To inspire us to work hard with urgency, I linked the Stanford Medicine video on Paul Kalinithi, a neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, and author who became famous by his book, When Breath Becomes Air. So many great people have left this world too soon. Yet, they’ve left a huge impact in the short time they lived. Paul was one of these people. If he was still alive, he would be achieving even more amazing things, and my younger sister Mia would be a colleague of his at Stanford Medicine. Maybe, I would have the opportunity to eventually meet him. Although he’s gone, he’s not. He motivates us to live fully. His beautiful words keep him alive in our lives. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5u753wQeyM
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Live With Urgency
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“When we are no longer able to change a situation . . . we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor E. Frankl
“When we are no longer able to change a situation . . .
we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Viktor E. Frankl
Rather than focus on the things that you can’t control, focus on what you can control, especially your thoughts, perception, knowledge, skills, and ideas. Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl who survived the holocaust in Germany during World War II made this great statement in his book Man’s Search for Meaning.
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Everlasting Youth is in My Head
Everlasting youth is in my head.
A world of fantastical journeys
that exist between the living and the dead.
Each story’s message is the same.
To reach the arc ahead,
I must understand my pain.
– Positive Masters, Jon Riki Karamatsu, 9/7/2020 –
Children are curious, eager to learn, open minded, and imaginative. I strongly believe it’s beneficial to have these qualities as adults. Combine them with your life experiences to get creative with your life, career, and business. As a teen or adult, you have the ability to go deep into your soul and analyze the benefits that can come out of your emotional pain. I had all of this in mind when I wrote the poem I posted.
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With Warmest Aloha, Jon
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Cognitive Distortions 10 – Don’t assume responsibility for something you’re not responsible for.
Cognitive Distortions 10 – Don’t assume responsibility for something you’re not responsible for.
For example, you have a friend who is abusive towards his girlfriend, so you have a talk with him on ways to resolve an issue without resorting to violence. After a number of heart-to-heart talks, your friend hits his girlfriend again. This crushes you, and you tell yourself, “I must be a bad friend.” No, you did the best you could to reach out to your friend to change his behavior, but he didn’t. What your friend ultimately does, is his responsibility, not yours.
Maybe you’re helping your little cousin to do her homework. However, she still doesn’t complete her homework. Don’t put blame on yourself. You can only help her so much. Your little cousin has to make an effort on her own to learn from her studies and finish her homework.
Stay positive my friends!
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Financial peace is about having enough money to happily live the life you want to live.
Financial peace is about having enough money to happily live the life you want to live. You define your happiness level and the amount of money you need and desire. Avoid social comparison. Focus on your needs and desires. If you have a family, include your family’s needs and desires.
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Write down all the good things that happened in your day.
Write down all the good things that happened in your day. By doing this, you’ll get boosts of good feelings. This daily practice also reminds you of all the wonderful things in your life.
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Go hard on your dreams, but don’t burn yourself out.
Go hard on your dreams, but don’t burn yourself out. Break up your goals into bite-size tasks, take breaks between your work, and reward yourself for executing on your tasks for the day, such as your favorite TV show or a tasty snack.
Have fun attacking your goals!
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Kill your enemies with kindness.
Kill your enemies with kindness. This is a cliché, but it’s extremely powerful and very successful in the long-run, as shown by the Positive Masters before us such as Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha), Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), and Martin Luther King Jr. Their nonviolence practices have amassed multi-millions of nonviolence practitioners.
You can expand peace in our world by your actions. If you grew up in a verbally and physically abusive family, you can end the cycle of violence with yourself so your children don’t continue it.
When someone yells at you at work, you can remain calm and professional. By doing so, that person will look like a fool. Those observing the event will see two styles of leadership. Show them the peaceful path.
When the haters attack you and enjoy you being knocked down in the gutter, don’t seek revenge in their dirty ways. Many of them are jealous and spiteful because they’re living miserable lives. By seeing this view of them, you’ll be able to have empathy for them. Either they’ll die miserable or change to find peace within themselves. Hopefully, it’ll be the latter.
If someone wants to kill you, don’t retaliate. Transcend the pettiness of humankind’s desire to destroy one another. Physical form may be killed, but a peaceful soul never dies.
Spread peace my friends. When a majority of us are at peace, the world will be at peace!
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Don’t scold yourself or others for falling short of your standards.
Cognitive Distortions – Part 8
Don’t scold yourself or others for falling short of your standards.
Do you find yourself telling yourself, “I should’ve done this” or “I should’ve done that”? These type of words and the tone of them can create unnecessary frustration in your life. When you have goals, it’s human to fall short at times. No one achieves everything they want. Take a closer look at your journey and all the knowledge, skills, and relationships you’ve gained. Don’t you think all of them are wins? They are!
