Buzz
Có vài suy nghĩ từ những gì tôi đã quan sát được từ lối sống của người Nhật: Tôn trọng tài sản cá nhân, tôn trọng đồng nghiệp mới, tôn trọng trật tự.
Mỗi người chúng ta đều mong muốn cuộc sống ngày hôm nay và từ ngày hôm nay sẽ hạnh phúc hơn, có ý nghĩa hơn so với ngày hôm qua. Tuy nhiên, mọi thứ không thể tiến triển về phía tốt đẹp hơn nếu chúng ta không bắt đầu tôn trọng cuộc sống của mình.
Ai lại không tôn trọng cuộc sống của mình chứ? Có lẽ bạn sẽ cảm thấy điều này không liên quan đến bạn. Tuy nhiên, nếu ta thật lòng với bản thân mình, ta sẽ nhận ra rằng những hành động mà ta thể hiện đối với cuộc sống thường không nhất thiết phản ánh mong muốn của ta về cuộc sống của chính mình.
Có vài suy nghĩ từ những điều tôi đã quan sát, có thể được gọi là nét đẹp trong cuộc sống hàng ngày của người Nhật. Và trong bài viết này, tôi muốn chia sẻ những nét đẹp đó như những quy tắc cơ bản giúp bạn tôn trọng cuộc sống của mình và tìm kiếm hạnh phúc.
Danh sách này có thể dài hơn, nhưng trong bài viết này tôi muốn tập trung vào 3 điều tôi nghĩ về hôm nay...
1. Treat Your Possessions with Respectful Attitude
When I first arrived in Japan, I brought along my imagined image of cities filled with modernity and technology down to the smallest alleyways. It cannot be denied that, in reality, such modernity is reflected in the infrastructure and in major cultural and economic centers.
However, as I delved into the daily life of the Japanese people, I found it fascinating that the latest technology isn't always integrated into their lives. In my memory, they resemble homeowners with a strong attachment to their old belongings. You can easily find items or electronic devices produced over a decade ago still functioning well and carefully preserved. This is not only true for households but also for companies.
Contrary to the image of places filled with shiny new items, the impression of daily life in Japan left in me is one where items have age, blending the outdatedness of time with the meticulous care of the owners and users.
However, I don't want people to misunderstand this as if they hardly ever buy new things and only live with old ones. They still spend money on new clothes, new phones... These people and their cities have a modern and tidy appearance. However, many items, not all, only truly leave when they can no longer fulfill their functions. And in some cases, when items reach their end of life, they leave through exchanging old items, clothes which is very common, or giving away. Waste hardly has a chance to shine in such a society.
We often let normalization and boredom creep into our relationship with our belongings. That's why we lose the sense of preservation and dive into what marketers glamorize.
When an item is still functional and serves us, it is something to be cherished and brings happiness. With such an attitude, our lives will not rush towards competing with neighbors, or blindly falling for advertisers' tricks to empty our pockets. If you follow this first principle correctly, surely waste and endless troubles will no longer occur.
2. Respect New Colleagues on Their First Day at the Company
When I started working part-time in Japan, I found it easy to integrate, perhaps for two main reasons. The respect and friendliness that colleagues or superiors show towards newcomers, and the detailed guidance for work, as well as understanding for the mistakes of a newcomer. And this culture is not of a specific company, but the attitude of the Japanese in work is simply like that.
What I still see a lot in working environments in Vietnam have yet to achieve. Of course, I don't use the word all, but I certainly use the word majority. We have experienced or experienced discomfort with newcomers. Perhaps because they lack experience in a place where you have been working for over three years. However, they are the ones who will help us in the long run. A newcomer joins your team, surely to share the pressure and workload in the future, there is no reason for us not to respect or feel uncomfortable with them. On the contrary, we need to welcome and guide with the heart and attitude of a friend.
If we create a culture where not only the restraint of superiors or HR departments because of the need for people, but also an atmosphere of respect and encouragement between superiors and employees and between employees themselves sincerely, then the work cycle will be smoother and more efficient. People find joy in an atmosphere of sharing and progress, from which work efficiency also improves.
When you respect newcomers, you will also respect your colleagues more, and in turn, you will receive respect from others. Who doesn't want to be respected?
3. Respect Orderliness at a Detailed Level
If on a busy day you hastily throw away a coffee can into a bin meant for other types of trash, you might think it's just a small mistake for today, but for the Japanese, it's unacceptable.
When I first came to Japan, I was annoyed by the meticulousness of the Japanese; they seem overly nitpicky. When you're working, your supervisor will stick with you and patiently remind you until you no longer make procedural mistakes or misplace objects, even actions you think wouldn't matter won't be overlooked. You might find it hard to imagine, the level of meticulousness of the Japanese even extends to placing tools in the right direction after you've used them.
When we incorporate this into our lives, we can only respect our lives by resisting our own laxity. If you consistently exercise or commit to learning English every day for 30 days, but suddenly on day 31 you allow yourself to watch a movie instead of maintaining the habit you've been building, it's likely that just one day can ruin your efforts over the past 30 days in building the lifestyle you desire.
