Kaizen Asiedu
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So social distractions were removed from COVID and work distractions were removed because I quit. So I had to just like look at myself and spend a lot of time with myself. And I realized I was really unhappy. That was when I decided, okay,
clearly something about the way that i'm conducting my life is not actually giving me the level of fulfillment that i want so i need to change something and that's when i just became really obsessive about introspection and my own personal growth and understanding my mind and understanding like why am i unhappy even though i keep achieving things so around that time i had experiences with plant medicine that really changed my life and i came out of that
clearly something about the way that i'm conducting my life is not actually giving me the level of fulfillment that i want so i need to change something and that's when i just became really obsessive about introspection and my own personal growth and understanding my mind and understanding like why am i unhappy even though i keep achieving things so around that time i had experiences with plant medicine that really changed my life and i came out of that
clearly something about the way that i'm conducting my life is not actually giving me the level of fulfillment that i want so i need to change something and that's when i just became really obsessive about introspection and my own personal growth and understanding my mind and understanding like why am i unhappy even though i keep achieving things so around that time i had experiences with plant medicine that really changed my life and i came out of that
feeling good and feeling peace for the first time in a long time. And I was reading a Tony Robbins book, Awaken the Giant Within.
feeling good and feeling peace for the first time in a long time. And I was reading a Tony Robbins book, Awaken the Giant Within.
feeling good and feeling peace for the first time in a long time. And I was reading a Tony Robbins book, Awaken the Giant Within.
great well i didn't even finish it but i got this out of it i remember reading one page of it and i talked about the word kaizen and i've been familiar with the term kaizen because of the business world it's like a development philosophy but tony presented it in the context of life more generally he's talking about how in japan it's like you have a kaizen of your relationships like how do you constantly develop your relationships causing of your spirituality and your wealth and your career
great well i didn't even finish it but i got this out of it i remember reading one page of it and i talked about the word kaizen and i've been familiar with the term kaizen because of the business world it's like a development philosophy but tony presented it in the context of life more generally he's talking about how in japan it's like you have a kaizen of your relationships like how do you constantly develop your relationships causing of your spirituality and your wealth and your career
great well i didn't even finish it but i got this out of it i remember reading one page of it and i talked about the word kaizen and i've been familiar with the term kaizen because of the business world it's like a development philosophy but tony presented it in the context of life more generally he's talking about how in japan it's like you have a kaizen of your relationships like how do you constantly develop your relationships causing of your spirituality and your wealth and your career
So it's more of a general disposition of always seeking to grow and improve. And when I saw that word, it was just like, this is so beautiful. And I've always loved Japanese culture. And the word just continued to reverberate in my consciousness for months. And then I was like, I think this is my name. So I went and I legally changed my name to Kaizen. And my birth name was Derek.
So it's more of a general disposition of always seeking to grow and improve. And when I saw that word, it was just like, this is so beautiful. And I've always loved Japanese culture. And the word just continued to reverberate in my consciousness for months. And then I was like, I think this is my name. So I went and I legally changed my name to Kaizen. And my birth name was Derek.
So it's more of a general disposition of always seeking to grow and improve. And when I saw that word, it was just like, this is so beautiful. And I've always loved Japanese culture. And the word just continued to reverberate in my consciousness for months. And then I was like, I think this is my name. So I went and I legally changed my name to Kaizen. And my birth name was Derek.
That's not my middle name. Kaizen is my first name. Now I forget where the original question was, but I wanted to get at least some background on that. And you tell me if you got your answer.
That's not my middle name. Kaizen is my first name. Now I forget where the original question was, but I wanted to get at least some background on that. And you tell me if you got your answer.
That's not my middle name. Kaizen is my first name. Now I forget where the original question was, but I wanted to get at least some background on that. And you tell me if you got your answer.
Yeah. I don't know if this is a humble thing to say, but I think it gives me intellectual humility. Because if my commitment is to the process of evolution rather than any predefined point, then that requires a commitment to, oh, I'm going to be wrong about things. And that's okay because that's what it means to evolve. Like you need to shed old skin to gain new skin.
Yeah. I don't know if this is a humble thing to say, but I think it gives me intellectual humility. Because if my commitment is to the process of evolution rather than any predefined point, then that requires a commitment to, oh, I'm going to be wrong about things. And that's okay because that's what it means to evolve. Like you need to shed old skin to gain new skin.
Yeah. I don't know if this is a humble thing to say, but I think it gives me intellectual humility. Because if my commitment is to the process of evolution rather than any predefined point, then that requires a commitment to, oh, I'm going to be wrong about things. And that's okay because that's what it means to evolve. Like you need to shed old skin to gain new skin.
So the way I approach my content and everything I talk about is I might be wrong and I know I'm biased and I know I have a perspective. I'm here to seek the truth and understand it as best as I can. Understanding that in life, it's, it's always a point in the future. You never arrive at absolute truth about everything, or at least I'm very far from that.