Dry method: This is probably the most "positive" work concept in the world.

If you win a huge lottery, it will be enough for you to eat, drink and have fun all your life. Will you choose to continue working? I think few people will give a positive answer. Although work occupies the most time in our lives, it is a necessary evil that most people have to do.

"If it weren't for money, who would want to work!" This sentence should be able to express the voice of most people. Nowadays, it is common for young people to dislike work, hate labor and pursue enjoyment. More and more people hold the attitude of "life first" and only regard work as a means of making a living and making money. However, if we want to succeed in our career and be happy in life, work is the only way for most people. And those who successfully change their destiny and get a happy life are all people who love and even are obsessed with their jobs.

What the book "Doing Things" tells us is precisely the concept and method of working to get a happy life. Ganfa was written by kazuo inamori, a sage of Japanese businessmen. It was published in Japan in 2009, and immediately became a super best seller. It was republished within one year 19. Kazuo inamori is the only surviving one of the four Japanese management sages (the other three are Kōnosuke Matsushita, Akio Morita and Honda).

He has run three enterprises in his life. 1959, aged 27, founded kyocera (which later became the company with the highest market value in Japan) with his bare hands; 1984, aged 52, founded KDDI, both of which are Fortune 500 companies. In 20 10, at the age of 78, he took over the management of JAL, which was about to go bankrupt. In just 10 month, JAL turned losses into profits, creating the highest profit in the history of JAL. This profit margin was also the highest among global aviation enterprises in that year.

When kazuo inamori wrote this book, he was deeply worried about Japanese society-in the era of material prosperity, young people lost the most important concept of labor, that is, the basic concept of work. Kazuo inamori holds that "tell the younger generation the purpose, significance and methods of work!" The mission of writing this book. Today, this book also has reference significance for us. And the content of this book may refresh your three views-work view, labor view and values. Kazuo inamori's personal experience, experience and thinking for more than 70 years have fully expounded his work view.

Kazuo inamori said in the preface: "The content of this book is just a simple' view of labor' that I have produced from my superficial life experience and thinking. But at the same time, this is an unshakable' belief' that I have gained from my personal experience for more than 70 years. It can also be said that it is a correct' philosophy' that has been proved by practice. " The book focuses on the following three questions: First, "Why should we work?" The second one is "How to make yourself fall in love with what you are doing?" The third is "How can I work well?" These three problems are related to every worker, and they are also the most important and unavoidable problems in everyone's life.

This book starts with the most fundamental work value "what do we work for", and then talks about the concrete solution to the problem "most people don't like what they do". Finally, the author gives a series of general working methods that have been verified by himself. It can be said that in this book, kazuo inamori brought us not only his own effective "dry method", but also the "secret" he discovered in the process of doing it. Next, let's follow the author to explore the "secret" of work.

? The question of "why to work" is the most important and fundamental question in the concept of work. Understand "what are we working for?" More important than "how to work". Knowing the meaning of work will naturally change your attitude towards work, work hard and fall in love with it.

The greatest value that the book Gan Fa brings to the world is that it truly and profoundly reveals the meaning of work. To some extent, human life and the meaning of life are supported by the meaning of works creation. If you really understand the meaning of work, you have the key to understand the meaning of the whole life.

Kazuo inamori thinks it's understandable to work for money, but he doesn't understand the true meaning of work. He just regards it as a tool to make money, and it is easy to fall into two pits:

The first is the working state of "hate work". Because the purpose of work is only to make money, work is bound to become an act that people have to do and are forced to do. However, how many people can have a favorite attitude towards things that are forced to do nothing? Complaining about work, "Monday syndrome" can be seen everywhere. The second is the mentality and behavior of "quick success and quick success, unscrupulous means". Because the purpose of work is to earn enough money, it is easy for people to focus on "trying to earn a lot of money, preferably making it easy". So is there any way to make big money easily? Of course, it is opportunistic, get twice the result with half the effort, and even get something for nothing.

Kazuo inamori believes that the correct order of the purpose and meaning of work should be: the second purpose and meaning is "working for money"; The purpose and significance of media is to "work for providing high-quality, overestimated customer value and social value"; The purpose and significance of the first class is to "work for improving the mind and cultivating the soul".

For the purpose and significance of the best work, we can understand it from the following two aspects: on the one hand, work can enhance the soul and cultivate personality; On the other hand, work can reverse life and change fate.

Work improves the mind and shapes the personality.

It is difficult to improve a person's mind, and some monks may not be able to achieve it after long-term strict practice. However, work can. This is the meaning of work. Hard work can hone a person's character and mind. In the process of hard work, your fragile mind can be tempered and your personality can be improved. Those people with heavy and steady personalities have honed their minds through long-term unremitting work.

