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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,