40歲一定要養成的關鍵學習 By 佐佐木常夫
It’s a pretty short book with lots of pictures. I flipped through the book looking at the interesting sections. The book is mainly about what kind of behaviors we should have at work.
• Not just do things by one’s self. Should think about how to convince others to follow suit.
• Be a good employee to my managers. Not just at work but also on a personal level. This I think is mainly for the Japanese culture. I don’t think it’s necessary for the US workforce. It’s still good to bring gifts or snacks for everyone at work, but probably not asking managers to happy hours, especially the ones have families.
• Help the people under management improve themselves and promote. Delegation is important for them to learn.
• Use the connection of people on the same level in the hierarchy or the people went into the company around the same time. Both in the same company and outside right now.
• Need to prioritize tasks and let go of those non-essential tasks.
There’s a whole chapter about how to change own mentality in the unpleasant environment. I don’t have any resonance with it right now. It might be closer to Japanese corporate culture.
There’s also a chapter on personal life:
• Cultivate a hobby now for life after retirement but don’t be obsessed.
• Value the experience in the real world. Go out to see and feel with physical senses.
• Don’t be too stringent on money. Spend money on the things that will good for the future (think more broadly)
• Three categories of money: saving, expense, and investment
• Saving is for future and expense is for now
• Investment is the money that we can do without. Invest for more money, more happiness, or more personal/familial growth
• Books are not for showing off. Reading all those books but not applying any is just a waste. Find a few books that can get something new out of every re-read.
• Life needs courage, imagination, and some money
• Any relationship shouldn’t be cut off even low on the contact list. No need to be best friends with everyone but keep those connections alive. 君子之交淡若水
• Don’t sacrifice own happiness for others’ happiness. Think about building own happiness on the happiness of other people’s happiness.
• Not just do things by one’s self. Should think about how to convince others to follow suit.
• Be a good employee to my managers. Not just at work but also on a personal level. This I think is mainly for the Japanese culture. I don’t think it’s necessary for the US workforce. It’s still good to bring gifts or snacks for everyone at work, but probably not asking managers to happy hours, especially the ones have families.
• Help the people under management improve themselves and promote. Delegation is important for them to learn.
• Use the connection of people on the same level in the hierarchy or the people went into the company around the same time. Both in the same company and outside right now.
• Need to prioritize tasks and let go of those non-essential tasks.
There’s a whole chapter about how to change own mentality in the unpleasant environment. I don’t have any resonance with it right now. It might be closer to Japanese corporate culture.
There’s also a chapter on personal life:
• Cultivate a hobby now for life after retirement but don’t be obsessed.
• Value the experience in the real world. Go out to see and feel with physical senses.
• Don’t be too stringent on money. Spend money on the things that will good for the future (think more broadly)
• Three categories of money: saving, expense, and investment
• Saving is for future and expense is for now
• Investment is the money that we can do without. Invest for more money, more happiness, or more personal/familial growth
• Books are not for showing off. Reading all those books but not applying any is just a waste. Find a few books that can get something new out of every re-read.
• Life needs courage, imagination, and some money
• Any relationship shouldn’t be cut off even low on the contact list. No need to be best friends with everyone but keep those connections alive. 君子之交淡若水
• Don’t sacrifice own happiness for others’ happiness. Think about building own happiness on the happiness of other people’s happiness.
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