Daniel Singer
I grew up around Japanese culture and have spent more than half of my life in and around Japan. Growing up inbetween cultures I started noticing the assumptions, systems, and unspoken details people often take for granted.
The short version
In the Navy as an FMF corpsman I learned emergency, field, CBRNE medicine, and how to operate in high-pressure environments where things are chaotic and don't always go according to plan. When I moved back to Japan, I got into sales by building a brand portfolio to over $135k USD in less than a year, including brokering brand deals with Sony and other legacy companies in Japan. I had no sales background and built my network from zero by actually talking with people. These days I run Minamoto, my independent advisory practice, where I help advisors and agency owners understand and build systems that build businesses that work for them. When I'm not working with clients, I'm out on sidequests.
What I care about
Playing the game of life
People think they want 'easy', but they don't. I'd rather work hard building things I actually care about, stay curious, and make the whole thing as fun as possible.
Information is meaningless without implementation
Knowing something and being able to use it are very different things. Information should be accessible, but the real work is learning how to apply it.
Take back your authority
You can follow someone else's lead without giving them ownership of your decisions. Learn from people, test what they give you, keep what works, and build your own game.