To scale or to profit

Author: Long Zhao
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: As the saying goes, "Life is short." A person's life of several decades can truly be described as "fleeting." Through the remarkable life of over 40 years of Kazuo Inamori, we can indeed gain various insights. In his short life, his achievements clearly demonstrate the astonishing level to which the value of energy conversion in a person's life can reach. Looking back at our own ordinary lives, we can't help but feel ashamed and dimmed in comparison. —Recommended by Beijing Youth Weekly
As one of the Fortune 500 companies, Kyocera is not well-known to the public, let alone its president, Kazuo Inamori. Yet it was him who founded two Fortune 500 companies single-handedly in just 40 years. What Kazuo Inamori left for the world is not merely two Fortune 500 companies but more importantly the spiritual sustenance that enabled these two large corporate groups to succeed and continue to grow—a philosophy of Kyocera. In today's era of materialism, the "art of making money" has a broad social market, whether good or bad. The mentality of instant success and quick gains leads people to remain indifferent to the decline of social morality and the erosion of traditional justice. The desire for sudden wealth drives people to become increasingly numb to the alienation of human nature and the loss of conscience.