To obtain a foundation for happiness, we only need to understand the rules of this new era and make the right decisions at the right time. That’s the strategy to life.

＜Contents＞

This book on life strategies for a new era is the first work for young readers by bestselling author and Shinsho Taisho prize winner (for his Unspeakable) Akira Tachibana. There is a strategy to life, he insists, a way of living in this new era by which anyone can attain work, money, and happiness.

＜Excerpted Table of Contents＞

Introduction: There’s a strategy to life The World, Part 1: Life is a role-playing game

• Why are the children of wealthy people unhappy?

• Life is a tale Etc.

The World, Part 2: You create “yourself” among your friends

• You only make friends at school

• Differences in character and finding yourself Etc.

The World, Part 3: The rule for making what you love your job

• Childrearing doesn’t have large effect on children’s lives

• Companies are tools for making their employees happy Etc.

The Strategy, Part 1: Money

• Freedom means being able to say no to things you hate

• A society in which anyone can become rich Etc.

The Strategy, Part 2: Work

• The “salaryman” is an endangered species, its only habitat being Japan

• Nobody hates their company more than a “salaryman”

• Becoming rich in “lukewarm Japan” Etc.

The Strategy, Part 3: Love and Friendship

• “Happiness capital” determines your life

• Life strategies for the coming times Etc.

Conclusion: Hints for a happy life