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					<description><![CDATA[This book will tell you where you are currently standing at in our fast-changing modern society. Although, the book was published in 2016, it's not yet too late for you to pick this and have a look. Get ready for "the 100-year-life" by adopting the information we can acquire from here.]]></description>
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<p><br><br>Hi! It’s konkaz (<a rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/konkazuk"><strong>@konkazuk</strong></a>) here.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I am going to feature some of the books I have read in English with my blog post from now on…&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></p>



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<p>But first of all, let me talk about some of my ideas that could be helpful for you to read English-written books efficiently.</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br>Reading a book requires some sort of patience and often takes some time to finish especially for those who don’t have a habit of doing it&#8230;<br><br></p>



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<p><br>In this modern age with lots of information from different fields surging in daily, out-putting is regarded as the most important procedure when you learn things.<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thus, how much you can explain the content of the book after you have read it, could be a barometer of how much you have absorbed what is written in the book .&nbsp;</h4>



<p><br><br>Nowadays YouTubers are conveniently posting the summaries of popular books on their YouTube channels. </p>



<p>There are lots of books I would love to read, however, how many books you can read a year is limited therefore, sometimes I make the most of it in order to collect some necessary information.</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>However, there is</strong><span class="has-inline-color has-black-color"><strong> a good deal of merit in reading actual book (physical or electrical) for the purpose of learning English</strong></span>.</h5>



<p><br>It’s because…</p>



<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">There are</span><span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color"> </span><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">particular words and expressions you will encounter which are essential to understand the structure of the content, and as you come across them so many times, these useful vocabularies will sustain in your head as English general knowledge by the time you have finished reading the book.</span></span></strong><br><br></p>



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<p><br>(But, of course, it is essential to output these vocabularies if you want to stick them in your head&#8230;)</p>



<p><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">Therefore, carefully selecting which vocabularies you are going to look into</span> will be deadly important.</strong></p>



<p>If your English level is still low, the amount of new vocabularies you come across each time you turn the page must be quite a lot. And if you pick every single new one you bump into in the book and check its meaning, it will take a good amount of time to finish even a single chapter, </p>



<p><strong>This slow process could greatly put you off and will be a good reason for you to give up reading.</strong><br></p>



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<p>And moreover, the initial purpose of reading the book, which is to understand its content could be involuntarily shifted to just learning new English vocabularies.</p>
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<p></p>



<p>(This probably is the worst case and there will be no point of reading a book!)</p>



<p><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">Therefore, I recommend you making good efforts to kill your desire of looking into</span><span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color"> </span><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">new vocabularies whenever you bump into them.&nbsp;</span></strong></p>



<p>It&#8217;s just a waste of your time trying to understand every word of the book in English.</p>



<p><span class="fz-20px">&#8220;<strong>Creating a habit of checking everything in details while you read will become a deadly obstacle in the future to develop your ability to understand the whole content of the book.</strong>&#8220;</span><br><br></p>



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<p><br>So, how do we proceed?<br><br>For example, there are those particular vocabularies and phrases that appear every time you turn the page.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Then, it’s time for you to find out the meaning of them.</p>



<p><strong>They are most likely the essential keywords to understand the content of the book.</strong><br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">No matter how many non-essential vocabularies you try to memorise, they will disappear from your head in due course, anyway.</h4>



<p><br><strong>Therefore, rather than wasting your time spending to nail the meanings of non-essentials, , it’s better moving on and trying to grab the structure and the key points even if your comprehension of the book can be… let’s say only 60% or so.</strong></p>



<p>And after that, once again, go back to the table of contents, and try to output what you have understood for each chapter briefly. </p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">This could be a very tough task, especially if your English level is still the beginner&#8217;s, however it will brush up your <strong>ability to summarise the content of the book in English.</strong></h4>



<p> </p>



<p><br>Anyway, that is enough of introduction…</p>



<p>The first book I am going to feature with this new series is… this one!<br></p>



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<p></p>



<p><strong><span class="fz-22px"><span class="fz-36px"><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"><span class="fz-20px"><span class="fz-24px"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">“THE 100-YEAR LIFE”</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color"> </span></span></span></strong></p>



<p>The book was co-written by London Business School’s professors,&nbsp;<strong>Lynda Gratton</strong> (management practice) and <strong>Andrew Scott</strong> (economics).<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">By the way, this book has been translated into Japanese with the title of <strong>“LIFE SHIFT” </strong></h4>



