The other day, when I was watching TV, I heard the story.

"The guys who were popular, got good grades, and were popular with the opposite sex in school have not been successful in society.

I had been thinking that way for a long time, so I was deeply convinced that it was true.

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I have a hypothesis about the reason for this.

"Those who were popular, got good grades, or were popular with the opposite sex when they were in school will mistakenly believe that their working life is on the same continuum as their school days"

Of course, being easy and smart in a college period, can come in handy in the working world.

However, the life of a working adult is long, so, being the time for easy and smart becomes short.

At the end of the day, seriousness, honesty, diligence, and persistence are more important for a working person.

Why? It's not because they have value as human beings.

To be honest, it doesn't really matter.

In a nutshell, it is because working people have to fight a long-term battle.

I'd be in trouble if my partner is just easy and smart in a long-term battle.

I call this "integrity as a strategy".

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So, what I'm trying to say is...

I'm not easy, I'm not smart, and I'm not serious, honest, diligent, or tenacious.

I just think that it is natural that "I'm not socially successful".