Daisuke Miyatsu: Earning Power After Retirement — Start Now! Build It from What You Love
I have read the new book by Daisuke Miyatsu, an art collector and current professor at Yokohama University of Art and Design, titled “Earning Power After Retirement: Start Now! Build It from What You Love.”
Daisuke Miyatsu is best known for “Let’s Buy Contemporary Art!”—a Bible for art collectors—yet he has continued to publish art-related books ever since.
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The book is published by Nikkei BP. The editor is Tomoko Yukitake, who is deeply versed in art and also curated “The Absolutely Unmissable Art Exhibitions of 2020.” The pairing of a business-focused publisher and an art collector feels very much in tune with the moment.
Rather than worrying only about insufficient pensions or savings after retirement,
wouldn’t you like to spend fulfilling days working in a way that excites you?
From the depths of a struggling salaryman life, Daisuke Miyatsu found a new way of living through the art he loves,
and transformed himself into a professor at an art university—here is his practical method for living life as a “dual-track” player!!
As the copy suggests, the book proposes ways of living after retirement.
- Chapter 1 My “Dual-Track Life” Theory, Born from the Rock-Bottom Days
- Chapter 2 Practice! The Method for Awakening to the “Dual-Track Life”
- Chapter 3 Recommending a “Side Job” That Earns Money from What You Love
- Chapter 4 To Protect Your Main Career
- Chapter 5 Salaryman-Turned-Art Collector: Daisuke Miyatsu’s Direct Guide to Sharpening “Artistic Thinking”
- Chapter 6 Toward Mastery of the “Dual-Track Life”
“Pursue what you love and make a living from that path”—it sounds like a pleasant, dream-like proposition, but Miyatsu lays out in detail the practical steps he took on his journey from company employee to art-university professor. True to his role as a professor, there are also workshop-style sections that prompt readers to think for themselves, guiding you to actually use your head and translate the ideas into your own life.
The book strikes an exquisite balance between “I have to do this!”, “I could probably do this!” and “This looks fun!” Although the title centers on “how to earn after retirement,” the true thrust is a proposal to build your main career while extending what you love, and to open up a joyful, meaningful life through volunteering or a side job.
The book records how Miyatsu lives with purpose, thoroughly enjoying his activities in the world of art. It made me want to analyze my own strengths and environment and build a solid future of my own.