<p></p>



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<p>Although, the book was published in 2016, it&#8217;s not yet too late for you to pick this and have a look. The important thing is to live with the knowledge we can acquire from this book.</p>
</div></div>



<p><br><strong>This book will tell you where you are currently standing at in our fast-changing modern society.</strong></p>



<p>On the contrary, if you have not realized what is written in this book yet, the later you collect the information, tricker it gets for you to adjust your life to the change of time.</p>



<p>So, I guess those who were able to grab this book when it just came out are extremely lucky ones, and those who have acted in accordance with what is written in the book must be miles ahead of those who haven’t.<br><br></p>



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<p><br>In summary, what authors are trying to tell us in this book is…</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Since the life expectancy of human beings has been greatly extended, if you are still leading your life with last century’s concept and have not yet made any attempt to adjust your lifestyle to what is currently going on in the world, you will have an extremely tough time in the future.</strong></h4>



<p><br>In other words&#8230;<br><br><strong>the party is over!</strong><br><br></p>



<p>Anyway, I believe these three phrases&#8230;<br></p>



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<li><strong>&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</strong></li>



<li><strong>&#8220;Tangible assets”</strong></li>



<li><strong>“Intangible assets”</strong></li>
</ul>



<p></p>



<p>are the keys to understand this book, so let’s check them out!</p>



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    <ul class="toc-list open"></li><li><a href="#toc1" tabindex="0">&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</a></li><li><a href="#toc2" tabindex="0">&#8220;<strong>Tangible assets</strong>&#8220;</a></li><li><a href="#toc3" tabindex="0">Intangible assets</a></li></ul>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="three-stage-life"><span id="toc1">&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</span></h2>



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<p>As you go on reading, you will frequently bump into this phrase &#8220;<strong>Three stage life</strong>&#8220;.<span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">&nbsp;</span><br><br>The phrase has been labelled by the authors as&nbsp;<strong>“curse”</strong> because this dated concept is haunting many people’s head and is preventing them from preparing for their future&#8230;</p>



<p>And then, after briefly showing Human Mortality Database created by demographers to prove the reality of human’s 100-year life, they feature three hypothetical characters, which are&#8230;<br></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Jack</strong>&nbsp;(born in 1945)</li>



<li><strong>Jimmy</strong>&nbsp;(born in 1971)</li>



<li><strong>Jane</strong>&nbsp;(born in 1988)</li>
</ul>



<p></p>



<p>Each of them is characterised as typical of their generation.</p>



<p><strong>Subsequently, a series of scenarios for each character is set, and we can see how longer life expectancy will impact differently on each of them and how they should deal with it.</strong></p>



<p></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color"><strong>&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</strong> is a form of life plan which was established in 20<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;century,&nbsp;and is typically divided into three stages as&#8230;</p>



<p><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong>Education year</strong></span> ➡︎ <strong><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color">Working year</span></strong>&nbsp;➡︎ <strong><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color">Retirement year</span></strong></p>



<p>This form meshes perfectly with&nbsp;<strong>Jack</strong>’s generation who have been active through the second half of 20<sup>th</sup>century, and whose life expectancy is said to be about 70 years.<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">However, it won&#8217;t work fine for&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy</strong>’s generation with a life expectancy of 85 (who are, at this point, roughly between late 40’s and early 50’s)</h4>



<p><br><strong>This generation had been watching their parents’ generation (i.e.&nbsp;Jack’s generation) while they grew up, therefore the concept of&nbsp;“Three stage life”&nbsp;is deeply ingrained in them.</strong></p>



<p>Although&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy</strong>’s generation is aware of the fact that the time has been changing rapidly, most of them are yet under the spell of&nbsp;<strong>“Three stage life”.&nbsp;</strong><br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">And unfortunately, if they keep following the form of&nbsp;<strong>“Three stage life”</strong>, by the time they have realised that the situation is totally different from their parents’ time, towards the very end of their life, it will be too late to deal with the situation they are in. (ex. <strong>no savings, no skills that is required to get a new job, etc.</strong>)&nbsp;&nbsp;</h4>



