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Fictional stories are not just entertaining but can teach us many valuable life lessons. Here are 9 success tips from Assassination Classroom.

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1. Don’t just take mindless action; analyze the situation and develop a strategy

Attacking Koro-sensei wildly out of the blue didn’t result in much for anyone. 

Only through observation and careful analysis of his skills and habits did the attacks of Class E improve. 

Of course, seemingly mindless actions can sometimes prove an excellent method to gain more information for the attack. 

For example, detailed keyword searches in preparation for your blog articles can gain you more traffic. However, writing a completely unrelated blog post can uncover a new potential niche you wouldn’t have discovered on your own. 

In other words: Observe, analyze and optimize your way to success but sprinkle in some.

Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia can see this rule even more clearly.

2. Talent matters – so find and use yours

Tomohito Sugino wanted to excel at Baseball, but his taller and stronger teammates simply did better than him no matter how much he practiced. 

At least, until he finally figured out his unique talent, once he honed in on that and refined it, he could finally stand out on the playing field. 

Some of you might find it unfair that other people’s talent gives them such an advantage while you have to work extra hard to come even close. 

But the thing is that every one of us has an unfair advantage. 

The key is to stop focusing on others and instead find your talents and use them effectively. 

3. Kindness can be an effective weapon for revenge

Karma Akabane thought himself superior and enthusiastically attempted to kill Koro-sensei. 

Koro-sensei retaliated by being tooth-rottenly kind to Karma until he couldn’t take it anymore. 

This might seem more like a general life lesson than a tip for success but hear me out.

You will likely come across liars and cheaters on your way to success. 

This can be immensely frustrating as they seem to have it so much easier and many people even decide to join them in their get-rich-quick schemes. 

But cheating and lying is not long-term strategy. These people often get discovered and lose it all, or they have to live in the constant fear of being discovered. 

So instead of fighting fire with fire, you should continue doing things properly and stay kind. 

Not only will people notice this, and their regard for you will increase, but it will also make the scammers look even worse, which is nice revenge. 

4. You are never too good for advice

When Irina Jelavic, aka bitch-sensei entered the assassination classroom, she realized that no matter how successful she is, there is always something she can learn from others. 

Even when those other people are mere school kids. 

If you want to be successful in life, you need to stop assuming you know everything there is to know already. 

I don’t care how many books and courses on SEO you’ve consumed. There is always the possibility that someone out there can teach you just a tiny bit of new information.

5. Social skills are important for every career

You will benefit from good social skills, even if you choose a career that does not inherently require teamwork or customer contact. 

First of all, social skills will help you get hired for your chosen job. 

Second, you need to be able to put yourself into the customer’s shoes to truly deliver a service or product that aligns with their desires and wants. 

So no matter how uncomfortable socializing makes you, you should improve your skills.

6. Appearances matter, so make sure to polish yours

There is all this nice talk about not judging a book by its cover; however, everyone does it, at least subconsciously. 

Look at the students’ reaction as bitch-sensei and Karasuma-sensei appeared at the student assembly of Kunugigaoka Junior High School. 

Their good looks alone did wonders to raise the image of class E in the eyes of the student population.

Some studies show that this pretty privilege helps beautiful people achieve success more easily. 

However, your appearance doesn’t just depend on your beauty. It’s much more about how you present yourself with your attitude, body language, and clothing. 

I’m sure you can think of some actors or actresses that you started crushing on simply because of one role they played when ordinarily, you wouldn’t have been attracted at all to them. 

On the other hand, your beauty might come back to bite you if you style yourself in a way that makes you appear ‘doll-like and as if you were dumb. 

So be mindful of how you want to appear to the outside world. With some careful planning, it could aid your way to success tremendously.

7. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t put in the hard work

Karma is very smart. He gets good grades easily. That’s why he thought he didn’t need to study much for the upcoming exams. 

This caused Karma to have a rude awakening as his results were far behind those of his opponents.

