Dr. NakaMats

Just caught this BBC series called “The Real…” which takes viewers off the beaten track of well-known cities. It so happened they were featuring Tokyo, one of my favorite cities. What caught my attention, however, was the profile of Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, a Japanese inventor who holds 3,000 inventions (more than Thomas Edison), a world record, including the floppy disk, the CD and DVD, the digital watch, the taxi meter, and some really wacky inventions (including his own brain food and coffee as well as the Love Jet sexual stimulation spray!). He even claims to have invented the cooking pot for his (and my) favorite Japanese dish shabu-shabu.

Dr. NakaMats is the quintessential Japanese and mad scientist rolled into one — geeky, tech-crazy, goofy, offbeat, campy, and lovable. And he’s most certainly very rich. In his smart house, he has a sound-proof bathroom all decked in gold, including a gold toilet bowl, where he comes up with his creative ideas (where else?).

Here’s an example of someone who became successful doing what he loves, with a natural curiosity about everything, who loves life (he plans to live to be 140!), and became rich actually creating things that are of use to society (OK, including things that aren’t, but he’s Japanese).

Watch the episode!

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Published:: December 8, 2007 / 1:46 pm

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We think about money all the time, whether we admit or not. After all, we can’t function without money. I have to say I do think about money a lot. I think about how to make more, how to keep more, and how to spend some.

Many of the goals we set in life are tied to money: retirement, vacations, a house, a brand new car, education, even changing the world. So thinking about money isn’t something to be guilty about. I think it’s even particularly good especially if we’re thinking about it in terms of providing for our family and doing something good for others.

Money-ology is about my insights and experiences about money, touching on work, career, business, and personal finance. It’s also about my chronicles of my own journey towards financial independence. By that I mean reaching the point where I don’t need to work (even if I choose to) to sustain my lifestyle and achieve my goals. To put a number to it, I’ve set this target to US$1 million. By when and how, you’ll discover in one of my entries.

I figure that since I think about money a lot, I might as well put my thoughts in writing, and see years from now how far I’ve gone. Learn with me as I go through this journey. Tag along for the ride!

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