<p><br>Therefore, here, authors are showing some examples of what sort of move each generation (especially&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy</strong>’s and&nbsp;<strong>Jane</strong>’s) should make as well as introducing some additional stages we could go about in order to overcome what is waiting for us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>This issue we need to deal with is not only for individuals but also for whole the society itself.</p>



<p>Even the law of the country, systems of the companies, etc. are still clinging onto the social norms of <strong>“Three stage life”</strong>, and their adaptation for the situation caused by the combination of technological innovation and longevity is said to be well running behind…</p>



<p><br></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="tangible-assets"><span id="toc2">&#8220;<strong>Tangible assets</strong>&#8220;</span></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="624" height="477" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/monney.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1638" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/monney.jpg 624w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/monney-300x229.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px" /></figure>



<p>First of all,&nbsp;<strong>Tangible</strong>&nbsp;[tændʒebl] means&#8230;&nbsp;<br></p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">real and not imaginary,&nbsp;perceptible by touch,&nbsp;</span></span>or&nbsp;<span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">having actual physical existence.</span></span></h5>



<p><br><br>And&nbsp;<strong>Asset&nbsp;</strong>[æset] means&#8230;</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">a useful or valuable thing or person</span></span> or<span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">an item of property owned by a person or company regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.</span></span></h5>



<p><br>Therefore, &#8220;Tangible assets&#8221;<span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;here basically mean… <strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">“money”</span></strong>.<br><br></p>



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<p><br>In this book, they indicate&#8230;</p>



<p><strong>your retiring year based on <span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">what sort of income you are currently earning, </span>and <span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">how much living expenses you will need to survive through the years after retirement&nbsp;</span></strong></p>



<p>…kindly in graphs with specific numbers.<br><br></p>



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<p>Well… having read this,&nbsp;&nbsp;I felt more like vomiting than it made me sweat, to be honest…</p>
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<p><br>But&#8230;  just like I had been taking things easy till I read this book, I presume many of us have only vaguely tried to envisage how our future in some decades will look like&#8230; and we never stop and imagine specifically like&#8230;<br></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>how much you will possibly have saved up, considering your yearly income?</strong></li>



<li><strong>what kind of future events will be taking place and how much you will need for them?</strong></li>



<li><strong>how fit you could be to be able to work?</strong></li>



<li><strong>if you are making some investments, how much it will have been made? </strong></li>
</ul>



<p><br>when you reach a certain age.<br><br><br><br><strong>This is absolutely a brain freeze situation.</strong><br></p>



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<p><strong>It&#8217;s simply no good, is it?</strong><br><br><br>Speaking of generation, I’m pretty much in&nbsp;<strong>Jimmy</strong>’s, but with no specific skills,&nbsp;therefore, considering my current age and what will be needed for my kids’ future, it looks like&#8230; if I don’t act immediately to acquire some good skills and knowledge which are required to live in modern society, I will be very likely to find myself entering old age with insufficient resources.<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">One of the reasons why I have started writing blog post is that I thought I would be able to learn lots of things from writing skills to IT-related matters.</h4>



<p><br>And furthermore, they are warning that even those who already have great skills will struggle, if they don’t constantly update them in order to adapt to the needs of fast changing time.<br></p>



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<p></p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading">The outlook for the future of state pension system with pyramid scheme does not look good at all (It looks absolutely doomed in Japan with formidably falling birth rates), therefore individual’s early start of investing money will be crucially important (for especially<strong>&nbsp;Jimmy&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Jane</strong>’s generations) and we need to pass this information on to our kids’ so that they can prepare for their future.</h5>



<p><br>In that sense, I felt like I had seen the light of hope when I heard the news back in March that financial education which includes leaning about investment trust, household budget management, etc. will be added to home economics class in high school in Japan commencing in April 2022.<br><br></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="intangible-assets"><span id="toc3">Intangible assets</span></h2>



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<p>While&nbsp;<strong>“Tangible assets”</strong>&nbsp;are the<strong> &#8220;ones having actual physical existence&#8221;</strong>, <strong><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">“Intangible assets”</span></span></strong> ares the <strong>&#8220;ones without physical presence&#8221;</strong>.</p>



<p>Therefore&nbsp;<strong>“Intangible assets “</strong> are the assets other than money. <br><br>For example&#8230;.<br></p>



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<li><strong> relationship with members of your family or with your friends.</strong></li>



