October 21st marked the company's monthly Learning & Sharing Day for October. The theme of this month's sharing session was Mr. Kazuo Inamori's philosophy: "As a human being, what is right?" The session was led by Vice President Zhang, and our colleagues came fully prepared, eagerly sharing their learning insights and practical measures to apply the philosophy in both their work and daily lives.
This was already the fifth session in our study of Inamori's business philosophy, following "The Six Essential Elements," "A Compass to Fulfillment," "The Way of Working," and "The Way of the Heart," leading up to this month's "As a Human Being, What Is Right?" Each session brings us deeper understanding and reflection.
Indeed, this time each department drew on their practical experience with the Six Essential Elements and distilled concrete behavioral changes for real life and work, discussing their own in-depth understanding and practical experiences. For example:
- Regarding "Work harder than anyone else," the Finance Department proposed setting three specific goals to achieve through extra effort, measured across dimensions such as time and scope.
- The Sales Department, inspired by "Live with gratitude," discussed how to implement gratitude in practical, concrete ways in both life and work.
- The Business Department, reflecting on "Reflect on yourself every day," noted that self-interest is the greatest obstacle to altruism.
- The Administration Office, drawing on "Don't have sensitive worries," suggested that the best way to deal with emotional worries is to face, accept, handle, and let go of them.
- The Metals Business Division, inspired by "Be humble, not proud," pointed out that eliminating discriminative thinking is the root of true humility.
General Manager Liu, based on everyone's learnings and reflections, put forward a requirement: each person should set a happiness goal for themselves. Life is a journey of cultivation. To achieve our personal happiness goals, we must continually prune and organize along the way—discarding what is not good, preserving and developing what is excellent—so as to continuously elevate our mind and character, sharpen our souls, and contribute to the world and society.
