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In the publisher's table of contents, this appears as the title of the sixth letter. It is a chapter that broadens the viewpoint of job hunting by considering how to face work itself, rather than spending time only on finding the right occupation from the outside.
The title of the ninth letter is 『Polish yourself and take action』. The official Audible description also presents this work as ten lessons that question the meaning of work, true success, and a happy life, and it links preparation with practice.
The official description likens entering society to a voyage, and shows that the purpose matters more than which ship you board. It shifts the question from the name of the workplace to what you want to do by working, and is the entrance to the whole story, which considers the axis of one's choices.
After each quote, we provide a TODO based on a fan's interpretation.
「世の中にはとても多くの、夢を実現した人が存在します。」
The opening of an excerpt published on the official website
Choose one person who does work that interests you, and look into the path they have taken
The essences and TODOs are fan interpretations, not the author's words.
devices in the story
The sixth letter, 『Do not search for what suits you』. The Letter Writer tells Ryota that aptitude cannot be known before actually doing something.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion follows the sixth letter, which looks not at aptitude decided while searching but at facts after taking action.
Before deciding whether you are suited or not, do a small task of a role that interests you a little, just once.
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The ninth letter, 『Polish yourself and take action』. Without waiting for the end of the ten letters, Ryota reaches the stage of putting his job hunting and his way of life into action.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion is made from the title of the ninth letter, which does not stop at preparation but offers what you have polished to others.
Practice one strength you want to offer to the place you are applying to, and use it in one of these: application documents, interview preparation, or work.
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The seventh letter, 『If you are in a hurry, take the long way』. Rather than the size of the ship or its crew, attention turns to what purpose that ship sails for.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion turns the metaphor in the official description, which puts the purpose of the voyage before which ship, directly into a question to write about.
Set aside company and job titles, and put into one sentence with whom and to where you want to go by working.
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Ryota Nishiyama, who found an advertisement in a study café, sends his first letter to 『手紙屋』 and begins a ten-letter exchange.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion lets you try, just as it is, the form in the story in which Ryota turns an abstract uncertainty into a letter and begins a dialogue.
Choose one person whose answer you would like to hear, and put your present uncertainty and what you want to realize into one letter.
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The first letter, 『Barter』. The Letter Writer sends Ryota a reply that looks at work anew as an exchange.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion follows the form of the first letter, which looks first at what you bring to an exchange rather than at the conditions you receive.
Write, in three parts, the time, wisdom, and work you can give to the place you are applying to or to the people you work with.
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The second letter, 『Your Title』. The Letter Writer tells Ryota about the relation between the names we give people and how those people behave.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsInstead of deciding another person by a single side, this suggestion links the good side you hope will appear with a specific action.
From someone's specific action, think of one good title, and tell it, together with that action, to the person or to an acquaintance you share.
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The fourth letter, 『Live the Life You Want』. Using the dream of being able to speak English as an example, Ryota considers the effort that balances it.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion turns the example in the fourth letter, which places a dream and its price on the two sides of the scales, into making a plan.
Set what you want to achieve, and the time and practice you will offer for it this week, on either side, and put them in your schedule.
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The fifth letter, 『A Person's Life』. The idea is presented of looking at a workplace not by size but by character and way of life, as one chooses a person.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion reproduces the form of the fifth letter, which looks at compatibility as one chooses a person, not only at a company's size or fame.
Picture the place you are applying to as one person, and write three points: its character, how it thinks, and who needs it.
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The eighth letter, 『Your Success Will Change the World』. Becoming a person who is needed is tied to the supporters beyond the wall.
This interpretation was checked against official descriptions and readers' recordsThis suggestion shrinks the eighth letter's reading, which imagines the supporters beyond the wall, into a single step right in front of you.
Choose one wall you face now, and write who will be helped by your work once you are past it, and today's step.
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You can also listen during spare moments, such as on your commute to work or school.
