
7 Weapons They Don't Teach You in School
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Book Introduction
“At school, we learn about how to live.
“You don’t tell me enough!”
A psychiatrist with 30 years of experience
Advice for teens from the author of Japan's 2.6 million-copy bestseller!
What are the essential skills you need to acquire before becoming an adult? Is attending a prestigious university and landing a job at a major corporation truly a successful life? While academics are certainly important, the challenges we face in the real world aren't solved solely by grades.
Living life wisely requires a variety of abilities.
For example, self-management skills to manage your body and mind, resilience to get back up after falling, and curiosity to see the world in a new way and constantly grow are all very important assets that are not taught in school.
Since COVID-19, anxiety and depression among adolescents have emerged as serious problems worldwide.
Today's teenagers need specific guidance on 'how to live', which is as important as, or perhaps even more important than, studying.
The author, a psychiatrist with 30 years of experience and a YouTuber with 600,000 subscribers, has counseled over 20,000 teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been constantly thinking about ways to address their anxiety and concerns.
Finally, we've discovered the seven essential skills teens need to overcome anxiety and grow into the 17,500 adults who achieve their goals.
And in the book, the author reveals seven life weapons that are never taught in school.
If today's youth are equipped with these seven weapons, they will be able to lead their lives and achieve their goals without worry when they go out into society.
“You don’t tell me enough!”
A psychiatrist with 30 years of experience
Advice for teens from the author of Japan's 2.6 million-copy bestseller!
What are the essential skills you need to acquire before becoming an adult? Is attending a prestigious university and landing a job at a major corporation truly a successful life? While academics are certainly important, the challenges we face in the real world aren't solved solely by grades.
Living life wisely requires a variety of abilities.
For example, self-management skills to manage your body and mind, resilience to get back up after falling, and curiosity to see the world in a new way and constantly grow are all very important assets that are not taught in school.
Since COVID-19, anxiety and depression among adolescents have emerged as serious problems worldwide.
Today's teenagers need specific guidance on 'how to live', which is as important as, or perhaps even more important than, studying.
The author, a psychiatrist with 30 years of experience and a YouTuber with 600,000 subscribers, has counseled over 20,000 teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been constantly thinking about ways to address their anxiety and concerns.
Finally, we've discovered the seven essential skills teens need to overcome anxiety and grow into the 17,500 adults who achieve their goals.
And in the book, the author reveals seven life weapons that are never taught in school.
If today's youth are equipped with these seven weapons, they will be able to lead their lives and achieve their goals without worry when they go out into society.
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Preview
index
Entering
Prologue: When life gets tough, you can overcome it with these seven weapons.
▶ STEP 1 Maintenance
First Weapon: Maintenance
The root cause of anxiety is fatigue.
- Start by taking care of your body and mind.
- Only 15% of people manage their hair regularly.
- A relaxed mind also blows away stress!
- 90% are unstable and tired
- Most of your worries can be solved just by doing 'maintenance' well!
Maintenance by sleep
- If you have any concerns, sleep for 8 hours first!
- 80% of high school students are sleep deprived!
10 Reasons Sleep Deprivation Ruins Your Life
- When you have less time to train your brain, you become more intelligent.
Regulating your body clock
- Never stay up all night
- Problems that arise when the body clock is irregular
- The most effective way to reverse a distorted body clock
Get in shape with exercise
- The head is an area that can be improved.
- Exercise improves your posture.
- Age has nothing to do with hair
- The miracle of studying brought about by physical education class
- Why does exercise make you smarter?
- Take advantage of bonus time after exercise.
- Will exercising more help me study better?
- Exercise is a 3x experience item!
Fix it with a meal
- The only time the body grows is now.
- The most fatal thing to growth is malnutrition.
- Dieting is forbidden for teenagers.
- A vicious cycle that occurs when there is a lack of nutrition
Skipping breakfast reduces brain energy.
The importance of breakfast to synchronize your body clock
Second Weapon: Resilience
A flexible mind offers many paths in life.
- What is resilience?
- There is no need to be strong against stress.
