Inamori Kazuo founded two Fortune 500 companies before the age of 52. At the peak of his career, he suffered from gastric cancer. After treatment, he converted to Buddhism. At the age of 78, he was ordered to turn the bankrupt JAL into a profit. In just one year, he led JAL to become the first in the industry.
Kazuo Inamori's success, to a large extent, can not be separated from the efforts of individuals, or from Kazuo Inamori's philosophy of life - especially serious life. Let's review his autobiography "living especially seriously" and experience Inamori's 42 life wisdom.
Live a colorful and fruitful life
Looking back on my life, since the founding of Kyocera, I have worked tirelessly to build an excellent enterprise that allows employees to work with peace of mind.
Thanks to the help of all parties, the enterprise has grown rapidly. Now, the sales of Kyocera has exceeded 1 trillion yen, and the sales of KDDI (Note: Japan's second largest mobile operator) has exceeded 3 trillion yen. Many employees not only get material security, but also have dreams for the future and work hard every day.
However, is it the ultimate goal of my life to make the enterprise bigger and stronger? When I asked myself again, I thought the conclusion was negative.
If someone asks me, "what is the purpose of life?" I will answer without hesitation: "temper your soul."
No matter how much wealth, status and reputation they have accumulated, they cannot be brought to that world. When death comes, there is only one thing that can be taken away, that is "soul".
At the age of 74, I thought that death did not mean the end. Give up all the things created in this world and start a new journey with your own soul.
If so, then the purpose of life is to die with a slightly better and nobler soul than at birth.
All kinds of tests we have encountered are trials of our souls. Sometimes, we will deviate from the right path. At this time, we should seriously reflect and continue to work hard. It is in this process of unremitting efforts that the purpose of our life is reflected.
Some people may think that life is more suffering than joy. Why did you encounter so many hardships? They may even feel resentful.
However, it is at this time that we should have the idea that suffering is an opportunity for us to temper our souls.
What is the way of life? My thinking is: in the long journey of life, there are peaks and valleys, and there are ups and downs. We should step by step and move forward in a down-to-earth manner. In this process, we will temper our soul and improve our minds.
We should regard life as a training ground for the soul, and make unremitting efforts and efforts. In this way, as travelers of life, we can truly feel the meaning of life and live a colorful and fruitful life.
The following are the classic quotations from "living especially seriously", which we have compiled into 42 pieces of Inamori's life wisdom.
1.About leaders
one
Operators themselves must take the lead in setting an example, work hard, operate seriously, keep improving and persist. In the process of improving your mind, you can expand your business. First of all, we should temper our minds to form an excellent personality.
two
If you really want to do a good job in the company, make the employees proud and feel the joy of work, then you must devote all your efforts to the cause, make self sacrifice and devote yourself to the happiness of the employees and the development of the company. Without such dedication, one should not be an operator.
three
Whether employees have a sense of pride in their work depends on whether the operators have a correct understanding of this work and whether the operators have lofty ideas.
four
The strength of the company lies in the hearts of mutual trust and the bonds between them.
five
If it is said that "one must choose between ability and character", then I will answer unequivocally: "character is the most important."
six
Because of the different personalities of the people who control it, ability can develop in both good and bad ways. So personality is more important than ability.
seven
From a long-term perspective, compared with those so-called outstanding talents who are half hearted, those who are slightly retarded but work hard can achieve great work.
eight
Another important point is whether this person has an incomparable love for his work and the company, and whether he has the dedication of hard work and dedication.
nine
People who are resilient and willing to work hard, through long-term work, not only temper their personality, but also improve their ability. In their later years, they will bloom big flowers. I think that's the so-called life.
ten
If you want to do a good job of the company and improve the profits of the enterprise, you must make customers, traders, shareholders and all people around the enterprise satisfied and happy.
eleven
If you want to succeed and make profits, you must have a good heart to do your best for others.
twelve
Do your best for the society and the world. If you want to do a good job in the company, altruism is indispensable.
thirteen
For those who are serious and honest, God will surely take care of them. If you want to live a beautiful life, first of all, your heart must be filled with beautiful thoughts, and you must work and live seriously.
