Today, we listened to a speech by Mr. Kitashiro, the current president of IBM. I felt very guilty for running in late to class but it was such an honor being able to attend the lecture. Our stream 1 class probably had fewer people than the executive committee meetings. He talked about his approaches in being a leader through a few examples. There is no doubt that a lot of us gained some really great tips on how to become a leader and on how to just become a genuinely good person:)
While he was giving his advice on leadership, I was looking into his character and his philosophy on basically, life. I was able to figure out that he is a man of compassion and that he really makes effort to become the greatest person he can be. On the bottom of his wikipedia page, it says that his favorite saying is, "誠は天の道なり”, or in my interpretation, "Goodness is the way of life". I think he knows from the very core that, to be a great leader, one must be a great person. And it was amazing because I was able to see that in him during the 70 (55 in my case) minutes of his presentation.
I just find it utterly amazing that someone so famous and successful can be such a good person. I always knew that great leaders were great people. But I just couldn't get a very clear image of that until today by actually seeing someone like that.
In addition, when a major figure like him says to stay positive, bright, etc, it really convinces you because that's probably exactly what he did in times of adversities. Guess I just gotta do that :)
Thanks Joki for this post, and I am so pleased Mr. Kitashiro had such a positive impression on you.
ReplyDeleteJoe,
ReplyDeleteIt was great reading your post since I was not able to attend this class. looks like i really missed out:(
I wish I had been able to take part in this lecture because I seriously need some major positive energy to get me back up right now haha
I know you're working really really hard but dont push yourself to hard joe!