The book tells the story of a carpenter in his seventies who just graduated from primary school and has only been engaged in building shrines for decades. He was very tired and sometimes wanted to quit, but he endured and overcame all kinds of hardships, worked hard and devoted himself to research. In a conversation with kazuo inamori, he said, "There is life on the tree, and you must listen to the sound of this life when you work. When using the Millennium old wood, the exquisiteness of our works must stand the test of the Millennium sun and moon. " This touching language cannot be separated from the mind and character of calm persistence and Excellence. And this character only comes from the persistence and hard work of an ordinary job for decades.

Work changes life and destiny.

Of course, work can not only improve our minds, but also change our lives. In other words, the improvement of mind and personality itself can bring about changes in life. Kazuo inamori's story is the best proof.

Before the age of 23, kazuo inamori lived a hard life. First, I failed in junior high school, and then I got tuberculosis. Then I dragged my weak body and failed in the second grade exam. At the same time, my home was burned to ruins because of the war. When I was admitted to the university, I was not satisfied. My first choice was not accepted, but only entered the engineering department of a local university. I can't find a job after graduation. Later, I was recommended by my teacher and entered a small company that made electric porcelain bottles. The answer I got in the first month after I went to work was "Please wait for my salary." After a while, all the young people who joined the company with him left. In the end, kazuo inamori became the only college student in the company who lost money year after year.

Kazuo inamori watched his colleagues forge ahead with their own merits, but they had nowhere to go, which was very distressing. Are you going or staying? Forced to this point, he woke up instead. Kazuo inamori made an important decision: bury yourself in the work first! No more complaining, no more wavering, and sincerely face your work with a positive attitude.

However, because of this decision, kazuo inamori's life has undergone radical and dramatic changes. After that, no matter what the situation is, I will look forward with a positive attitude, work extremely hard at any time and continue to work hard. Then, something incredible happened. Kazuo inamori made rapid progress in his work. Four years later, he founded Kyocera in this company. Life has entered a new state, full of hope and continuous success.

Kazuo inamori hopes to tell young people who are confused and in trouble through his own story that hard work can change their lives in the face of any difficulties and setbacks. Work is the most honorable, important and valuable behavior in life, and it is also the Dojo of self-realization and personality perfection. And our time should have such a profound and correct view of work.

Some people may say, I also know the meaning of work, but I am not so lucky as others to do the work I like, so I can't love my work. In fact, the chance of meeting a job you like is probably less than one in ten thousand. Most people are young and can only start from jobs they don't like. The problem is that most people have a negative attitude of being unwilling to accept and having to do jobs they don't like, and they are dissatisfied, complaining and complaining. This is related to the second question in the book: how to make yourself love what you are doing?

Kazuo inamori believes that there are two choices to live a full life. One is "doing what you like" and the other is "making yourself like work". For most people, the former is hard to find, while the latter can be achieved through their own efforts. In this process, there are four methods that are particularly worth learning.

First, change your mind and bury yourself.

At first, kazuo inamori was not interested in new ceramics, which was similar to many young people's complaints. But kazuo inamori told himself, "Even if you can't love work soon, at least you should get rid of the negative emotion of' hate work' from your heart. With the continuous in-depth research and experiments, I don't know when he was deeply attracted by the charm of new ceramics.

At first, half of them forced themselves, but soon they became active and liked the research. Later, they went beyond the level of liking and felt the great significance of this work. In the following decades, he not only led enterprises to be second to none in this field, but also became an expert and pioneer in this field.

Kazuo inamori's life experience tells us that "mission" or "love" is not met by chance, but created by himself. Kazuo inamori said that if you like your job, this alone can determine your life. People are like this, no matter how hard they try, they can tolerate what they like. As long as you work hard and make unremitting efforts, many things can be successful.

Secondly, fall in love with work and devote yourself wholeheartedly.

It is said that 99% people don't like what they are doing. It's not that they're not interested, maybe they didn't do it well. People always say that they are really interested in other things. And this feeling is often because you haven't started to do it, and you haven't suffered setbacks in it. In this way, not being interested becomes an excuse to try and go back a little.

As everyone knows, how can you be interested without in-depth and full investment? If you always dabble in one thing, you will naturally not appreciate its beauty and will not be interested. Change your mind, change your mentality, and devote yourself to a certain job for a long time. Your understanding and feelings may be completely different, and everything may enter a virtuous circle: like-work hard-gain strength-make achievements-get praise-prefer work. People in love will never feel bitter no matter how hard they work. When they learn to love their work and continue to invest, a virtuous circle begins.

To do a good job, you can't separate "work" from "yourself". You should realize that "you are your work and your work is your own", that is, you should devote yourself and love your work wholeheartedly. If you lack such a deep love for your work, you can't grasp the essentials of your work. If you like your job and the products you make, you will find a solution when problems occur.

