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Hello, this is Yasui, president of a company specializing in inspections of high-pressure gas facilities.
Here are my three recommended books.
Jeff Bezos — Invent & Wander
A great book for learning how to think from a long-term perspective.Stephen R. Covey — The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
A must-read for anyone who wants to live a better and more meaningful life.Robert Kiyosaki — Rich Dad Poor Dad
An essential book about money philosophy and taking control of your life.
Are you satisfied with the way you act each day?
Every movement, every decision.
It is surprisingly difficult to feel fully satisfied with all of our actions.
Lately, I’ve been thinking that having personal pride and principles is extremely important.
Pride is something internal. It comes from within yourself.
If you have personal guidelines or standards you live by, I think it becomes much easier to act in ways you can genuinely accept and be proud of.
Of course, when you work for a company or try to meet customer expectations, not everything will go exactly the way you want.
But if you remind yourself of your role and act with pride in that position, don’t you think better results tend to follow?
In business, we constantly have to respond to customer requests, expectations, hopes, and demands.
Until now, my mindset was simply:
“If it looks possible, we should do it.”
But recently, I’ve started to believe that we also need to embrace the choice of not overextending ourselves.
Don’t force yourself to do things you are bad at.
Don’t step into fields outside your expertise.
Don’t blindly outsource everything.
Of course, if we absolutely must meet an important expectation, there are times when we may still need to do those things.
But I think it is important not to assume we can handle every job in the world.
Ironically, understanding our limits is what allows us to consistently perform at our best.
When professionals handle something, work flows smoothly and naturally.
But when inexperienced people do the same task, it can take ten times longer.
And just because it took more time does not mean the result is better.
Even if a customer says, “It’s okay, we trust you,” that doesn’t suddenly mean you should supervise the construction of a luxury high-rise tower apartment.
Once you accept a job, deadlines become absolute.
And at the very least, you need enough understanding and knowledge to properly carry out the work.
Workload capacity, staffing, schedule, workflow—
many factors are intertwined.
We need to understand the limits of how much quality work we can realistically deliver while still being satisfied with the results ourselves.
That means managing the business carefully and maintaining balance so we do not overload ourselves with too many stressful projects.
Because when people carry too many high-stress jobs at once, there is a real risk of breaking mentally and physically.
We need to step back and objectively recognize when things are becoming dangerous.
I believe that awareness becomes the foundation for doing work we can truly be proud of—and for building healthier relationships with the world around us.
Let’s keep moving forward with one simple goal:
To deliver good work.
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