2.About work
fourteen
If you hate the injustice of society and always hold this attitude, your life will not be smooth.
fifteen
The road of life is long. People have to live and work in the real world for decades. Therefore, it is very important to have an infatuated attitude towards the work you are engaged in after stepping into society. If you love your work, you will pour out a force to urge people to continue to study hard. At the same time, if we continue to make unremitting efforts and tirelessly study, ponder and innovate, we may reach the realm of being known as celebrities and masters.
sixteen
Don't wait for the boss to tell you what to do. Instead, every worker should understand the meaning of the work and consciously muster all the energy to do a good job. Otherwise, no results can be achieved.
seventeen
If there is such a thing as luck, it can only be caught in adversity.
eighteen
What you think in your heart will lead your life to a good direction or a bad direction. Therefore, in order to live a better life, we should constantly think about the correct attitude we should have.
nineteen
When I stepped into the society, the first company I worked in taught me that no matter how bad the environment is, no matter how desperate the situation is, if I just complain, escape from reality, hesitate and hesitate, my life will never change.
twenty
I think that the happiness of a person's life depends on whether you take the initiative to make efforts to like the job you were given at the beginning of your life.
twenty-one
As the saying goes, "only when you like it can you become an expert". There is also a saying "persistence is victory". If you love your work hard, persevere and keep improving, you can exert great power. People who are known as geniuses, celebrities and experts are the result of unremitting efforts to do seemingly monotonous work for many years. I believe that only those who continue to work hard can achieve outstanding success.
twenty-two
If you don't really like the monotonous and simple work, you can't work tirelessly throughout your life. At the same time, to like your work, there is no other way but to work hard. That is to say, if you cherish your life, then you have to keep working hard and take the initiative to like what you are doing.
twenty-three
What kind of work is worth liking? For young people around the age of 20 whose values and outlook on life have not yet been finalized, they can not make a correct judgment. It is childish and ridiculous to think that you can make a decision immediately after you know why. Don't be self righteous, but try to like the job you happen to meet in your destiny and try your best to do it well. This is the right answer to life.
3.About enterprise operation
twenty-four
"Only those who can completely abandon their selfishness, including their own lives, can achieve great things." This sentence condenses the most important thinking, which is applicable not only to the economic sector, but also to all walks of life. I firmly believe that the necessary condition for a leader lies in self-discipline and public service.
twenty-five
For business operators, the so-called business talents and talents, as well as the strategies and tactics needed in conducting business activities, have high requirements. In addition, in a technology-based enterprise, technicians must first have excellent talents.
twenty-six
In my opinion, modesty is the first of the personality qualities that leaders should possess. The more talented you are, the more modest and honest you should be. To put it further, we should not put too much emphasis on ourselves. In other words, leaders should be impartial, put personal interests aside for the time being, and must think about what collective happiness is and take action for it.
twenty-seven
As long as I have the opportunity, I will take "Japan first, the world first" as the slogan and constantly emphasize it, and take great pains to improve the aspirations and morale of all employees, including myself.
twenty-eight
There is only one way for a nameless and weak enterprise to survive, that is, to decisively accept products that other companies can not do and refuse to do.
twenty-nine
Always use the "future progressive tense" to view your ability. "You can't do it now, but you can do it in the future!" As long as we believe in this, exert our tenacity, challenge the limit, and persevere, the final problem will be solved.
thirty
I have always taken "pursuing the happiness of all employees in both material and spiritual aspects" as the main purpose of my business.
thirty-one
Before talking about business talents, talents and talents, it is most important that the operator, as the leader of the enterprise, has the corresponding noble personality.
thirty-two
No one who puts himself first is fit to be a leader.
thirty-three
In the field of enterprise management, no matter what group, people who want to be "leaders" should not consider their own interests too much. We need to show courage. Even if we sacrifice our personal interests, we should give priority to the development of the team we lead.
thirty-four
Like "tenacious ties", people's hearts are the most reliable link between people. "Once we form an alliance, we will sacrifice our lives." In my opinion, there are such strong interpersonal relationships in the world.
4.About life
thirty-five
I set my life as 80 years. I divided it into 20 years after birth, which is the preparation period before stepping into society.
thirty-six
Thinking and doing good deeds can bring good results; Thinking and doing bad things will bring bad results.
thirty-seven
When I thought of this step, I decided to pour more enthusiasm into the activities of making contributions to society.
thirty-eight
The real purpose of life is to cultivate a compassionate, kind and beautiful heart. Even if it is insignificant, it should try its best for the society and the world to temper its soul.
thirty-nine
To temper one's soul and make one's soul beautiful, elegant and full of compassion is the purpose of life. Beyond that, life has no other purpose.
forty
"When you live in the world, you must make some contributions to society and the world. You can give people a kind word, treat people with a smile, and so on. Even small things can be done, so that people around you can feel 'it's good to have you!'. This kind of life attitude is very important and the value of life lies in it."
forty-one
There is only one life. We must take a sincere and serious attitude with the word "special". This continuous and unremitting efforts can make life better, cultivate noble personality, and temper the innate soul more beautiful.
forty-two
If you want to live a happy and beautiful life, first you must purify your mind a little. In this way, as the external reflection of your mind, your life will be happy and beautiful.
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