<li><strong>knowledge and skills you have acquired.</strong></li>



<li><strong>your mental or physical health</strong></li>
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<p><br>are to be included.</p>



<p>When it comes to “asset building”, people tend to think about “saving money”, but authors are indicating that establishing&nbsp;<strong>“Intangible assets “</strong> is far more important in this book. </p>



<p><strong>That is because working on&nbsp;“Intangible assets “ will, actually, directly affect with building up&nbsp;“Tangible assets”.</strong><br><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="510" height="242" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7642" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat.jpg 510w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat-300x142.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat</figcaption></figure>



<p><br>As one of the scenarios for&nbsp;<strong>Jane</strong>’s generation and the one that is younger than hers, it is recommended that they explore the world from their early stage in order to experience many things, and try to make efforts to create relationships and acquire good skills which could lead to establishing<strong> “Tangible assets”</strong> in the future, before they get stuck by forming a family.</p>



<p>Incidentally, (I’m digressing a bit here, but…) one of my favourite Japanese bloggers called<span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color"> <strong>“</strong></span><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">hitode”</span></strong>, whose website I referred to a lot when I was setting up my blog site in the beginning, is also mentioning about the importance of <strong>“Intangible assets”</strong> in the field of blog writing in his<span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color"> </span><a rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://hitodeblog.com/reason-start-blog"><strong><span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color">“Merit of blog-writing”</span></strong></a> article… so, if you are interested, please check it out!</p>



<p>And finally, having mentioned about the importance of creating <strong>“Tangible assets”</strong>, authors are pointing out that&#8230;<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">with current system of the society, there is the fact that low income earners are forced to work long hours and this will limit their time for creating relationships, and their expense to keep up their good health conditions, therefore, at the end of the day, only limited number of people with a certain amount of assets will be able to make the most of the gift of 100-year life.</h4>



<p></p>



<p>…sounds absolutely dreadful&#8230;<br><br></p>



<p>Anyway, this is it. What I have done here is only picking some “key phrases” for reading this book.</p>



<p class="has-key-color-color has-text-color"><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="tadv-background-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><strong>Hence, in order for you to take a first step, and also to feel the urgency of the matter, I totally recommend you reading this book&#8230;</strong></span></span></p>



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<p>👉 <a rel="noopener follow" target="_blank" href="https://www.konkaz.com/the-100-year-life-jp/">*Japanese version of this blog post</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[日本では、「ライフ シフト」（100年時代の人生戦略）というタイトルで出版されている、リンダ・グラットンさんとアンドリュー・スコットさんによる「THE 100-YEAR LIFE」。洋書で読んで、人生のキーワードを英語で学ぼう！]]></description>
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<p><br><br>どうも、　コンカズ&nbsp;(<a rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/konkazuk"><strong>@konkazuk</strong></a>)&nbsp;です&nbsp;。<br><br><br>今回から英語で読んだ本の中からコイツはっ！ってのを、ちょこちょことフィーチャーしていこうかと思います。<br></p>



<div class="wp-block-cocoon-blocks-balloon-ex-box-1 speech-wrap sb-id-13 sbs-stn sbp-r sbis-cn cf block-box"><div class="speech-person"><figure class="speech-icon"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bubble-0001.jpg" alt="" class="speech-icon-image"/></figure><div class="speech-name"></div></div><div class="speech-balloon">
<p>初回ってことで、まず英語の本をどうやって読んでいったらいいかってのを前置きとしてやっときます。</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br>まずはじめに、本を一冊読むってのは結構な労力がいるし、読書が習慣になっていない人にとってはそれなりの時間がかかるかと&#8230;<br><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="624" height="412" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/reading-01.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1449" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/reading-01.jpg 624w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/reading-01-300x198.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px" /></figure>



<p><br>いろんな分野からの情報が、日々大量に押し寄せてくる今の時代、自分が学んだことをちゃんとアウトプットできているか？ってことがすごく重要視されています。<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">読書においては、本を読み終えた後に、その内容をどれだけ人に説明できるか？って事がその本の中身をどれだけ理解(吸収)したかを知るバロメーターになってきます。</h4>



<p><br>その一方で、最近では便利なことに、YouTuberの人達がいろんな本の内容を短時間にまとめて動画で説明してくれていますよね。<br><br><br>気になる本はたくさんあるんけど、結局のところ、一年に読める本の量なんて限られてくるので、必要な情報を得るために、僕も時々お世話になってます。<br><br></p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">しかしながら、英語学習の目的でパリッと読書をすることにはそれなりのメリットがあります。</span></strong></h5>



