2015-09-09
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What I wrote while listening to the lectures of other speakers at an omnibus lecture at Tokyo Metropolitan University. The speaker said, âItâs all about connections.â
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When I was a student, I hated old men who said âconnections are important. Now that I am an old man, I understand what they were trying to convey. I now think that there was a discrepancy between my interpretation of the word âpullâ and their interpretation of the word âconnectionsâ.
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I used to think of connections as something determined by luck, like having great parents, but there is no way that an old man giving advice to students would say that such âthings that cannot be done by oneâs own effortsâ are important. Of course they are talking about âconnections that can be made through effort. How are these made?
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The way to make it is this: âBefriend people. Befriending them in the past will help you, but messing with them in the past will make them bounce back.â You canât make connections that will help you later by laughing and exchanging business cards. It is made by helping others first.
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mamoruk What I think is important: 1. be faster (= more capable) than others. When merging on the highway, donât slow down. Continuously improve your ability.2. Be friendly with people. Befriending the past will help you, but bullying the past will bounce back.3. Health first. Mental health too.
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So I think what Osan meant by âconnections are importantâ was, to put it in a way that was easy for me to understand at the time, âHelp those around you so that more people will help you when you are in trouble, and that is important. No one ever taught me that much, though.
relevance - Give & Take begins with Give - pay-forward
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