'Is it possible to succeed like that?' If you want to make such amazing progress, you need to think and act in an unconventional way. If you only think conventionally, how many people in this country would succeed in their field? So, you need to approach it in a slightly unconventional way.

As author Masanori Kanda said, doing things you don't want to do seems unconventional, but considering that most people tend to dislike the most important things, it's a true statement. In other words, it means that doing things that are important but strangely unpleasant is the shortcut to success.

Of course, I understand it's important... but it's not easy to do things that you strangely dislike. Isn't everyone the same? We might all laugh in front of given tasks, but we also feel uncomfortable doing them. It's human nature to sometimes want to quit everything and go flower viewing.

But the longer you put it off, the bigger the task becomes, and the only one who loses is yourself. So, for unconventional success, it's important to clear one thing you don't want to do today. The way to do things you don't want to do is simply to do them unconventionally.

Unconventionally, like that, let's get it done.

▶ There are definitely things you have to do even if you don't want to. If you don't learn what you need to learn properly and give up, the same situation will just repeat itself. That's why you need to make a decision between 'things you don't want to do' and 'things you want to do'. To make a decision, ask yourself the following questions.

1. Do you really not want to do it? What's the most unpleasant thing you don't want to do?

2. Do you think you've learned enough from your accumulated experience to move to the next level?

3. If you haven't learned enough, what do you need to do to learn more? And when will you do it?

In other words, it's time to judge whether it's time to graduate from what you're doing now.

-Masanori Kanda, Unconventional Success Rules