He felt so utterly humiliated that he studied extra hard for the next exams. And low and behold, his natural intelligence and hard work resulted in outstanding grades. 

This is a beautiful example of why we should never rest on our talent. Talented or not, we should always work hard to succeed in our chosen pursuits. 

8. Use the embarrassment of failure to motivate you to work harder than ever before

I’ve already mentioned how Karma used his embarrassing grades as a motivation to work harder. 

But an even better example would be Chairman Asano, who teaches his son this same lesson rather brutally. 

The chairman talks about his humiliation of being beaten repeatedly on his first karate day. On the second day, he sat on the sidelines and carefully watched the fights. 

On the third day, he applied what he had learned and beat a black belt, swearing he’d never be humiliated like that again. 

Putting the unrealistic three-day mastery of karate aside, this story beautifully highlights how our darkest moments can become the catalysts for our brightest moments. 

It’s like the old story of stick and carrot: With a goal, you want to reach (carrot) and pain you want to avoid (stick), you will find the motivation to do what is necessary to succeed. 

9. Stop blindly following your parents’ plans and take charge of your life

Nagisa didn’t see much sense in fighting against his crazy mother for a long time. Instead, he repeatedly put his own wishes on the backburner to make her happy. 

He could have (and frankly should have) moved in with his dad when his parents split. Instead, he stayed with his overbearing and controlling mother.

It took a psychotic breakdown of his mother, a contract killer, and the intervention of Koro-sensei for Nagisa to finally put his foot down and take charge of his own life.

Remember, you only have this one life. This is your first and only chance at a great life; it is definitely NOT your parents’ second chance at their unfulfilled dreams. 

Everybody has their own definition of true success. That’s why you will likely feel unfulfilled even if you achieve your parents’ version of a successful life.

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These were just some of the success tips from Assassination Classroom. 

How did you like the Anime? 

Honestly, as utterly weird as the story’s whole concept is, I fell in love with the series within the first three episodes. 

Do you have any similar series to recommend? 

As always, we appreciate your input.

Until next time, Felicity Seeker! 

Do you love BNHA and are interested in self-improvement? Then these 9 success tips from My Hero Academia are for you.

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1. Resourcefulness trumps talent and makes up for disadvantages 

If you are resourceful, you can succeed under any circumstances. 

It doesn’t matter how much talent others have; if you utilize the tools and people around you more efficiently, you will do better than them. 

Midoriya is resourceful and can analyze any situation in mere moments and find the things others overlook.

Think about how he saved Bakugo from suffocating simply by throwing his backpack at the sludge monster while all the other heroes stood by waiting. 

Also, remember his quick thinking at the USJ when getting off the boat and on the minefield at the sports festival. 

People with much more useful quirks did so much worse in these situations simply because they lacked the resourcefulness to apply themselves properly. 

Improve your resourcefulness by always searching for alternative methods besides the most obvious ones. 

2. Don’t be a one-trick show pony

Eraserhead said it best when he told the students that a good hero couldn’t be a one-trick show pony. 

This is a sentiment that can be applied to any career. 

Sure, you might get lucky and have the one skill that is very valued at the moment. However, the market and its demands always change. 

You won’t survive by being competent in just one topic. 

You must continuously improve and learn more, or you’ll be left behind. 

3. When you’re scared to most, that’s when you have to smile and push ahead

Tough times build strong people. When everyone else despairs and gives up, the top 1% work harder and are more determined than ever. 

That’s also what makes All Might and Deku so great. No matter the obstacle, they charge ahead with a smile and determination in their heart. 

So the next time you feel like giving up because things get hard, you should get excited. After all, you are on the brink of a decisive moment in your life that will determine whether you belong to the top 1%. 

Choose carefully!

4. Don’t let other people’s small-mindedness stop you from going after your goals

The world of BNHA is full of discrimination and small-mindedness. Quirkless people and people with a “weak” or “villainous” quirk often have to fight extra hard to make their hero dreams come true. 