- If you are agile, you can avoid attacks!
- Will I really be happy if I graduate from a prestigious university and get a job at a large company?
- The power to survive as the strongest member of society
- Characteristics of people with low resilience
- One in six people is sick
The future of resilient people
- 3 Ways to Increase Resilience
Third Weapon: Control
Don't be consumed by smartphones and games
- You are already addicted to your smartphone.
Half of high school students are controlled by smartphones.
- What is the appropriate amount of time to use a smartphone?
The Real Reason Smartphones Are Dangerous
- Smartphones are 'destroying' your brain.
- Prohibition on smartphone use in schools
- Smartphones and games are ultimately diseases.
- Dopamine rush, anyone can become addicted
- 3 Ways to Control Your Smartphone Usage
- Control is the source of confidence and happiness.
▶ STEP 2 Connecting
Fourth Weapon: Interpersonal Skills
Express your sincerity and accept the other person's thoughts.
Let's reclaim the three years lost to COVID-19.
- Interpersonal skills are the power to survive.
- It's natural for conversations to be awkward.
- If you have good interpersonal relationships, you can do the work of 10 people.
- 3 Ways to Develop Interpersonal Skills
Do we really need friends?
How to make school life more enjoyable today than yesterday
- When you redefine what a friend is, a friend appears.
- 3 Ways to Make Friends
- One in five people has no friends.
then?
Overrelationship Syndrome
- Women are 1.3 times more likely to suffer
- If your relationship is damaged due to contact
- Hedgehog's Dilemma
- It's a threat to press for 'reading and ignoring'
- Build deep relationships within a time limit.
Fifth Weapon: Reading Comprehension
Search and your worries will disappear
- Use information and collective intelligence.
- Consulting beyond books and videos
- What is 'worry'?
- If you know 'TO DO', your worries will disappear at once!
- The more worried a person is, the less likely he or she is to search.
- Let's make searching a habit.
- Someone has already provided the answer to that question.
It all depends on your reading comprehension!
- The crucial difference between those who read books and those who don't
- Reading makes you smarter
- Just reading it is meaningless
- How to check your reading comprehension level
- All abilities increase with reading comprehension.
- Ability needed especially in the age of artificial intelligence
- 3 Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension
- Reading changes your life.
▶ STEP 3 Take Action
Sixth Weapon: Curiosity
Set the right direction and move forward
- Compass of life
Curiosity breeds joy, and joy breeds possibility.
- Activate the curiosity-inducing substance, acetylcholine.
- In the age of artificial intelligence, many jobs will disappear!
- Why Curious People Succeed
- 3 Ways to Train Your Curiosity
- Everyone has curiosity!
- If you are curious, you will have more friends.
Seventh Weapon Output Ability
The best way to achieve self-growth
- Turn the output cycle
- Self-growth can be achieved through studying and playing!
- Output cycle and 7 weapons
- Towards the golden ratio of input and output!
- People who lack output skills lose their jobs.
- Let's become someone who can do output work!
- 3 Ways to Train Your Output Skills
7 Weapon Instruction Manuals
- Can I make a career out of what I love to do?
- Can I succeed as a YouTuber?
- How to check if your dream is possible in 1 second
- If you really want to do it, then just do it!
- How to reach 1 million subscribers
- You can quit at any time
- Can you do it while having fun?
- A book made by an elementary school student
- The man who became a film critic after 46 years
- ‘What you like’ and ‘Hobbies’ become your job?!
- If it's something you want to do, start now.
- You can do what you want by doing what you don't want to do.
- You need companions when you go on an adventure.
- Get lost in something
In conclusion, teenagers have endless possibilities!
Prologue: When life gets tough, you can overcome it with these seven weapons.
▶ STEP 1 Maintenance
First Weapon: Maintenance
The root cause of anxiety is fatigue.
- Start by taking care of your body and mind.
- Only 15% of people manage their hair regularly.
- A relaxed mind also blows away stress!
- 90% are unstable and tired
- Most of your worries can be solved just by doing 'maintenance' well!
