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【What is the difference between success and failure of business?】 What do you think is the difference between success and failure of business? What would you say if asked to analyze a case of a restaurant doing great in the place where...

Most of us simply believe our work contributes to society or someone else, and also that that’s the reason why money is paid for work. In fact, we may have just wasted time in the name of work for things no one wants, and may no longer work for money.

An office environment well reflects a social structure. A typical Japanese office environment is hierarchical and cooperative (less privacy), which is completely different from the environment provided by remote work. Let's see how it has been changed in Japan in the post-Corona era.

【Speed and quality are not trade-off】 Leap before you look. Haste makes waste. These are famous ancient proverbs, meaning opposite to each other. It seems a speed-vs-quality issue has been long bothering us human beings. Speed, however...

【A hardship destined for Japanese workers】 You won't read to the end of this article because the average human attention span is down to only eight seconds. It's one second shorter than that of goldfish. I remember I read many articles...

Spending money seems as difficult as making it because we are likely to make a decision emotionally rather than rationally. Let me share an interesting paper by Harvard psychologists. "Money can't buy happiness. This sentiment is lovely, popular, and almost certainly wrong." One of the coauthors, Daniel Gilbert started the paper with such a sensational introduction, proposing the eight money principles to guide our spending.

【Autocracy was the need of the times】 An autocracy may be necessary in the very first phase of a business to make it take off in the harsh market battles. Especially new comers in the market are always exposed to kill-or-be-killed situ...

【The business world is a battlefield where wolves are killing each other?】 In the movie "Wolf of Wall Street," Jordan Belfort sounded off "I've been telling you guys not to take no for an answer, to keep pushing, to not hang up the pho...

Let's enjoy doing something inefficiently. What we will see after seeking efficiency is the world where humans are not necessary. The direct marketing is not good in efficiency and takes longer before bearing fruits, but it more than makes up for such disadvantages. We can communicate closely with customers, and it must be fun.

Malcolm Gladwell has written we must spend at least 10,000 hours to become a true master of any skill. It seems almost impossible for a generalist to aim for a specialist from today. Can we (generalists) escape this certain death?