Ayumu Takahashi

I have many people who I respect to. Takahashi Ayumu is one of a person who I respect and long to be like. I like his life which like a roller coaster. It’s hard to tell you about him in one word. He was a bartender who had own his shop or an author or chairman of a publisher in Tokyo and N.Y, but sometimes, he was a nomad who traveled all over the world. He is a dreamer but he let his all dream come true. He enjoyed his life a lot.

When he was a young, he always worried about his life, and thought what he wanted to be, but he found his dream when he was twenty years old. He was influenced by the movie "Cocktail". He wanted to open a bar the moment he watched the movie. He started to work part time at American bar and went through special training in bar tending. Then he brought together some of his friends and they planed to have their own place. They were out of money so they worked very hard but also they spent day and night in training to become bartenders. Finally they had their own shop and named "Rockwell'S". Surprisingly, he was 20 years old then.

Afterward "Rockwell's" became a company, and he decided to start a new thing. he was very interested in the books and he had been dreaming to publish his book. He launched new business of publisher and wrote his autobiography about trouble story of his life so far. He published it from his company, but the book didn't sell at first, and he was deeply in dept. However he published the books, these weren't sell at all. At the time he was 22 years old. It was very small company so he didn't have a lot of money. However, funny and stormy story of his life was admired by young people, and his books became a bestseller in a moment. Since then many various books have published from the company.

He has other companies. He founded a company called BEACH ROCK VILLAGE to make a village to stand on their own feet in Okinawa. He plans to makes cafes or restaurants in all over the world which his favorite place where he found while he traveled. It's called PLAY EARTH. He also managed to make schools for poor children.

He tried everything what he wanted to do. Every time he started doing them, he met with various troubles, he but never gave up. He said in his book that what necessary is not courage but determination. Make a decision and start doing what you want to do and do not give up until you succeed. If you finally succeed, all previous failure will be the experience. I like his way to live. If you interested in him, check his web site or read his books.

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1. Was it easy to set up this blog?
Yes, a little.

2. Have you ever read people’s blogs before?
Yes, i have. I sometimes read my friends blogs.

3. Have you ever written a blog before?
Yes, I wrote the blogs in the cross cultural communication class.

4. What are some of your favorite Internet websites?
you tube! It's amazing!

5. How often do you use the Internet?
almost everyday