<p><br><br>それは本を読み進めていく過程で、</p>



<p><strong>重要なキーワードや特別な表現方法に何度も遭遇することによって、読み終えた頃には、それらが自然に英語表現の形で頭に残っている</strong></p>



<p>ということです。<br><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="510" height="340" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kranich17.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7332" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kranich17.jpg 510w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kranich17-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">image by Kranich17</figcaption></figure>



<p>（もちろん、それらを定着させるためにはアウトプットをすることが重要になってきますが&#8230;)<br></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color"><br><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">そのためにも、調べる英単語の選択には、十分に気をつけなければなりません。</span></strong><br></p>



<p><br>あなたの英語のレヴェルが、まだあまり高くないとしたら、ページをめくるたびに目の中に飛び込んでくる、知らない英単語の量は必然的に多くなってくると思います。<br><br><br>しかしながら、それらすべての意味をいちいち調べていたら、1つの章を読み終えるのにも、恐ろしい時間がかかってしまいます! <br><br><br><strong>そしてこれは、あなたが読むのを途中で諦めてしまう原因にもなりかねません。</strong><br><br></p>



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<p>更には、内容を理解するという読書本来の目的が、知らず知らずのうちに単なる英単語の勉強に変わっていってしまいます。w（経験談💦）</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br>こうなってしまったら、英語でわざわざ本を読む意味がなくなってしまいますよね。<br><br><br>っていうことで、</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>知らない単語にぶつかっても、極力その英単語の意味を調べたい欲求を殺す努力をしてください。</strong></h4>



<p><br><br><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">スミからスミまで完璧に英語を理解しながら読書を進めるなんて、正直時間のムダです。</span><br><strong><span style="color:#19448e" class="tadv-color"><br></span></strong><br><br><span class="fz-18px">「<strong><span class="fz-20px">細かい所にこだわるクセがついてしまうと、それがかえって内容全体を理解しようとする能力を</span></strong></span><span class="fz-18px"><strong><span class="fz-20px">育てる</span></strong></span><span class="fz-18px"><strong><span class="fz-20px">邪魔をしてしまいます!!!</span></strong>」</span><br><br></p>



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<p><br>それでは、どう読み進めていけばいいかというと&#8230;</p>



<p>例えば、ページを何回めくっていっても、何度も何度もしつこく出てくる同じ英単語やフレーズが必ず出現してきます。<br><br>そうなったら、<span class="has-inline-color has-black-color">そこではじめてその意味を調べましょう。</span></p>



<p><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">それらは十中八九、その本を理解する上でのキーワードとなる重要なヤツです。</span></strong><br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">ザコ単語は必死になって覚えたところで、どっちみち後で頭の中から消えてしまい、忘れてしまうのがオチです。</h4>



<p><br><strong>そんなザコ単語にムダな時間をかけるのはやめにして、60％（または半分）ぐらいの理解だったとしても気にせず、さっさと読み終えてしまいましょう。</strong><br><br><br>そしてそのあともう一度、最後に目次を読み直してみて、一章に関して１コメントずつでも良いので、自分の理解したことを簡単に英語でアウトプットしてみましょう。<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">はじめはかなり大変だとは思いますが、ここで試行錯誤することによって、あなたが<strong>理解した内容を、頭の中で英語で組み立てる能力</strong>が身に付いてくるようになります。</h4>



<p><br><br><br><br>&#8230;と言うことで, 前置きが長くなりました。<br><br><br>第一号で取り上げるのはこの本。<br><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="338" height="499" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the-100-year-life.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7170" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the-100-year-life.jpg 338w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/the-100-year-life-203x300.jpg 203w" sizes="(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">image from Amazon</figcaption></figure>



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<p><br>教授としてロンドンビジネススクールで教えている二人、<strong>リンダ グラットンさん</strong>と<strong>アンドリュー スコットさん</strong>によって書かれた&#8230;</p>



<p><strong><span class="fz-32px"><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"><span class="fz-28px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="tadv-background-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><span class="fz-36px"><span class="fz-14px"><span class="fz-18px"><span class="fz-20px"><span class="fz-22px"><span class="fz-24px">&#8220;THE 100-YEAR LIFE&#8221;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="fz-18px"><span class="fz-20px"><span class="fz-16px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="tadv-background-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong></p>



