K-SEC

Meeting Summary

September 5, 2106

Here is a brief summary of the meeting held on September 5, 2016.

  1. Attendees

Kanzawa, Tsurumoto, Kotake, Nishimura, Nishiwaki, Sekiguchi, Umemura, Sadayasu, Shirashoji, Tomozawa, - 10 in total

  1. Reading materials
  1. Steve Job’s 2006 Stanford Commencement Address – Shirashoji

Steve Jobs, X Apple CEO was really genius and created the culture and new markets of 21st century as known in remarkable innovative products such as Mackintosh (Graphical Interface), iPod, iPhone (Touch Interface) and iPad.

Steve gave the impressive commencement address at Stanford 2005.Those were three inspirational stories which live vividly in our memory.

First story is about connecting the dots;
The dots which may be job experiences or given assignments will be surely connected and lead you successful in your life.So you have to trust that dots will somehow connect in your future.

Second story is about love and loss;
Love and have a strong intension for what you are going to do, then you will be destined to become successful.In the course of the time in your life you may encounter the big wall.It will be good chance to enter one of the most creative periods of the life, which means good chance to blush up yourself for your future.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

Third story is about Death.
Please ask yourself “If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what youare about to do today?”
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish!

  1. Denmark Ranks as Happiest Country; Burundi Not So Much, New York Times– Nishiwaki

The World Happiness Report 2016 was released on March 16, 2016. Denmark topped the list, followed by Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Finland. Most are fairly homogeneous nations with strong social safety nets. At the bottom was Burundi which was preceded by Syria, Togo, Afghanistan and Benin. All of those nations are poor, and many have been destabilized by war, disease or both. China came in at No. 83, USA 13, and Japan 53.

The happiness ranking was based on individual responses to a global poll by Gallup. The poll included a question, known as the Cantril Ladder. “The top (10pts) of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom (0pts) the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?”

The report found that inequality was strongly associated with unhappiness — a stark finding for rich countries like the United States, where rising disparities in income, wealth, health and well-being have fueled political discontent. The scholars found that three-quarters of the variation across countries could be explained by six variables: gross domestic product per capita; healthy years of life expectancy; social support; trust; perceived freedom to make life choices; and generosity.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, a Columbia University economist who edited the report with others, wrote “Individual freedom matters for happiness, but among many objectives and values, not to the exclusion of those other considerations

  1. Role assignment
  1. September 19, 2016 - Kanzawa, Tomozawa
  1. October 3, 2016 - Sekiguchi, Sadayasu

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