Kazuo inamori tried various methods to make the water-cooled composite water pipe dry evenly without cracks. Finally, he decided to sleep with a hose. Lie down near the stove at night, carefully hold the water pipe on your chest, and turn the water pipe slowly all night, in this way to dry it and prevent deformation. Although it seems incredible to others. However, it was with this investment that kazuo inamori successfully completed the manufacturing task of "water-cooled composite water pipe".

Third, I am good at discovering emotions and happiness in my work.

Learn to rejoice in your small success, such as the smooth completion of a job or the praise of others for your work. We should take this joy and emotion as spiritual food. Kazuo inamori believes that in the long journey of life, the best tenacious way of life is to have a touched heart, treat life sincerely, take the energy brought by touching as the driving force and work harder!

There is a story in the book: kazuo inamori jumped up from the ground happily because an experimental data was in line with his original idea, and said to his research assistant, "Hey! You should also be happy! " Unexpectedly, this young man with a particularly clever mind looked at him with a contemptuous extension and said, "If you say something rude, it's rare for a man to jump with joy." But judging from your appearance, you are always dancing happily and even ask me to be happy with you. I mean, are you frivolous or reckless? "

The other party is very rational, but kazuo inamori can't accept his point of view anyway. Immediately retorted: "What did you say? Because a little success can make you feel happy and moved. How nice! If you want to stick to this boring research and have research results, you should be sincerely happy and celebrate every little success. This kind of joy and emotion can inject new motivation and courage into our work. Whether you call me frivolous or rash, I will still be happy for every little success in the future, and I will move on. "

Two years later, his assistant quietly resigned and left the company. If he, like kazuo inamori, is happy with his small success and uses it as the motivation to work harder, the result may be completely different.

Finally, make yourself a spontaneous combustion person.

There are three kinds of substances: flammable, nonflammable and natural. Similarly, people can also be divided into three types: the first is "combustible" people who ignite, and the second is "non-combustible" people who cannot ignite. Such people are often eliminated by the company. The third type is "spontaneous combustion" people, who can burn themselves. The so-called spontaneous combustion people never wait for others to tell them to do it, because they work after being told, but they are proactive people who do it spontaneously before being told, provided that they are all people who love their work.

Spontaneous combustion people often have the courage to work in the "whirlpool center". No matter what you do at work, you need an energetic core person to coordinate the assistance of your boss, subordinates and people around you. Such a person will become the center of all people, just like a rising airflow rising from the ground, involving all people and driving the whole organization to act together. People who actively lead and drive people around them to work in a variety of ways like this are "people who work in the center of the whirlpool."

If you are not the center of the whirlpool and just follow everyone around it, it is difficult to realize the real pleasure of work. Let yourself enter the center of the whirlpool and actively embrace the people around you, and you can taste the kind of boldness after success. Of course, it takes courage and courage. If you dare to take the initiative, have a sense of problems and love your job, you will "create a whirlpool" and make it turn.

At this point, we understand the true meaning of work and the secret of how to make ourselves fall in love with work. Finally, let's talk about the working methods that everyone is generally concerned about, which is also the part that has been expounded in the book "Dry Method". To sum up, if you want to finish your work well, you can't do without these points.

Number one: Set high goals.

First of all, constantly set high goals and infiltrate this strong desire into the subconscious. Only by constantly believing will this wish become a will and your subconscious mind. However, this must be a strong desire, so strong that I forget to eat and sleep, miss it very much, think and think, and only think about this one thing all day. When this desire penetrates into the subconscious, it will play an inestimable role in the unconscious or at a special moment.

Kyocera had only 28 employees when it started its business, but whenever there was an opportunity, kazuo inamori would say to the employees, "We want to be the first enterprise in Xijing Haramachi; After reaching the first place in Xijing Haramachi, aim at the first place in Zhongjing District; After reaching the first place in Nakai Shinji, we must strive for the first place in Kyoto; After reaching the first place in Kyoto, we must strive for the first place in Japan; Then, of course, it is necessary to reach the top in the world. "

Kazuo inamori believes that nothing can be done without thinking and thinking seriously. Whether it is work or life, this is an iron law. You must first dare to think. If you dare not even think about it, it is even more impossible to do it. As the old saying goes, "Take it wisely and use it wisely." : take it, take it; If you take it, you will get nothing. "This is also a fact.

Number two: Work as hard as anyone.

In order to achieve higher goals, we need to make more efforts than anyone else. The importance of hard work is well known. When someone asks, "Have you worked hard?" Almost everyone will answer, "Yes, I tried my best." However, it is difficult to succeed just by working as hard as ordinary people. Ordinary efforts, whether enterprises or individuals, can't achieve ideal results. Only paying "no less efforts than anyone else" is the cornerstone of success in life and career.