But because other people lack the imagination, resourcefulness, and determination to make it work doesn’t mean it is impossible for you. 

Just because All Might would have never become a hero without One For All doesn’t mean Izuku couldn’t have found a way to succeed quirkless.

5. Make sure to actually pursue your goals instead of only dreaming about them

While quirkless people can become heroes, they have to train extra hard to compensate for their lack of quirk. 

Unfortunately, that is the very thing Izuku didn’t do. 

Sure, he has been analyzing for a decade, a useful skill to have as a hero. Yet, unless he wants a desk job, he will also require physical fighting skills.

All his hero dreams would have been for naught, as we saw during the entrance exam, had he not gained One For All. 

His lack of fighting skills left him virtually useless during the exam. 

It shows that no matter how much you dream of your goal, you will never reach it unless you put real work into it. And not just any work but work that will give you the fundamental skills you need.

6. You will be able to help others the best by taking care of yourself first

Midoriya is nothing short of self-sacrificial, even more so than All Might. 

Both must often realize that their injured state keeps them from helping others to the best of their capabilities. 

It’s just like the airplane safety regulations always teach us: Put on your own oxygen mask first and only then help others. 

This can mean making sacrifices in the short term but being assured that it will pay back tenfold in the long term.

Another BNHA example is Oboro Shirakumo, whose heroic actions saved a group of children but cost him his life. 

Had he instead saved himself, he might have been able to save hundreds of lives throughout his career. 

Not an easy decision to make, but definitely one worth considering. 

In the real world, this can translate to doing your own homework before helping others, paying for your own needs and wants before donating to others, and writing more articles for your own Blog than others. 

7. If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together

Bakugo has a hard time working with others because he does NOT WANT to work with others. 

He is impatient and thinks he can do all the important things alone. 

This mindset served him reasonably well for a long time. 

However, sooner or later, there will come a time when you can’t go further by your capabilities. You will need help from others. 

Getting that help will be difficult, though, if you have alienated all potential allies by pushing them away. 

It might take longer, but it will serve you well to build helpful connections early on in life so that if you need them (which you will eventually), they will be there for you. 

8. People feel connected to a strong WHY, so define yours

Compare Shigaraki and the Hero Killer. Both kill heroes, but only one of them garners a mass of fans. Why? What differentiates them? 

As Midoriya so sharply analyzed, it comes down to ideology.

Shigaraki destroys just out of hate and to create chaos. 

The Hero Killer acts out of a sense of justice and wants to reform the Hero society by getting rid of those he deems unworthy. 

People can sympathize with the Hero Killer’s reasons. They understand what it means to be disappointed by shallow Heros. They understand the desire for more heroes like All Might. 

And just because they feel connected to the WHY, these people tolerate the highly questionable methods to reach these goals. 

It shows just what a powerful weapon a strong WHY can be, the stronger and more relatable your WHY, the less opposition you will find. 

9. Public opinion does matter

Of course, you shouldn’t become a people pleaser to reach success. 

However, an ‘I don’t care what others think of me-attitude can potentially hinder you severely. 

Look at Endeavor and Kanchan. Competent as they might be when using their quirk for fighting, they simply don’t care about the interests and feelings of those they are saving. 

They seem to think that the raw number of saved civilians determines who is the #1 hero. 

However, society is made of humans with feelings and biases, not machines. 

We will always feel more drawn to people that appeal to us personally, even though they might not be the best if you look at the numbers. 

Whether you want to succeed in your 9-to-5 career or in your own business, you should consider other people’s opinions to some degree, or else you’ll never reach your full potential. 

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These were 9 success tips that I learned from My Hero Academia. Of course, there are many more golden nuggets to find in the show. 

What is one lesson you have learned from Deku & Co.? We’d love to hear from you.

Until next time, Felicity Seeker!