Maintenance by sleep
- If you have any concerns, sleep for 8 hours first!
- 80% of high school students are sleep deprived!
10 Reasons Sleep Deprivation Ruins Your Life
- When you have less time to train your brain, you become more intelligent.
Regulating your body clock
- Never stay up all night
- Problems that arise when the body clock is irregular
- The most effective way to reverse a distorted body clock
Get in shape with exercise
- The head is an area that can be improved.
- Exercise improves your posture.
- Age has nothing to do with hair
- The miracle of studying brought about by physical education class
- Why does exercise make you smarter?
- Take advantage of bonus time after exercise.
- Will exercising more help me study better?
- Exercise is a 3x experience item!
Fix it with a meal
- The only time the body grows is now.
- The most fatal thing to growth is malnutrition.
- Dieting is forbidden for teenagers.
- A vicious cycle that occurs when there is a lack of nutrition
Skipping breakfast reduces brain energy.
The importance of breakfast to synchronize your body clock
Second Weapon: Resilience
A flexible mind offers many paths in life.
- What is resilience?
- There is no need to be strong against stress.
- If you are agile, you can avoid attacks!
- Will I really be happy if I graduate from a prestigious university and get a job at a large company?
- The power to survive as the strongest member of society
- Characteristics of people with low resilience
- One in six people is sick
The future of resilient people
- 3 Ways to Increase Resilience
Third Weapon: Control
Don't be consumed by smartphones and games
- You are already addicted to your smartphone.
Half of high school students are controlled by smartphones.
- What is the appropriate amount of time to use a smartphone?
The Real Reason Smartphones Are Dangerous
- Smartphones are 'destroying' your brain.
- Prohibition on smartphone use in schools
- Smartphones and games are ultimately diseases.
- Dopamine rush, anyone can become addicted
- 3 Ways to Control Your Smartphone Usage
- Control is the source of confidence and happiness.
▶ STEP 2 Connecting
Fourth Weapon: Interpersonal Skills
Express your sincerity and accept the other person's thoughts.
Let's reclaim the three years lost to COVID-19.
- Interpersonal skills are the power to survive.
- It's natural for conversations to be awkward.
- If you have good interpersonal relationships, you can do the work of 10 people.
- 3 Ways to Develop Interpersonal Skills
Do we really need friends?
How to make school life more enjoyable today than yesterday
- When you redefine what a friend is, a friend appears.
- 3 Ways to Make Friends
- One in five people has no friends.
then?
Overrelationship Syndrome
- Women are 1.3 times more likely to suffer
- If your relationship is damaged due to contact
- Hedgehog's Dilemma
- It's a threat to press for 'reading and ignoring'
- Build deep relationships within a time limit.
Fifth Weapon: Reading Comprehension
Search and your worries will disappear
- Use information and collective intelligence.
- Consulting beyond books and videos
- What is 'worry'?
- If you know 'TO DO', your worries will disappear at once!
- The more worried a person is, the less likely he or she is to search.
- Let's make searching a habit.
- Someone has already provided the answer to that question.
It all depends on your reading comprehension!
- The crucial difference between those who read books and those who don't
- Reading makes you smarter
- Just reading it is meaningless
- How to check your reading comprehension level
- All abilities increase with reading comprehension.
- Ability needed especially in the age of artificial intelligence
- 3 Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension
- Reading changes your life.
▶ STEP 3 Take Action
Sixth Weapon: Curiosity
Set the right direction and move forward
- Compass of life
Curiosity breeds joy, and joy breeds possibility.
- Activate the curiosity-inducing substance, acetylcholine.
- In the age of artificial intelligence, many jobs will disappear!
- Why Curious People Succeed
- 3 Ways to Train Your Curiosity
- Everyone has curiosity!
- If you are curious, you will have more friends.
Seventh Weapon Output Ability
The best way to achieve self-growth
- Turn the output cycle
- Self-growth can be achieved through studying and playing!
- Output cycle and 7 weapons
- Towards the golden ratio of input and output!
- People who lack output skills lose their jobs.
