[The Tokyo Imperial Meiji Shrine in 2008]
When you leave a shrine so piously, you might like to hear a certain song sometimes.
http://ongakukan.music.coocan.jp/musicstudio/3-sa/msubaru.html
A Useful Book A Lawyer Wrote
(Un avocat a écrit un livre utile.)
A Japanese lawyer wrote in his bog that he once read a book written by a senior lawyer on skills of negotiations only to get unimpressed.
He actually met the author in real business who came to negotiate on behalf of a certain client. He was also unimpressed by the opponent lawyer’s skills.
But, the lawyer in his blog praised another book written by another senior lawyer.
(http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/humannet53/53068998.html )
I happened to buy the book to find interesting points as below:
(1) The Pareto Principle should be well understood.
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The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Business management thinker Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy went to 20% of the population. It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., "80% of your sales comes from 20% of your clients."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
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For example, if you are elected as a Parliament member in any election district, 20% of voters for you are friendly supporters; 60% of them are essentially cool or neutral in preference for you; and the last 20% are just enemies of your opponent(s).
(2) Only 1 in 8,000 takes honor than big money.
Once in Japan, a widow tried to fire a friend of her late husband. The two men had been close friends and cooperated in management of a company the latter owned. Yet, she doubted if the friend of her late husband still honestly contributed to management of the company she then took control of, probably because he had more important business of his own.
But as the director was a close friend of her deceased husband, she asked the author, namely a lawyer, to go and tell him on behalf of her to leave the company. So, the lawyer met the director whose salary in the company was yearly six million yen (60,000 dollars) or so which was not so small as a part-time director’s income in a small or midsized firm then.
And, the moment the director understood the mind and will of the wife of his late friend, he accepted the request and said to the lawyer, “I will put my signature on the letter of resignation here and now (though I have been making my best to support the company in my own way, taking everything into consideration).”
There was, however, no need for negotiations in this case, since the leaving director did not request a retirement allowance at all.
The author, namely a lawyer, wrote that this is the only case that somebody took honor than big money on a scene of negotiations involving, of course, a lawyer, in his experiences of dealing with total 8,000 people in such a situation in this Japanese society.
(3) Take into account a probability of 30% for any accident to happen in business negotiations.
I have my own theory on this point of issue, but...
(http://shinshomap.info/book/4569659365.html )
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That is all for today.
But, when somebody speaks ill of you working honestly, be glad since Heaven knows your honest work and praises your patience.
Indeed, Jesus Christ never negotiated.
(EEE Reporter will never negotiate.)
But, who is allowed to negotiate with God? Satan? Oh, my goodness and the Buddha!
(Have a nice weekend! I will be busy working this Saturday.
Help poor Tibetans!
Have an interview with poor and peace loving people, since G8 Summit in Japan and Olympic Games in Beijing are coming soon!)
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Heb 5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Heb 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.