<p><br>「100年も生きちゃうよっ!」<br><br>「アナタ今のままでこの先大丈夫？」って感じですかね。<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="ちなみに日本語ヴァージョンでは-life-shift-というタイトルで出版されています">ちなみに日本語ヴァージョンでは<strong>「ライフ シフト</strong>」というタイトルで出版されています。</h4>



<p></p>



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<p>2016年に出版された本ですが、まだまだ手遅れではありませんよ。大切なのは、この本の内容を頭にブチ込んで、学んだことを意識しながら、毎日を暮らしていくことです。</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br><strong>この本を読むことで、目まぐるしく移り変わっていく現代社会においての、現在のあなたの立ち位置が、まず明確になります。</strong><br></p>



<p><br>反対に、この本の中にある知識を今あなたが持っていないとしたら、(この本を)手に取るのが遅くなればなるほど、あなたの変化に対応するためのスタートポイントが遅れてしまうという事になります。</p>



<p>と言うわけで、出版と同時にこの本をゲットできた読者は、たいへんラッキーな方たちですね。<br></p>



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<p><br>二人の著者からのメッセージを要約するとしたら&#8230;</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>現代人の寿命は確実に伸びてきているため、みなさん従来のコンセプト<strong>を捨てて、</strong>勇気を出して時代にあった生活スタイルに変えていかないと（または何も考えずにのほほんと暮らしていると）人生の後半に辛い思いをしますよ。</strong></h4>



<p><br>と脇腹に痛恨のジャブを入れてくれる内容です。<br><br><br><br><strong>もうお遊びはおしまいって事です。</strong><br></p>



<p><br><br>この本を理解するには、おそらく次の三つ&#8230;<br></p>



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<li><strong>Three stage life</strong></li>



<li><strong>Tangible assets</strong></li>



<li><strong>Intangible assets</strong></li>
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<p>がキーフレーズとなってくるので, ここではこれらの周りの内容をサクッと説明していきます。<br></p>



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    <ul class="toc-list open"></li><li><a href="#toc1" tabindex="0">時代遅れの「３段階人生」からのライフシフト</a></li><li><a href="#toc2" tabindex="0">&#8220;Tangible assets&#8221;</a></li><li><a href="#toc3" tabindex="0">&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</a></li></ul>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="three-stage-life"><span id="toc1">時代遅れの「３段階人生」からのライフシフト</span></h2>



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<p>この本を読む上で &#8220;<strong>Three stage life</strong>&#8221; という言葉が頻繁に出てきますが、著者はこれが多くの人にとって、時代の変化に対応しようとする際の妨げとなる <strong>”curse&#8221; (呪い)</strong>と述べています。</p>



<p>さらに筆者は、この本の冒頭で人口統計学者(達) ”demographer(s)”<strong> </strong>によるデータ（例えば、イギリスや日本などをはじめとする先進国に2007年に生まれた場合、50％の確率でその人達の寿命は100歳を超える！）を表示。</p>



<p><br>ここで３人の異なる世代に生まれたキャラクター</p>



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<li><strong>Jack</strong> (ジャック・1945年生まれ）</li>



<li><strong>Jimmy</strong>（ジミー・1971年生まれ）</li>



<li><strong>Jane</strong>（ジェーン・1998年生まれ）</li>
</ul>



<p><br>を、それぞれの世代の典型として登場させます。<br></p>



<p><br><strong>そして、この３人にシナリオを設定し、それぞれのキャラクターが、急速に移り変わっていく今の時代をどのように生き抜いていくべきかと、繰り広げて行きます。</strong><br></p>



<p><br>&#8220;<strong>Three stage life</strong>&#8221; とは&#8230;</p>



<p><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong>学校教育時代</strong></span> ➡︎ <span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong>労働時代</strong></span> ➡︎ <span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong>退職後時代</strong></span></p>



<p>と、人生は大体この3つの段階に分けられるという、20世紀に築かれた典型的な人生設計の型みたいなもの（終身雇用の時代ですね）で、これは20世紀後半をアクティブに生き抜いてきた人生70年世代の<strong>Jack</strong>さんの世代には完璧にマッチします。<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">ところが問題は<strong>Jimmy</strong>さんの世代（ただいま40代後半から50代前半の方たち）です。</h4>