- Let's become someone who can do output work!
- 3 Ways to Train Your Output Skills
7 Weapon Instruction Manuals
- Can I make a career out of what I love to do?
- Can I succeed as a YouTuber?
- How to check if your dream is possible in 1 second
- If you really want to do it, then just do it!
- How to reach 1 million subscribers
- You can quit at any time
- Can you do it while having fun?
- A book made by an elementary school student
- The man who became a film critic after 46 years
- ‘What you like’ and ‘Hobbies’ become your job?!
- If it's something you want to do, start now.
- You can do what you want by doing what you don't want to do.
- You need companions when you go on an adventure.
- Get lost in something
In conclusion, teenagers have endless possibilities!
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Into the book
"How should I live my life? Is there a way to live well?" We learn countless subjects in school, but none of them truly teach us "how to live."
But what today's teenagers really need isn't English words or historical dates, but life itself.
I wrote this book with the hope that you will discover the "answers to life" that are never taught in school, such as "how to make friends," "how to get along with friends," and "how to live happily every day."
Ah! Don't worry, the book won't tell you to start studying even a year younger.
--- From "Prologue│When life is difficult, you can overcome it with these 7 weapons"
The first weapon I will hand you is 'maintenance'.
As we live, we face numerous crises, which can bring us worry, suffering, and even pain.
The first thing to do to solve this is to 'build up your stamina'.
In terms of games, it reminds me of the 'sword', which is the basic equipment equipped by default.
‘Physical strength’ is the most basic and essential ability needed to resolve worries, like a sword.
(…) If you just take good care of your body and mind, most of your worries will disappear.
Wake up refreshed in the morning and feel energized for your daily life.
Naturally, I feel like I want to have a good day today.
--- From "First Weapon: Maintenance Power│The Root Cause of Worries is Fatigue"
No matter how well-educated or intelligent a person is, if their resilience is low, they will have a hard time adapting to life as a member of society.
Have you ever envied someone's brilliant brain, exceptional physical strength, dexterous communication skills, or striking good looks? The most important skill and quality a working adult must possess is "resilience." (…) If you can avoid stress, you won't have to worry about your relationships.
People with resilience are the strongest members of society wherever they go.
You can survive.
--- From "The Second Weapon: Resilience│A Flexible Mind Offers Many Paths to Life"
Interpersonal skills are a very powerful weapon necessary for social life.
If you fight with a party of 6 people rather than fighting alone in a dungeon, you will be 6 times more powerful.
But in reality, it exerts more than 10 times the power.
The same is true in society.
If you borrow the strength of your colleagues, you can do 'the work of 10 people'.
Borrowing the power of your party members makes your adventures more comfortable and enjoyable.
This is common sense in games, so why not apply it in real life? Don't try to solve it alone; instead, seek help from others.
It's okay to ask for help and advice at any time.
Just as it is difficult to survive in a dungeon without help from those around you, it is also difficult to survive in society if your relationships with people are strained.
--- From "The Fourth Weapon: Interpersonal Skills│Convey your sincerity and accept the other person's thoughts"
The power to find the right answer on your own, this is what we call the 'power to survive' in this world.
As you go through life, you may encounter great obstacles and experience numerous setbacks.
But if you can find the answer yourself, you can get back up again.
That's the power that makes life worth living.
A person who possesses this strength can overcome moments when life feels difficult.
But what today's teenagers really need isn't English words or historical dates, but life itself.
I wrote this book with the hope that you will discover the "answers to life" that are never taught in school, such as "how to make friends," "how to get along with friends," and "how to live happily every day."
Ah! Don't worry, the book won't tell you to start studying even a year younger.
--- From "Prologue│When life is difficult, you can overcome it with these 7 weapons"
The first weapon I will hand you is 'maintenance'.
As we live, we face numerous crises, which can bring us worry, suffering, and even pain.
The first thing to do to solve this is to 'build up your stamina'.
In terms of games, it reminds me of the 'sword', which is the basic equipment equipped by default.
‘Physical strength’ is the most basic and essential ability needed to resolve worries, like a sword.
