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Generally, excuses are frowned upon in the business world. In particular, excuses for not being able to do something are not very acceptable. However, if a supervisor tells his subordinate not to make excuses in a company, the subordinate will atrophy and not express his true fee...

There was an interesting phrase in Japanese television commercials in the 1980s. It was a TV commercial for Tansu ni Gon, which said that it was better if the husband was healthy and not at home. This phrase also applies to bosses in the company. In particular, micromanaging boss...

When a salesperson solicits a customer for a product, an indecisive customer may not buy the product easily. At that time, the salesperson tries every possible way to get the customer to buy the product. Customers do not buy products from salespeople because their doubts and conc...

As a businessman, you may have various criteria when choosing a company. Here we are talking about choosing a company from the perspective of whether the company's business is based on high-mix low-volume production. The more types of items you sell, the harder your job becomes, ...

The biggest advantage of being a freelancer is that you can live at your own pace. If you are a salaried worker, you have to worry about what other people think of you. You have to dress well, always look clean and show people around you that you are a socially decent person. As ...

It appears that many people who are highly competent at their jobs are also seen as being pompous. Conversely, morally righteous and good people often seem to lose in a world of tough competition. I don't know whether bad character is inborn or acquired, but I don't think it is n...

I am not good at cooking. I have tried cooking several times, but each time I was never satisfied with the results. It was during my part-time job as a student that I realised my lack of talent in cooking. I worked part-time at a Western-style restaurant in Ginza.
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When recruiting people, if you can understand their characteristics and say that you will give them the right job for them, then the recruitment will go well. However, SMEs have very few employees. This is particularly true of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Japan, w...

Japanese society has traditionally placed great importance on the order of elders and children. Recently, however, an increasing number of Japanese youths have started to disregard this order of elders and children. Although there is a disadvantage in that it hinders the free exc...

In modern Japan, the market is flooded with goods and services. From the customer's point of view, all products may not look the same. However, it is not so easy to develop products that can be differentiated from others. The key to success is whether customers will choose your p...

There is a Japanese story called Kobutoriji-san. I happened to have a chance to watch this Kobutori Grandpa video on YouTube. When I read Kobutori Grandpa as a child, I didn't think anything of it. But when I thought about this folk tale again, I started to see the characteristic...

Ideally, for salespeople, they should be genuinely interested in the product they are selling. If you are interested in the product, your enthusiasm will naturally come across to the customer and they will buy the product from you. Conversely, if there is no interest in the produ...