Marie Kondo – On my Om

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020

Wait! Rakuten bought Marie Kondo?

I was reading this profile of Marie Kondo, the “spark joy and tidy up” guru from Japan, in Fast Company and learned that Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant had bought a controlling interest in Kondo’s company, KonMari, in August 2019. Somehow the news slipped my attention. All I remember that there were some rumors that she … Continue reading Wait! Rakuten bought Marie Kondo?

November 22, 2019December 31, 2019

The Kon Job

The ultimate objective of all influence is to sell us something. This is true even if the influencer is someone who has made a career out of telling the rest of us to get rid of things, eschew to excessive consumerism, and to own only things that spark joy. Yup, you guessed it right: Marie … Continue reading The Kon Job