The so-called "no less than anyone's efforts" does not mean "to this extent", but an endless and endless effort. Because to push the goal forward again and again, it is inseparable from continuous and infinite efforts. This sounds heavy, and it seems difficult to achieve and pick up.

Kazuo inamori believes that this is by no means the case. Look at nature. No matter what animals and plants are, they are desperately trying to survive. To survive, we must work hard. The Tao of nature is like this, and this is also the law of the universe. If you want to succeed, you must work hard, and if you want to survive, you must pay "no less than anyone's efforts." This is a natural mechanism.

The third point: try to live a good life today and accumulate it every day.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Continue to live a full "today". Kyocera has never put forward a long-term business plan since its establishment, because there are too many changes in the future and it is difficult to predict. Kazuo inamori attaches great importance to the annual business plan, and then refines it to the specific goals every month or even every day, and makes every effort to achieve it and live to this day. Kazuo inamori said, "If you work hard today, you will surely see tomorrow. With this month's efforts, you can see next month clearly. With this year's efforts, we will see it next year. "

When you set a high goal, you should pay more attention to the present, minute by minute, day by day. Today is a step forward and a little better than yesterday. Small achievements continue to accumulate and continue indefinitely. Such continuous strength day after day can make the impossible possible. At first glance, ambitious goals will be achieved. Great career is the accumulation of simple and boring work.

The fourth point: pursue "perfectionism".

Excellent works come from perfectionism. Perfectionism is not better, but supreme, which is the goal that kazuo inamori constantly pursues in his work. Kyocera wants to complete a product, even if it is 99% successful, as long as there is no problem with the final 1%, the previous efforts will be in vain. Therefore, kazuo inamori always demands 100% perfectionism.

His pursuit of product quality and technology is extreme, not "the best" but "perfection". "Best" means comparing with others, and the low-level market will have "best". Kyocera pursues perfection, which is absolute. No one can surpass without comparing with others. Can make "perfect" products, of course, is invincible. This is also one of the reasons why Kyocera can stand out and win world praise.

We should train "intentional attention" at work and concentrate our consciousness highly. Only when every link is highly dedicated can it be possible to make a perfect product. The most important thing is to pay attention to details. There is a German proverb: "God stays in the details". The essence of an enterprise depends on details, and good things come from a serious attitude of attaching importance to details.

Fifth, work creatively.

Kazuo inamori said, "Always ask yourself, do I work as hard as others? Is my working method as good as others? " To achieve this, we can't do without "creative" work and daily improvement and innovation.

No matter how small the work is, we should actively do it, with a sense of problems and use our brains to improve the status quo. For example, the cleaning workshop always sweeps from right to left with a broom. So, what will happen if you try to sweep from all sides to the middle today? Or, if you can't clean with a broom, how about a mop? Mops don't work well. How about spending some money on a vacuum cleaner? Furthermore, how about improving the vacuum cleaner and making it sweep the floor quickly and cleanly?

This is creative work. Not satisfied with the status quo, I always want to do better and constantly improve myself. Whether there is such an idea may be the root of the gap between "success" and "failure". The same is true of work and life. A little research and innovation every day, over time, will form a world of difference.

To sum up, about "why do people work?" "How to love your job?" "How can I work well?" Kazuo inamori answered these three questions with three viewpoints. The first view holds that the first purpose and significance of work is to improve the mind and cultivate personality. The second point of view is: for the work you don't like, with the mentality of "falling in love with work", the more you devote yourself and work harder, the easier it is to fall in love with work. The third view is: If you want to do a good job, you must set a high goal, make no less efforts than anyone else, strive to live a good day, work creatively and pursue "perfectionism".

Kazuo inamori mentioned a life formula in "Dry Method" and its companion "Living Method": the result of life and work = way of thinking × enthusiasm × ability. Among them, the capacity range is from 0 to100; Enthusiasm is the degree of effort, from 0 to100; The mode of thinking varies from-100 to 100. If a person's way of thinking is wrong, even if it is only-1, no amount of effort and ability will only make him fail more.

Only by holding a positive way of thinking can we have a good life. As a positive way of thinking, a correct outlook on work adds a lot to life. If this formula is used to interpret the book "Dry Method", it should be: understand the meaning of work, love your work and devote yourself to it, so that you can have a happy life.

After reading this book, you will find that the "Inamori Philosophy" that made kazuo inamori a legend is very simple, even a little "naive" in kazuo inamori's own words. The road is simple, but it is easier said than done. Everyone knows the truth, but few people really integrate into life. That's why I still have a hard time after hearing a lot of truth. Because reason cannot change life, but action can.

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