Cotton Articles Ver.6.0

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引用：ITmedia, Stanford

自分がやっていることが、大好きな人がいる。その人たちの力は強い。
自分の求める物が実現するまで、それをやり抜く力がある。
 

ITmediaに、ソフトバンクの孫社長の決算発表の記事が載っていた。彼は決算発表の大半を使って、自分の使っているiphoneがいかにすごいかを色々な機能を利用してみせながら説明し、

”「iPhoneを持っている人とそうでない人では人生の速度が変わる。別人種と言っていいくらいの違いが出てくるだろう。本当に、面白くてかわいくてしょうがない」と目を細めた。”

という。いや、どこの世界でも社長は自分の会社の商品を賞賛するが、その賞賛の仕方が、本当に心から賞賛している。（くわしくは、この記事を参照してください。）
自分の人生を好きになるには、そのiphoneを作ったスティーブジョブズや、この孫さんのように、自分のやっている事を本当に好きな自分になる必要があるだろう。


最近、前いた会社の中興の祖である、Marvin Bower が社員向けに書いた、"Perspective on Mckinsey"本をやっと読んだのだが、その最後にも、彼の目指す組織が提供するものとして、彼の知人の記事を引用している。

”...
one of the greatest joys in the world is doing what you should do,
according to your particular interests and talents, with the utmost
dedication and discipline you can muster. Work then is no longer a
burden; it is a high form of self-expression and personal fulfillment"　


そう、仕事というのは、自分の興味と才能にも基づいて、自分が全てをかけれるものであるべきなのだろう。そして、それが出来ている人こそ、私が今、これからの時間をかけて目指すべき人たちなのだ。

なんという、シンプルなコンセプト。こんなことは、ほとんどの人は、言われなくても分かっている。とうの昔から知っている。常識以前の事実として共有されている。HOWEVER, それを実践出来ている人は少ない。
 
 


There are planty of people who are doing what thay like the most; the power of these people are tremendous. They are the people who can continue until they realize their dream.

 I read a article about Masayoshi Son, the president of SoftBank, speaking in front of jarnalists at a IR conference where he presented his companies’ business outcome from the second quater.
 He used up most of the time for explaining how great the iphone is by showing lots of functions and applications on his personal iphone without any help from his staffs and without any difficulty handling such a complicated device.

 He basically said " The speed of life will change if someone get iphone. We can almost say iphone people is diffierent human being to others. I can not stop repeating how cute and fun the iphone is."

 I know every CxOs on this Earth would prize what they are doing and what they are providing, but his way of prizing the device seems to me that he is really a fun of what the gudget can provide. (You can refer to Google transrated article from HERE)

 I felt that I should do what I really want to do in order to become myself loving myself, like this person, Masayoshi Son, or the iphone designer, Steave Jobs.

  I also felt the same feeling when I finish reading a book called "Perspective on Mckinsey" authered by Marvin Bower who built up the fundation of McKinsey & Company. Marvin wrote the book exclusively for the employees of the Firm, and presented, at the very last part of the book, what the Firm should provide to its associates and partners, which is THE greatest joys;


”... one of the greatest joys in the world is doing what you should
do, according to your particular interests and talents, with the utmost
dedication and discipline you can muster. Work then is no longer a
burden; it is a high form of self-expression and personal
fulfillment"


Yes, work should be something on which I can devote everything based on my curiosity and abilities. Further, those who practicing that should be the people I should aim to be by investing the remaining time I have on this Earth.

It is such a simple comcept that most people know or understand without repeating it. It is vartually a common sense in the society. HOWEVER, there are such a limited number of people who are trying to be.