It has been a long time since I finished reading "Living Method", but I have never had time to write my review. In fact, when I first came into contact with this book, I thought it was a chicken soup book as Fan Deng said, but how did Kazuo Inamori guide him to achieve one achievement after another through the altruistic business principles.
Inamori Kazuo is a Buddhist. In the past, we always thought that learning Buddhism meant reciting sutras. We even thought this was a sign that people would hide in temples and evade responsibilities during wars in ancient times. However, Inamori Kazuo told us that life and work are a practice, and how Buddhist perspectives can be applied in our daily lives.
In the book "Living Law", Kazuo Inamori clearly pointed out at the outset that "altruism is the starting point of doing business." He said: "The desire for profit is the driving force for people to carry out careers and various activities. Therefore, , Everyone wants to make money, and this "desire" is understandable, but this desire should not stay within the scope of pure self-interest, but should also consider others, and elevate simple selfish desires to the level of "great desire" for the pursuit of public welfare. This altruistic spirit will eventually benefit yourself and expand your own interests."
This reminds me of a story I read before: a rich man earned his first pot of gold through his own efforts. , and then built a villa. So someone advised him to find a Feng Shui master. The rich man also came to him with doubts. We agreed on a day to pick up the master at the train station. Along the way, the rich man avoided overtaking when he saw it. The master was very surprised and asked: Why did you avoid it all the way? The rich man said: If they are in such a hurry, there must be something urgent. When passing a zebra crossing, he encountered a child running out happily and stopped. After the child ran over, he did not start the car. The master asked: Why didn't he leave? He said that since the child was smiling so happily, there must be a companion chasing him behind him. As a result, another child ran out from behind. As he approached the door of his house, the rich man said to the master, "Let's wait before going in." The master asked why. He said that when he saw the longan tree moving, he guessed that the surrounding children were coming in to steal the longan. Entering now would frighten them and make it easy to fall off. Finally, the master said, please take me back to the train station. At this time, it was the rich man's turn to wonder, why? The master said that wherever you are, it must be a Feng Shui treasure.
This story illustrates that altruistic people will have clear vision, go far, and achieve long-term success. That is to say, the older generation teaches us that suffering is a blessing.
In January 2010, at the age of 78, he took over JAL, which had a debt of 2 trillion yen. Did you ever think that it would fail? When answering questions from the media, Kazuo Inamori said that he mainly considered two issues: If JAL goes bankrupt, it will have a huge impact and damage to the entire Japanese economy; in addition, it also means that more than 30,000 JAL employees will lose their jobs. rice bowl. Therefore, he finally agreed to take over JAL. But because I don’t know anything about the aviation industry and the service industry, I don’t have any confidence. Because I have a great reputation (taking into account the above two issues), I decided to give it a try. I never thought about success or failure, but I had to work hard to do well.
Being altruistic does not mean weakness
Kazuo Inamori emphasized that being altruistic does not mean weakness. Many people think that being altruistic means not fighting or grabbing, which seems to give people a feeling of weakness. But this is not the case. Being altruistic means that you need to be stronger and braver - only in this way can you protect your business and employees. While having a gentle altruistic heart, you must also have a firm belief and work as hard as anyone else to do a good job in the business.
This reminds me of Kazuo Inamori's mention of Kyocera's development in "Ganfa", and I feel that Panasonic is picky and unreasonable. In cooperation with Panasonic, Panasonic requires each supplier to maintain corresponding quality while reducing costs. Many suppliers shook their heads and refused to take the order when they saw that it was unprofitable. As a result, only Kyocera persisted and continued to optimize its technology to meet demand. It is Panasonic's repeated requests that give Kyocera the opportunity to challenge its own technology again and again. Therefore, many years later, we will have absolute pricing power and language power in this area.
He uses his bravery and persistence to lead the team time and time again, using the best technology to win respect and performance.
Kazuo Inamori also vividly used the Buddha statue as a metaphor: "Sakyamuni is very kind. In Buddhism, he saves everyone and the world. But next to the statue of Sakyamuni, There is also a fierce statue of a benevolent king. This also means that we must have a kind heart, but we must also act bravely to do these things.”