CRAFTING THE LIFE YOU LOVE | CAREER REINVENTION
Japan’s “Do-Nothing Guy” Reinvented Work after Receiving Awkward Feedback from His Boss
An unusual case of career reinvention that will make you laugh and rethink work and success.
I was very intrigued when I came across an article about Rental-san in the Washington Post.
Shoji Morimoto, 38, lives in Tokyo and has been offering himself for rent since 2018 to do… nothing.
Captivated by his story, I conducted some digital detective work and found that more than 235,000 users follow him on Twitter as of writing. His bio reads that he is offering to do nothing except eat and drink for 10,000 YEN. On his profile, he also shares the links to four Kindle books that he wrote.
The idea of paying for someone to accommodate us to do a specific task is nothing new. For years, we have been able to find someone for wide-range activities with our fingertips. For example, the website RentAFriend reports that today, there are over 621,585 friends available for rent worldwide.
So, what made this story or Rental-san’s service stand out from others?