<p><br><br><strong>この世代は、自分の親、つまりJackさんの世代を見ながら育ってきてしまっているため、&#8221;Three stage life&#8221; のコンセプトが体に染み付いてしまっています。</strong></p>



<p><strong>Jimmy</strong>さんの世代には、時代が移り変わっていることには気づいてはいるものの、<strong>&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</strong>の呪いが解けずに、なんとかなるだろう的な感覚でいるまま、変化に対応するための行動を起こさずにいる人たちがたくさんいます。<br><br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">そしてこの <strong>&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</strong> の型に沿って感覚的に人生を送っていると、人生のかなり後半になって初めて、自分の親の世代とは状況が違うということに気づくハメになり、その頃にはいろんな面において手遅れな状態 (ex. <strong>金は残ってない、そんでもって社会に必要とされるスキルもないので職もゲットできない</strong>&#8230;など）になってしまっています。</h4>



<p><br><br>この問題は、個人だけではなく社会全体においても、国の法律や企業のシステムが時代の変化に対応せず、いまだにこの <strong>&#8220;Three stage life&#8221;</strong> の型にしがみついている状態のものが多いため、大変ヤバイ状態にあると言えます。</p>



<p></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="tangible-assets"><span id="toc2">&#8220;Tangible assets&#8221;</span></h2>



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<p><br>まず、<strong>Tangible </strong><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> </span></span><span class="has-inline-color has-grey-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">[tˈændʒəbl]</span></span><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> </span> (タンジブル）とは日本語で、</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><strong>”触れて感知できる、実体的な、有形の、はっきりと形のある”</strong></span></span></h5>



<p><br>という意味。</p>



<p><br>そして<strong>Asset</strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> </span><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> </span>[ǽset] (アセット）は </p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><strong>”「資産」とか「財産」, またはその人にとって役にたつもの［こと］，価値あるもの&#8221;</strong> </span></span></h5>



<p><br><span class="has-inline-color has-black-color">という意味を持っているので、</span><br><br><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">”<strong>Tangible</strong></span></span><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"> <span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">assets&#8221;</span></span></strong> といえば基本的に<span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">「<strong>お金</strong></span>」のことを指します。<br><br></p>



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<p>この本では、<br><br><strong>具体的な数字を出して、今現在の収入を考慮に入れてあなたがリタイアできる年齢</strong>、<strong>リタイア後を生きる時間に対してどれぐらいのお金が必要になってくるか&#8230;</strong> <br><br>などをグラフで親切にもわかりやすく表してくれているのですが&#8230;<br><br></p>



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<p>いやぁ&#8230; 低収入の僕としては冷や汗タラタラどころか、吐き気をもよおしそうってのが正直なところです。</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br>僕がそうだったように、皆さんの中にもたくさんいると思うんですが、何十年後も先の将来なんてやっぱり<strong>なんとな〜くでしかイメージしていなくて</strong>、自分がその年齢に達した時に、<br></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>今の年収からして、自分が将来どれぐらい貯蓄できているか？</strong></li>



<li><strong>どんなイベントがあって、そこにどれぐらいの出費があるか？</strong></li>



<li><strong>その年齢になった時に、働くためにどれぐらいの体力が残っているのか？</strong></li>



<li><strong>投資をしているのであれば、どれぐらいお金が貯まっているのか？</strong></li>
</ul>



<p><br>なんて、一度立ち止まって具体的に想像することなんてまずないと思います。<br></p>



<p><strong>まさに思考停止状態。</strong><br><br></p>



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<p><strong>でも、これってやばくないですか？</strong></p>



<p>僕は、限りなく<strong>Jimmy</strong>さんの世代寄りで、しかもこれといったスキルも持ち合わせていないので、年齢的なことを考慮に入れてみても、直ちに社会に必要とされる知識や技術を身につけていかないと、将来的にも収入源さえ危うくなってきます。</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">このブログを始めた理由も、半分はブログを書くことを通していろんな役立つ知識を得るためです。</h4>



<p><br><br>更には、時代の移り変わりが速いため、すでに今現在の時代に必要とされるスキルを持っている方々も、時代に合わせてスキルをアップデートしていかないと、結果的には同じように痛い目に会うことになると書かれています。<br><br></p>



