Love What You Do

Last weekend, I watched a movie called Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Jiro, 85 years old is the owner of a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo. This restaurant has only 10 seats and located in Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to awarded a prestigious three-star Michelin Guide raring, and sushi lovers from all over the world come to eat the best and the most expensive sushi. You have to make your reservation an year before to eat there!! This documentary movie is about how Jiro made such an accomplishment in his life.


He was adapted when he was 9 years old, and simultaneously had work at a sushi restaurant. Surprisingly, he has been working more than 75 years as a sushi chef, and continuous improvement is still made by this super experienced guy!! I think I don't have to say anything if you had a chance to watch this movie, but his philosophy is basically "Love What You Do". It's very easy to find what you dislike from your job. He didn't chose his job because he automatically had to work rather than studying when he was adapted, but he loves his job which is the biggest part of his life.


I think you too, I sometime tend to complain what I'm not satisfied with at my office, but it creates nothing.. I could study what I wanted to study at my grad school, and I am working where I was always willing to work for. No complain, and love what you do!!


I think I have to stop writing about his story, and I leave the link to the web site of Jiro's movie, so don't miss it if you want to have a nice job and life!!


http://www.magpictures.com/jirodreamsofsushi/


Go for it!! Chuji.

Check Chuji out

I've had a nice holiday weekend. Running, surfing, and cleaning my room and car. Now, I'm reading LA times and HBR to read some useful information for local businesses. The biggest event in this weekend was that I attended the alumni association of my undergraduate university because 8 students from Japan are currently visiting LA to have some international internship experiences which program is what the international education department of company that I work for offers. Although part of this program's tuition was supported by their university, they invested their own cash to this three weeks internship program. It's not only the United States, Japanese youths are facing a hard time to get their job. The damage from the Tsunami, unstable economy and politic... a number of reasons that people have no employment opportunity come out, but I liked them because they have been trying to do their best for the coming tough time after their graduation. What they specifically do in this program is so diverse. They visit Japanese people who work in the US, they discuss about many affairs with American students, and they challenge the internship experience at different companies in LA.

At the alumni association, I spoke many topics to the student, but what I most remember is that I told them what they shouldn't do. Unlike passed years, we have too much information and most of the information is negative, so I told them to only work on what they can change, and don't even think about what they can't change. For example, worrying about how this internship experience will work in their career after graduation won't make anything, and what they can do is to make their best on one job to make an even a little positive change at their company.


Including me, I think people are too smart to understand how their world works, and they behave as if they already know what works and what else doesn't. "Such smartness is B.S!! I try as much as I have time to experience if it works or not" this is what I'm always saying in my mind.


"So you guys are still students which is your advantage, and don't be so picky from the beginning of your life stage. Do your best on what you can do, and don't even think about things out of our control such as economy, how your supervisor reacts to your job, and what happens 10 years later in your life. Long-term goal is just an OK item to have, Short-term goal might be a good item to prepare, but the ability to make your best performance today is the must weapon to maximize your success and happiness"


I was surprised how nice advice I could gave them:)


I woke up in this morning, and took a note by remembering what I said yesterday.
I know things are tough, but there should be things I can change to improve my life. Everyone can worry and complain about external situations.


So you don't have to check your Facebook and online news to think about what you can't control. Just check Chuji's blog once a week, and go back to your field to make changes!!!


Go for it!! Chuji,