(…) If you just take good care of your body and mind, most of your worries will disappear.
Wake up refreshed in the morning and feel energized for your daily life.
Naturally, I feel like I want to have a good day today.
--- From "First Weapon: Maintenance Power│The Root Cause of Worries is Fatigue"
No matter how well-educated or intelligent a person is, if their resilience is low, they will have a hard time adapting to life as a member of society.
Have you ever envied someone's brilliant brain, exceptional physical strength, dexterous communication skills, or striking good looks? The most important skill and quality a working adult must possess is "resilience." (…) If you can avoid stress, you won't have to worry about your relationships.
People with resilience are the strongest members of society wherever they go.
You can survive.
--- From "The Second Weapon: Resilience│A Flexible Mind Offers Many Paths to Life"
Interpersonal skills are a very powerful weapon necessary for social life.
If you fight with a party of 6 people rather than fighting alone in a dungeon, you will be 6 times more powerful.
But in reality, it exerts more than 10 times the power.
The same is true in society.
If you borrow the strength of your colleagues, you can do 'the work of 10 people'.
Borrowing the power of your party members makes your adventures more comfortable and enjoyable.
This is common sense in games, so why not apply it in real life? Don't try to solve it alone; instead, seek help from others.
It's okay to ask for help and advice at any time.
Just as it is difficult to survive in a dungeon without help from those around you, it is also difficult to survive in society if your relationships with people are strained.
--- From "The Fourth Weapon: Interpersonal Skills│Convey your sincerity and accept the other person's thoughts"
The power to find the right answer on your own, this is what we call the 'power to survive' in this world.
As you go through life, you may encounter great obstacles and experience numerous setbacks.
But if you can find the answer yourself, you can get back up again.
That's the power that makes life worth living.
A person who possesses this strength can overcome moments when life feels difficult.
--- From “In conclusion│Teenagers have infinite possibilities”
Publisher's Review
“Teenagers who gain 10x more experience points,
“What’s more important than studying is how to live your life!”
A Life Strategy Guide for Teens from a Psychiatrist
Adolescence is a time when any stimulus or experience has an explosive impact on one's life.
It can be said to be a decisive moment in the game where the '10x experience point event' unfolds.
The same action has the power to completely change the direction of one's life at this time.
However, many teenagers wander around, not knowing how to spend this time.
The disconnection and confusion from the world, especially after COVID-19, has further deepened this wandering.
"7 Weapons They Don't Teach You in School" is a self-help book for teenagers written by a psychiatrist with 30 years of experience and a YouTuber with 600,000 subscribers, based on counseling and interviews with numerous teenagers.
The author says that what today's teenagers need most is not grades, but rather essential life skills: the ability to organize their bodies and minds, the ability to build interpersonal relationships, and the power to put what they have learned into practice.
This book compares life to a 'game' and tells the story in a way that is suitable for teenagers.
We set the 7 abilities essential for living life as 'weapons', like weapons in a game, and introduce them in a 3-step strategy.
Step 1 is to get a well-maintained weapon (maintaining myself), step 2 is to make companions (establishing relationships with people), and step 3 is to go on an adventure (putting it into action).
Each weapon is accompanied by strategies and advice that can be implemented immediately in everyday life, so that children who read this book can experience the change for themselves.
Anyone from elementary school students to middle and high school students can easily read this book, and it will serve as a good guide for parents and teachers to read together and open up a conversation.
“It’s okay to fail more than 100 times in your teens.
Instead, I'll show you how to get back up again."
The author likens the teenage years to a time when you're wearing "lucky shoes" in a game.
An explosive period of extraordinary growth that occurs no matter what you do, and its validity period is exactly until the age of 19.
If you have the right weapons and a strong companion during this '10x EXP Event' period, you won't be afraid of any obstacles you encounter.
As we go through life, we all face numerous walls.
The most important thing at that moment is the ‘strength to get back up.’
If you train yourself with the seven weapons introduced in this book, you will learn how to turn failure into an asset for growth.