Now, the same goes for how you judge others. Don’t scold them for falling short of your standards. I repeat “your standards,” which could be blown out of proportion (another cognitive distortion). Instead, look at all of their gains, which you may have overlooked because of your frustration. Again, as humans, we won’t achieve everything we want to accomplish, but we all can grow from our journey. Appreciate yourself and others for the journeys we undertake.
Sending love and positive energy to you!
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Go Within and Build
Go within and build.
People and things won’t fill us up.
Explore and create.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #177, 10/8/2018 –
You live in a fable. They laugh at you and call you unstable.
You live in a fable.
They laugh at you and call you unstable.
You’re not playing your role.
Nothing about it is fun.
That’s why you threw away the script and wrote another one.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 5/22/2019 –
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At all times, we get a hell of a story.
It’s so far away.
Sometimes we get there.
Other times we don’t.
At all times, we get a hell of a story.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, April 12, 2019 –
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I’m looking forward to the day when you’re here with me.
Up on top of this hill.
Can you hear me?
I picture you and how you used to talk to me.
I’m looking forward to the day when you’re here with me.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 3/19/19 –
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Just My Soul and I
Just my soul and I.
We talk and laugh.
Sometimes we cry.
We travel to the heavens with visions.
Clips of action of what could be.
We don’t need much.
Only ideas on how to get there.
Because we’re relentless in getting there.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 3/17/19 –
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When All Worlds Are Dead
When all worlds are dead,
I will show you one that’s left.
It lives within you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem No. 211, 12/31/2018 –
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My Tears, Like Years, Fall Away
Falling to my death.
My tears, like years, fall away.
I see you smiling.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem No. 209, 12/24/2018 –
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The Public Doesn’t Know You Like I Do
I dedicate the following poem to all of the politicians, entrepreneurs, and entertainers who are filled with love, compassion, and empathy who are facing the darkness that leaches around power:
You do what you do because you want to make this world better.
But when you get there, you’re judged, criticized, and taken down.
Your work for the community gets overshadowed by whether or not your personal life is stable or broken.
They get excited when you make any mistakes or are just near any mistakes.
They don’t care if you were wronged by other powers out to get you.
They label you when they don’t know the truth.
They smile when they prepare the chains.
I saw the tears in your eyes – you don’t have to hide them.
I know how much you care for others.
The public doesn’t know you like I do.
I just want you to know, that my love is here for you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 12/20/2018 –
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Silence Brings Me Peace
Knocked down to my knees.
The weight of the noise pains me.
Silence brings me peace.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem No. 208, 12/5/2018 –
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Colors of Our Dreams
We see what they don’t.
Apparitions filling in.
Colors of our dreams.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem No. 207, 12/3/2018 –
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It’s fine to be you
Make-up to hide you.
Posing for your photo shoot.
It’s fine to be you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem No. 206, 11/28/2018 –
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One Percent Improvement Everyday
Entrepreneur James Altucher @altucher , author of “Choose Yourself” and Podcast show host of the James Altucher Show, encourages us to improve ourselves by at least 1% everyday. Whether we are learning, producing content, and/or building relationships, our improvements will compound over time! Here, I’m at Starbucks @starbucks at Waikele Premium Outlets @waikelepo in Hawaii on this awesome Saturday, December 1, 2018!
Keep going my friends! Crush it!
With Warmest Aloha,
Jon
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We Watch Over You
We don’t breathe or eat.
We can’t even fall asleep.
We watch over you.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #205, 11/28/2018 –
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Are You Art or Real?
Are you art or real?
My friend brought you to see me.
Your eyes follow me.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #204, 11/23/2018 –
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Design a Ghost Friend
Design a ghost friend.
Make it feel, care, and so real.
Artificial thrill.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #203, 11/23/2018 –
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Daily Obsession
It starts with tingles.
Then thoughts to words to actions.
Daily obsession.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #201, 11/23/2018 –
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A Journey Cut Short
A journey cut short.
Long hugs before the sun sets.
This time forever.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #199, 11/22/2018 –
I dedicate this haiku poem to all my family and friends who passed away. Some left way too early for their age. Thinking of my latest friend to go, Richard Minatoya who past away on Sunday November 24, 2018 at the age of 51. He was an attorney and former politician.
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Study the Patterns of Life
A breeze brought you here.
Study the patterns of life,
like that of nature.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #196, 11/16/2018 –
Pattern recognition. There are patterns of nature like the Hawaiian trade winds. There are also patterns in business such as supply and demand, branding, marketing, and investing. There are even patterns in our self-development such as our habits in studying, working, and exercising. When we recognize how these patterns can benefit us and others, we can mitigate our risks and increase our success.
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Escape the Bleeding Quadrants
Keep digging under.
Escape the bleeding quadrants.
Patiently hustling.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #195, 11/16/2018 –
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Feel You Feeling Me
When you call my name,
you don’t have to admit it.
Feel you feeling me.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #193, 11/14/2018 –
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