Your current self isn’t everything! ‘That guy is nothing special’ is a fool’s common phrase.

Hello. This is Kamiyama.

Today, I'm going to talk a little about mental fortitude.
Please think of it as a chat while I'm always working on creating side businesses.
However, it's an important way of thinking.

I often talk with various people, but…
I often hear words like these.

"That guy is not much, he's probably no good."

Every time I hear these words, I think, "Can this person even read the future?"
Because people don't know how they will change, and life is such an uncertain thing.

No one knows how people will change.
They might grow, or they might regress.
They might fall back, or they might advance.
There's no one who can precisely read their situation.

Even around me, there was someone who was once called rich.
He would play around in the night district, spending his days as if everything was his.
Of course, they would say things like, 'that guy is no good,' or 'he's a good guy.'

But now, if you ask what that person is doing, he's almost homeless.
In his mid-thirties, he's living in a 4.5 tatami mat room.
Furthermore, the person he said 'that guy is a good guy' was arrested.

On the other hand, some of the people who were said to be 'not much' got promoted.
They are living happily in a stylish apartment with a beautiful wife and children.
It seems he has accumulated a considerable amount of money and is reportedly considering moving overseas.

It's to the extent that one wonders if such a spectacular turnaround is even possible.
But in reality, there are many such people.

However, life is interesting, and perhaps even he, who is currently at rock bottom, will climb back up again.
Because people who have fallen hard also possess the power to rise quickly.
At that time, they probably won't do anything to make fun of anyone ever again.

Does everyone remember that there used to be a show called "Money no Tora"?

Do you know what has become of the people who were called "success stories" back then?
If you don't know, please search, as there is a lot of information available on the internet.
You will understand how fine the line is between success and failure, rise and fall.

In the end, looking at "now," you can't know what will become of a person.
I myself was ridiculed countless times with "that guy is nothing special," and that's precisely why I was able to work hard.
Thanks to that, I am now able to live quite happily.

That's why I think.
Why do they say "that guy is nothing special"?
To be frank, you can't know what will become of people in the future.

Even if they are a recluse now, they might become an entrepreneur through some encounter.
Even if they are barely homeless now, they might become a world-class billionaire in the future.

Do you know a person named John Paul?
He is now someone who appears on the world's rich list, but he was originally homeless.
No one can truly, truly predict how people will change afterwards.

And yet, why can such words as 'that person is not much' be said?
It's precisely those kinds of people who, at the success of someone they deemed insignificant, will say things like 'that person is my disciple'.

The future of all humans living in the world cannot be read by anyone.
Simply, what creates that future is one's own current effort.
Regardless of whether they are evaluated by anyone, there are countless people who will transform in the future.

That is precisely why you must never ridicule someone's future or their way of being as a person.
Everyone, no matter how much they think about the future from their current situation, cannot possibly predict it.

Let's absolutely avoid sticking labels like 'that person is no good'.
To speak about a future that no one can predict as if one understands it, is what a fool does.
Only fools utter 'that person is no good' as if it's a cliché.

What is truly no good is the person who speaks as if they know someone's future, even though they cannot see it.

Throughout my life, I have seen someone's success and downfall many times.
I myself, while having ups and downs, finally found a way of living.

However, if one is content with the current situation, all those things will collapse.

If you're going to start saying 'that person is not much,' let's try to look at ourselves instead.
While saying such things, let's understand if you yourself are truly significant.
While ridiculing someone, the one who has become insignificant might be yourself.