You’ve made it. Your business is a smashing success, your finances are in order, and you’ve achieved everything you’ve set out accomplish as a business person. Now what?
Although it is a rare accomplishment indeed to find oneself in such a storied position, there is still yet work to be done; albeit a different sort of work.
After a certain point, one begins to think less about oneself and more about the kind of impact one has on the world and the people in it through philanthropic, coaching, and other charitable means.
This rank will seek to explore the different avenues people have taken in order to find true fulfillment, the lessons they have learned, and how we – successful or not – can move towards that next step in finding greater meaning by adopting similar mindsets and philosophies.
このストーリーの中での”the luckiest 1% of humanity”ってどういう意味か?と。
「裕福な人?」って答えたところ、”rich people in terms of money(お金の面で裕福な人)”と教えてくれました。
さらに、
You can be rich without money?
あなたはお金なしで金持ちになることができますか?
って聞いてきました。
僕は、「現在の生活に満足して幸せであれば、お金なしでも幸せになれると思う」と答えると、
Satisfaction with life or being happy with your life is also being rich.
人生への満足やあなたの人生が幸せであることも豊かであるということです。
とまとめてくれました。
そして、ようやく質問に移っていきました。
Do you consider success and self-fulfillment to be the same thing?
成功と自己充実感は同じだと思いますか?
今日のストーリーからすれば、違うと思います。
ビジネスで成功することはビジネスで成功すること。
自己充実はそれとは別のところにあると書いてありました。
From today’s story, I think success and self-fulfillment are different. The story said that success in business is success in business and self-fulfillment is different kind of things. I agree with this opinion.
It means for me that I live as hard as I can everyday. To live everyday close to my best. I think it’s like that. I still think about myself, so I can not even think about the happiness of others.
Have you ever engaged in any volunteer work or donated to any charities?
ボランティア活動に従事したり、慈善団体に寄付したりしたことはありますか?
あんまりたくさんのボランティア活動に参加したようなことは、ありませんね。
いくつかの慈善活動に寄付したことはあります。
例えば、東日本大震災の被災者への寄付などでしょうか。
I’ve never been so much. But I have donated to several charitable activities. For example, donations to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
Do you think people should be required to do volunteer work?
あなたは人々がボランティア活動をすることを要求されるべきだと思いますか?
そうは思いませんね。
ボランティア活動というのは、あくまで、自発的に行うものだと思います。
そして余裕がある人ができればいいんだと思います。
I don’t think so. I think that volunteer activities should be done by voluntary. And I think the people who could afford it, they would do volunteer voluntary.
When my sons were very little, I took a lot of time with them even though my everyday jobs were very busy. I think it was really good for me even now. After the COVID19, working at home increased, it is really match my life-work balance. And because I can spent time effectively, I am really fulfill with about it.
Thank you for the time this morning Ko-san! You have been active in sharing your opinions and experiences in connection with our lesson. There is no better way to learn something than to connect it with what you regularly do or experience. Keep it up. See you again soon Ko-san!
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