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John Matthews operates a communal ski lodge in Nagano, the latest development in many years of volunteering and attempts at group organizing. He has lived in Japan his entire adult life, active in media, language, and technology. He can be found online at @jonjonjapon across most social media

"I can't find anything that's right for me. Help!" is a comment I get often from job seekers. Does this sound like you? Here's what you can do to fix that.

I use to think a coach was someone like Tony Robbins and very white teeth who told you really cheesy motivational quotes XD If you have never worked with a coach your idea of what a coach does might come to you as a surprise.

If you want to discuss and get feedback on your situation, you can book a consultation from here ➡️ https://www.yournextchapterjapan.com/appointments

Did you make a career goal this year? My tips and advice for anyone facing challenges in making consistent progress.

Paul is Canadian entrepreneur living in Japan with a software development background. He is the founder of TokyoDev, a dynamic community committed to supporting international software developers in starting and advancing their careers within the Japanese tech industry.

CJ Hostetter is a designer, researcher and independent game developer. They are experienced in facilitating workshops, user research and design from startup-level to Enterprise B2B. They regularly teach classes on storyboarding and prototyping and have spoken in Finland, Russia, the U.S. and Japan. When not researching or designing, they can be found creating their own video games and organizing g...

Founder & CEO & CTO @ Dreamly - a startup providing the latest tech consult consultancy services to other startups and innovation departments of larger enterprises, doing everything from smartphone apps to IoT, Blockchain and ML/AI. Lars has a solid background in computer science, and was before Dreamly honing his skills as a Software Engineer in the startup scene in Japan and Sweden. He p...

Does this sound like you? Here’s what to do!

If you’re looking for a job or have any goal you’re working towards, you may experience some difficulties along the way. I share with you an actionable tip on what to do to keep going. (Also as a reminder for myself!)

Today I sat down with Guillaume, who is the Japan Country Manager of Keywords Studios and Founder, CEO of Wizcorp. You can get in touch with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghansali

In this episode, I interviewed Ryohei Watanabe, who grew up in Vancouver but was born in Tokyo. Ryohei shares his journey and experiences of living in different parts of the world. I asked Ryohei what kind of title he would give to his book if his life were a metaphor for a book. Listen more to find out what it is and why. Ryohei Watanabe is the Founder & CEO of Eight Values, a tech job board...

Would you do it? Would you go door to door like I did? I share my lesson from this experience how that’s improved the way I deal with rejections.

Do you get that feeling often when you have so much to do but you have limited time? I've noticed some thoughts coming up recently on this topic. This is for you if you're like me and think, "Ahhh how am I going to do all this!".

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今週私は久しぶりに元気がなくなってしまうことがありました。気分が落ちることって何歳になってもどこにいてもありますよね。あなたは上手に対処していますか？私はここ数年でやっとコツを掴めて来たのでどうしているか話しました。少しでも参考になると嬉しいです。

In this episode I look back on the years I lived in Italy and share with you the 3 lessons I learned about living as an expat. This one is for you, if you are trying to reflect on your journey as an expat.

I spoke with Teresa who is a Senior Product Designer at Skydea, an agency in Tokyo. As a designer, she builds apps and websites. But she most enjoys building community. She manages Creative Tokyo, a community with over 3,000 members connecting and finding friends with similar interests. ・https://teresafong.com/about ・Creative Tokyo's Slack community: https://join.slack.com/t/creativetokyo/shared...

This advice may be different from what you’ve heard from other job hunt gurus say.

This one is for you, if you’re feeling like life is…okay. What can you do to get unstuck?

In this episode I share 3 leanings from a recent book I read. 付加価値のつくりかた https://amzn.asia/d/1Q53iuR

最近読んだ田尻望著「付加価値のつくりかた」について

A quick episode that came from a conversation I had today.