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>> Deepen the sense of intimacy. For us, treating family, friends, and work partners with kindness is like breathing. But then again, have these cordialities long been stereotyped? When kindness becomes a simple habit, it may no longer be kindness. Always subconsciously think about "what is heartfelt kindness" The so-called cordiality needs to come from the heart, if you dig deep enough, you can't reach it.
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>> there is a kind of wisdom called letting go. Indulge in what has not yet arrived, grasp what has arrived, so that you will gradually fall into bitterness and breathe. It is recommended that when you buy clothes and other items, you can adopt the principle of "buying one piece and throwing one piece". If it is something other than an object, I believe that this principle will also apply. Take learning, interest, and socializing, although you enjoy it and benefit from it, if you all get it in your pocket, you will drag yourself down.
>> Meet someone and don't forget to bring gifts. When meeting people to eat or drink tea, in addition to creating a good atmosphere to get along, you must also prepare a gift for each other. However, the gifts mentioned here do not refer to chocolates, expensive nuts and other things, but to topics that interest the other party, suggestions that can inspire each other, or to make the other party smile. People who miss and want to meet with them, who make people feel that "every meeting with him or her is a bonus, and it is really lucky to meet", always bring happy gifts.
>> You should attach your thoughts when you say thank you. When you say "thank you" to the other person, please add some thoughts. Thanksgiving is giving the other person a "gift" in return, but it is not necessarily an object, it can also be a thank you. It doesn't matter if it's not solemn rhetoric. For example, if you receive a snack, you can reply to the other party and say: "Because it is so delicious, the whole family has said and laughed while drinking tea while tasting the snacks you sent." With just such a bland and short sentence, the other party can imagine you and your family happy. All in all, acknowledgment and being thanked are both happy things to be given, so let's create a lot of joyful things through gifts!
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>> know what you want to eat now. "What do you want to eat now?" Please try to ask your body this way, because it is important. Want to eat something sweet? Want to eat something heavy? Want to eat vegetables? Want to eat meat? Through these foods you want to eat, you can understand the physical condition at that time. As we all know, when the body is not healthy, people will want to eat things that are not good for the body, especially those that have a paralyzing effect, which may be a precursor to physical collapse. To get to know yourself, try asking yourself what you want to eat.
>> Good people become frank as they age, and listen humbly with a heart of admiration no matter what they say. When you hear that there are good things, you have the courage to try them; when you hear that there are good movies, you go to actively watch them. It is precisely because of this frankness that the harvest will be more and more.
>> The human body switch is divided into a brain switch and a heart switch, please always open these two switches in life. How to use the brain is like learning something from a textbook, and you can get used to it. As for how to use the heart, no one can teach. My common method is to carefully observe the people and things in front of me, carefully ponder their mood, repeatedly experiment, and constantly explore, and over time I can summarize the method of intention. In life, we always unconsciously only care about using our brains, and I hope that everyone can subconsciously live with their hearts.
>> understand and feel. "Understanding" means understanding with the brain; "feeling" means receiving with the heart. Between understanding and feeling, the focus is on balance. If you encounter something that the brain accepts but cannot trust in the heart, you may wish to look at it with a skeptical attitude. On the other hand, when conveying something to the other party, do not only seek to let the other party "understand", but pour out "feelings" between words.
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>> try to stick with it for three weeks first. There are always some new things in life, such as exercise, interests, new rules, eating methods, getting up early, etc., if you want to introduce these new items into life, you may wish to try to stick to them for three weeks. The reason for this recommendation is that one week is a bit short, two weeks may not have figured out the doorway, and three weeks should be able to judge whether it is suitable for you, whether it is really necessary, and whether it is necessary to continue through experience. Instead of three minutes of enthusiasm or perseverance, it is better to set yourself an "experience period" at first, and it is easier to develop good habits.
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>> today is not looking at the screen day. Please set a day a month without looking at the screen, we are facing tv, computer, mobile phone and other screens every day, in the long run, life will be dominated by these things. Because the screen is an indispensable part of life, we should take time to do sports, take a walk, isolate ourselves from the screen, and find our own balance in life.
