Hey there!
This is Oda, who bought a cashmere turtleneck to wear for training in Tokyo!
#Everyone in Tokyo wears turtlenecks, right?
Today, after writing yesterday's post,
I was researching "Connecting the Dots" on Google when someone
said on YouTube,
"Yes! That's it!!! That's what I wanted to say!"
So I'm going to talk about it while incorporating that person's explanation!
If you haven't read yesterday's post, it will take you 10 minutes, so please read it and come back.
To be honest, I really want you to read yesterday's and today's posts.
To recap,
Steve Jobs spoke about "connecting the dots" in his famous commencement speech at a prestigious university.
I had heard this story before,
but it didn't really resonate with me at the time.
But when I seriously started preparing to start my own business,
"CONNECTING THE DOTS!!!!!!"
I shouted.
Basically, I wanted to say that my past painful experiences and hard work are now starting to pay off!
That's what I wanted to say.
And there was one important thing that person said.
#I really thought so
#It was super easy to understand
That person
said, "They say the dots connect, but that doesn't mean everything you've done isn't useless. Think of it like a constellation. A constellation is formed by connecting stars, but there are many stars that aren't used. Most stars are useless when creating a constellation. But if there were too few stars, you couldn't even draw a constellation. So everyone needs to keep making lots of dots."
They said!
It's exactly like that. I used a picture as an analogy yesterday, but this person used a constellation, and I really think they're right.
Imagine this.
You are sitting at a desk, and there are two pieces of A4 paper on the desk.
There are several dots drawn on the paper.
The first piece of paper has 50 dots evenly distributed.
The second piece of paper has 1,000 dots evenly distributed.
Now, draw a picture of Doraemon on this paper.
But there's a condition.
You can only draw lines by connecting the dots.
Which paper can you draw a better picture on?
Imagine the finished picture.
The Doraemon you drew on the first piece of paper is all blocky, right?
The Doraemon you drew on the second piece of paper is smooth, right?
Which one is higher quality?
Now for question two.
Next, on the same paper as before,
draw "a lion and a rabbit making mochi."
#When you
imagine it,
you can't tell what the picture on the first piece of paper is, right?
On the second piece of paper, you can clearly see the lion and rabbit making mochi.
As you can see,
the more dots you have, the more variations you have,
and the more dots you have, the higher the quality.
That's what I learned.
Now, with that in mind, let's go back to that person's story.
"There are a lot of dots you're not using, right?"
That's what it means.
Yes.
If you could draw Doraemon with 100 dots out of 1,000, the remaining 900 dots are useless.
Also, you might not use the 100 dots you used for the first question when you get to the second question.
You might never use these dots
for the rest of your life,
or you might use them in the future.
But someday,
a mysterious lady might give you a great opportunity:
"You two! Draw a picture of a chimpanzee and an orangutan on a seesaw! I'll give 10 million yen to whoever draws it better!"
Suppose she gives you this amazing opportunity.
How many dots do you have on your A4 paper at that time?
That's what it means.
And there's one more important thing.
As I said in yesterday's post,
dots are dots,
but small, faint dots are useless everywhere.
Don't forget that.
When it comes to things,
・have done it
・can do it
・can do it really well
If there are three levels,
・have done it (small, faint dot)
・can do it (normal-sized, normal-density dot)
・can do it really well (large, dense dot)
That's how it is.
By the way, here are my definitions:
・dot → whether you have experience
・size → duration
・density → intensity
That's how it is.
Dots that you've only done once are invisible and useless on A4 paper.
Keep that in mind.
By the way, here are a few of my small, faint dots.
1 Bouldering
→Thought it looked fun, so I bought shoes and a chalk bag on the first day, but I haven't gone since.
2 Bad handwriting and drawing
→I know I'm bad at it, but I haven't tried to improve.
3 Learning Korean
→I recorded a lot of NHK programs to learn Korean, but I haven't watched any of them.
#Only "Saranghaeyo"
That's how it is.
These cannot become dots in my future life yet.
On the contrary,
Let me introduce some large, dense dots.
1 Soccer – large, dense dot
2 Firefighting – large, dense dot
3 Disaster volunteering – normal, dense dot
4 Sunset Live – normal, fairly dense dot
5 Days with my wife and child – small, dense dot
That's how it is!
To sum it up!
I don't know what's wrong.
But I want to do something.
You, who feel that something is wrong even though you don't know what it is.
Don't just talk in your sleep when you haven't even tried anything.
If you haven't tried, at least don't get in the way of others who have.
There's no one like that who has read this far into the blog. Lol
This is Oda❤️