ItalianoOn the November 24 (Thu) live broadcast of a TOKYO FM program that Takahashi Minami hosts as a personality, GACKT-san appeared on the 「Best 3 Sensei」 corner! Entitled 「GACKT studies」, he spoke about his own particularities and philosophies.
Showing off his body, that was trained like an athlete’s, on Instagram among other things, many are familiar with his stoic-ness. The motto of such a GACKT-san is 「do it with the confidence that you can definitely do it」. By believing that you’ll be able to do something as long as you don’t give up until the very end, and repeating to yourself that no matter how long it takes you’ll arrive at your destination, these thoughts will eventually turn into “I can definitely do it!” whenever you attempt start to anything. 「I think that those who give up halfway are looking at the wrong things. The difficult or painful things right in front of you will weigh down on you mentally. But, it’s important to visualise the you after getting through this. Just by always keeping the image of a good outcome before your eyes, any difficult event you’re going through will become enjoyable」 he said, building on his theory.
Also, he made an emphasis on “giving your all”. 「Everyone tend to say 『It’s impossible』 or 『It’s not suitable for me』, and other excuses like those but, to me, it’s a question of 『are you giving it your all?』. If you don’t want to do it then you don’t have to put in effort or anything. But if it’s something you really want to attain then you should give your all! That’s what I think」 he continued with his passionate words.
Having said these, GACKT-san himself had once given up halfway when he was in his teen, but the words that a certain someone said to him was the trigger that made him bring about a huge change in his feelings. 「Most of the people in this world know of something, remember it, think then move. But successful people have a different way with this, they know of something, remember it, move, then think about it, this is the only difference there is. Among the 4 factors “Know (知る)”, “Remember (覚える)”, “Move (動く)”, and “Think (考える)”, which do you think is the most important? When you line the 4 Japanese characters up, it says “知覚動考 which reads ともかくうごこう (Anyway, let’s move)”, showing you the answer right before your eyes. Simply thinking without moving has no meaning at all. Before you think, just do it!」 he said, emphasising the importance of making a move. To these convincing words by GACKT-san, Takamina was impressed, saying with a nod 「When facing a challenge, there will be lots of difficulties, but I’ll keep these words from today in my heart!」.
(TOKYO FM’s program 「Takahashi Minami’s 『Kore Kara, Nani Suru?』」 broadcasts November 24 2016)
Source: HEADLINES.YAHOO.CO.JP
Translation: GACKT Italia Team
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