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<p></p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading">ピラミッド型の年金システムも将来の見通しが絶望的（特に少子化問題を抱える日本は暗黒世界）である以上、個人レヴェルでの投資の早期スタート（特に<strong>Jimmy</strong>さんと<strong>Jane</strong>さんの世代）が重要になってくるので、僕たちの世代は子供達にそういうことを伝えて、準備していかなくてはなりません。</h5>



<p><br><br>そういう意味では、今年３月に発表された “日本で、2022年の４月から信託投資などの金融教育が高校の家庭科においてスタートされる” というニュースを耳にした時には、少しだけ希望の光が見えたような気がしました。<br><br></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="intangible-assets"><span id="toc3">&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</span></h2>



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<p>”<strong>Tangible assets&#8221;</strong> が<span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">「</span><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">形のある資産</span></strong></span>」を意味するのに対して、<strong><span class="has-inline-color has-blue-color"><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"> は、「</span><span class="has-inline-color has-green-color"><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">形のない資産</span></strong></span>」を意味します。<br></p>



<p>ということで <strong>&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</strong> には「<strong>お金以外の資産</strong>」<br><br>たとえば&#8230; <br></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">家族や友達との関係</span></strong></span></li>



<li><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">自分の持っている知識やスキル</span></strong></span></li>



<li><span class="has-inline-color has-indigo-color"><strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">肉体面や精神面での健康</span></strong></span></li>
</ul>



<p><br>といったものが含まれます。<br></p>



<p>『資産形成』と言われると、お金を貯めることにみなさん目を向けがちですが、著者はこの <strong>&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</strong> を築き上げることの方がはるかに重要だと本の中で指摘しています。<br></p>



<p><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><strong>なぜなら、この &#8220;Intangible assets&#8221; を築き上げることが実は ”Tangible assets&#8221; を築き上げるのに直接つながってくるからです。</strong></span><br><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="510" height="242" src="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7559" srcset="https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat-1.jpg 510w, https://www.konkaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Nattanan-Kanchanaprat-1-300x142.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat</figcaption></figure>



<p><br><strong>Jane</strong>さんの世代や彼女よりも若い世代に対して、筆者は１つのシナリオとして、家庭を築き上げて身動きがとれなくなる前に、人生の早いうちからたくさん冒険をして、いろんな経験を積み、将来的に”<strong>Tangible assets&#8221;</strong> を築き上げるのにつながるであろう人間関係を広げたり、スキルを身につけていくことを薦めています。</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color"><br>僕がブログを立ち上げる際に、いろいろ参考にさせていただいた<span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color"><strong><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="tadv-background-color">ブロガーのヒトデさん</span></strong>も</span>、<strong><a rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://hitodeblog.com/reason-start-blog"><span style="color:#4e6084" class="tadv-color">”ブログの可能性について”</span></a></strong>という記事で、（ブログを書く上での）<strong>&#8220;Intangible assets&#8221;</strong> の重要性について述べているので, 興味のある方は読んでみると参考になると思います。<br></p>



<p>”<strong>Tangible assets&#8221;</strong> を築き上げる重要性を述べる一方で著者は、<br></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">低収入労働者は長時間労働を強いられるが故に、人間関係を広げるために費やす時間や、健康を保つためのに費やせる費用も限られてくるため、今の社会のシステムのままではある程度の資産を持った一部の人間だけにしか、100年ライフの恩恵を受けることができない&#8230;</h4>



<p><br>という問題も取り上げています。<br></p>



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<p>アイタタタッ&#8230;</p>
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<p></p>



<p><br>とまぁこんな感じですが、ここでは単にこの本を読んでいく上でのキーワードを取り上げたに過ぎません。<br><br>行動するための一歩を踏み出すためにも、そしてそのための危機感を直接感じるためにも、ここは<strong><span style="color:#333333" class="tadv-color">実際に本を手に取って読んでみることをオススメします。</span></strong></p>



<p>意図的なものなのか、１ページごとの文字数もキチキチに詰まってはいない本なので、意外に読みやすいかと思います。</p>



<p>と言うことで、興味のある方はコチラからどうぞ。👇</p>



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<p>それではまた、次の機会に&#8230;<br></p>



<p>コンカズ</p>



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