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Productivity, Self-Improvement, Happiness Blogs - Proxx - 2010-09-05
Hi,
I am looking for blogs in Japanese on the above mentioned topics. I know lifehacker.jp but the focus is quite technical. I am looking more for sites like zenhabits.net or even some tumblr site with nice quotes in Japanese.
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Productivity, Self-Improvement, Happiness Blogs - Sebastian - 2010-09-06
Bump...
Productivity, Self-Improvement, Happiness Blogs - ta12121 - 2010-09-06
quotes you can find in japanese about inspirational stuff but not sure about blogs, well not that I know of.
Productivity, Self-Improvement, Happiness Blogs - Tzadeck - 2010-09-06
The idea of trying to be productive in Japanese by reading in Japanese about being productive is kind of funny. It's like people who have writer's block, and end up writing stories about people who have writer's books.
It's an unhelpful response, and not what you asked for, but I seriously question the usefulness and credibility of productivity, self-improvement, and happiness blogs and books in any language. This is just because authors that write about that often push methods for happiness/improvement which are created by con-men (and women!) who want to make a buck, and mislead the user into thinking that they're actually gaining something out of it. Sometimes the writers are con-men themselves. Examples of obvious con-men in the business would be Don Lapre, and Kevin Trudeau. With some people it's harder to tell--I'd list Deepak Chopra as a con-man (meaning, I don't think he actually believes what he's saying, and he's doing it to make money), but I admit that I could be wrong.
Note, also, that a lot of cults lure people in by claiming to help with self-improvement and productivity. Scientology is a good example, as are a lot of the 'new religions' in Japan.
I'm not saying avoid them like the plague, but be a critical thinker concerning anything you read. Obviously, lists of inspirational quotes and stuff like that are completely harmless.