In this way, you will eventually gain the 'power to live' your own life.
Your teenage years are the only time when you can fail as much as you want.
No, rather, you must experience failure to develop true resilience, because failure is what allows you to grow.
This book provides specific and practical advice on the real-world issues that teenagers are most curious about and concerned about, such as career paths, interpersonal relationships, and anxieties about the future.
The author also gives honest answers to questions like, “Can I really turn what I love into a career?” based on his own experiences.
The many skills we need to navigate the countless choices, challenges, and moments of failure we face in life are not taught in school.
However, if you learn and prepare for them in advance during your youth, the process of going out into the world as an adult will be much easier.
In that sense, this book can be said to be a 'life strategy book' that helps teenagers equip themselves with their own weapons, grow in interpersonal relationships, and proactively move forward on the world stage.
You will gain the resilience to get back up after failure, the drive to push through to the end toward your goals, and the spirit of challenge to not be afraid of unfamiliar worlds.
“What’s more important than studying is how to live your life!”
A Life Strategy Guide for Teens from a Psychiatrist
Adolescence is a time when any stimulus or experience has an explosive impact on one's life.
It can be said to be a decisive moment in the game where the '10x experience point event' unfolds.
The same action has the power to completely change the direction of one's life at this time.
However, many teenagers wander around, not knowing how to spend this time.
The disconnection and confusion from the world, especially after COVID-19, has further deepened this wandering.
"7 Weapons They Don't Teach You in School" is a self-help book for teenagers written by a psychiatrist with 30 years of experience and a YouTuber with 600,000 subscribers, based on counseling and interviews with numerous teenagers.
The author says that what today's teenagers need most is not grades, but rather essential life skills: the ability to organize their bodies and minds, the ability to build interpersonal relationships, and the power to put what they have learned into practice.
This book compares life to a 'game' and tells the story in a way that is suitable for teenagers.
We set the 7 abilities essential for living life as 'weapons', like weapons in a game, and introduce them in a 3-step strategy.
Step 1 is to get a well-maintained weapon (maintaining myself), step 2 is to make companions (establishing relationships with people), and step 3 is to go on an adventure (putting it into action).
Each weapon is accompanied by strategies and advice that can be implemented immediately in everyday life, so that children who read this book can experience the change for themselves.
Anyone from elementary school students to middle and high school students can easily read this book, and it will serve as a good guide for parents and teachers to read together and open up a conversation.
“It’s okay to fail more than 100 times in your teens.
Instead, I'll show you how to get back up again."
The author likens the teenage years to a time when you're wearing "lucky shoes" in a game.
An explosive period of extraordinary growth that occurs no matter what you do, and its validity period is exactly until the age of 19.
If you have the right weapons and a strong companion during this '10x EXP Event' period, you won't be afraid of any obstacles you encounter.
As we go through life, we all face numerous walls.
The most important thing at that moment is the ‘strength to get back up.’
If you train yourself with the seven weapons introduced in this book, you will learn how to turn failure into an asset for growth.
In this way, you will eventually gain the 'power to live' your own life.
Your teenage years are the only time when you can fail as much as you want.
No, rather, you must experience failure to develop true resilience, because failure is what allows you to grow.
This book provides specific and practical advice on the real-world issues that teenagers are most curious about and concerned about, such as career paths, interpersonal relationships, and anxieties about the future.
The author also gives honest answers to questions like, “Can I really turn what I love into a career?” based on his own experiences.
The many skills we need to navigate the countless choices, challenges, and moments of failure we face in life are not taught in school.
However, if you learn and prepare for them in advance during your youth, the process of going out into the world as an adult will be much easier.
In that sense, this book can be said to be a 'life strategy book' that helps teenagers equip themselves with their own weapons, grow in interpersonal relationships, and proactively move forward on the world stage.
You will gain the resilience to get back up after failure, the drive to push through to the end toward your goals, and the spirit of challenge to not be afraid of unfamiliar worlds.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 17, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 360 pages | 488g | 145*210*21mm
- ISBN13: 9791130666945
- ISBN10: 1130666948
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