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0:00some people have frequently asked me this:
0:03it's been popularized what you've said in Colombia-
0:06that Japanese are not any smarter than Colombians
0:09but they are only more disciplined
0:11that Colombians are very talented
0:12but they lack discipline
0:15but, how do we manage to become well- disciplined?
0:18it can´t be done overnight
0:20because discipline is just the result of
0:23three factors: organization,
0:26cleanliness and punctuality
0:28organization because Japanese are always baptizing places
0:32they never lose the keys because they have a designated place for the keys
0:36always is baptizing, the Japanese have
0:38a designated place for shoes, as well for socks
0:40a place for the white shirts,
0:43the whole house is baptized and he gets angry when items go missing from their corresponding place
0:47because they says "that´s the designated place"
0:50baptizing places and optimizing
0:53the times with the location
0:56of items
0:59the discipline is the result of
1:01that organization, that also
1:04must be added to cleanliness
1:07cleaning is eliminating things, Japanese are always to eliminate things
1:10always, and everyday a lot of things
1:12because he doesn´t have a broad territory
1:15like we do, Japan is so small
1:17much smaller than Colombia
1:19about three times smaller than Colombia
1:22and almost one hundred million morehabitants
1:25one hundred thirty million habitants in Japan
1:28imagine a small island without gold, without petroleum
1:31without flowers, without coffee, without anything but Japanese
1:35all the same, I get there and I can't even tell myself apart
1:38No, I'm just kidding.
1:40but, it upsets me, it has always upset me to think
1:43how a country so small, without anything but people
1:47owns it all: Toyota, Suzuki
1:49Kawasaki, Yamaha, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi
1:52Honda, Cassio, etc, etc..
1:55how can such country be so successful?
1:58the third most strong economy of the world?
2:01what do they have that we don´t?
2:03and it is the very crisis of living
2:03in such a small terrain so small, has made us value space
2:06and always eliminating
2:10having that culture of eliminating
2:13because space is "vital"..
2:15if you notice it well, everyday
2:18there are things to eliminate, if we don´t eliminate
2:21they are accumulating, if you open your closet
2:24and have clothes that you haven´t used for 6 months
2:27maybe you won't´t use them
2:29and we have to eliminate them, that is one of our themes
2:32in Ciudad Bolivar, throw away that jacket
2:35only have three postures, the posture of grandpa, father
2:38and mine.
2:40if you continue with that, you are
2:43going to create a parameter in your mind, that you need to be clinging to the things
2:47and if you don´t eliminate, there isn´t going to be space
2:49for new things to arrive
2:52we have to throw away, Japanese don´t understand
2:55when they visit Colombia, they say: What a big country!
2:58How big are the houses!, say the Japanese
3:01and it shocks him. In Japan having a car
3:04a really nice car
3:07nobody looks at it, you see go by
3:10all types of cars, and people don´t even notice
3:12but, when someone passes-by with a dog people say "he has money"
3:16having a dog in Japan is equivalent to being well-off
3:19because you need to have space, to have a dog
3:22and when he visits Colombia, my neighborhood, Ciudad Bolivar
3:25they say: they have a lot of money, don't they?
3:28full of dogs!
3:31one family, three dogs
3:34and "they're poor"?!.. that´s what they say
3:37sure, and when they enter in the house
3:40the are impressed, no? we have a terrace
3:42second floor, one terrace
3:45and some windows for the dog to slide his head through and take a look outside
3:48so he doesn´t get bored
3:51things that Japanese note and we don't
3:54and also says "What is that room for?"
3:57"Oh, that's San Alejo's"
3:59and that room is the clear proof
4:02we don´t eliminate things
4:04is the room of the "just in case"
4:08half dry paint, "just in case, put it in San Alejo's room"
4:13what good will this half-dry paint serve?, "just in case"
4:15"just in case"
4:17to lift weights when you watch T.V
4:20half a tricycle, "just in case, put it in there"
4:23grandma is missing! no, she's there where else is she going to be?
4:30maybe we are organized,
4:31but we suffer with cleaning
4:34not in the sense that we are dirty, but
4:37in the sense that we don´t, we can also clean the things that we accumulate
4:40but, it isn´t correct
4:43we definitely have to eliminate
4:45I grew up watching women wash mountains of
4:48clothes in Ciudad Bolivar
4:50"she is going to wash all that?" - I said when I was a child. "yes those are only the white clothes Kenji"
4:53"look at the colors pile" another mountain
4:55heroic women who washed all of that
4:58on granite washing boards
5:01with that ground soap, or Azul Rey (brand)
5:04and they wash all that by hand
5:06today, we have technology, the washing machine
5:09my wife enters into a home
5:12and the first thing that she asks is: "is there a washing machine?" she isn´t interested if here is a stereo
5:15a big T.V, she says "the most important invention
5:18of humanity is the washing machine"
5:21to know if a family is poor or not
5:23is to enter and see if they still enslave women as washing machines
5:26or there is already a blessed washing machine, because
5:29they need to acquire it, that reduces the work of all
5:32in the home, she see that, I start watching
5:35how is the mountain of clothes
5:38because sure, technology can arrive, but
5:41the mentality stills old
5:43clinging to the old, so even if there is a washing machine
5:45if the mountain is bigger
5:48it's because we aren´t eliminating
5:51a very simple example can be
5:54that we tell "mom,
5:55the jacket doesn't fit the girl anymore"
5:57"After only six years?"
6:00"put it on the boy"
6:02"but it's pink mom"
6:04"it doesn´t matter, is to be inside the house, noone is going to see him"
6:05"put it on the boy"
6:07"don´t throw it away because we are poor"
6:10"It doesn't fit him anymore"
6:12"It doesn't fit him after three years?"
6:14" bring it here"
6:14"you are finally going to throw it away?"
6:15"no, wash it very well, cut the sleeves"
6:16"make it into a vest and put it on the girl"
6:19"mom the vest doesn´t work anymore"
6:21bring it here again
6:22"give it to the dog" "the puppy doesn´t want that"
6:23"bring it here again"
6:24"wash it very well"
6:25"why would I wash that?"
6:25"cut it again, and let's make it into a rag"
6:28"mom rags are 1300 there are of 1000"
6:32"bring it again"
6:35"we are finally going to throw it?"
6:36"no, wash it very well and dry it well"
6:37"put it in the pillow"
6:41"the pillow is hard and smells funny mom"
6:43"take it all out of there"
6:45"finally we are going to throw it away!"
6:46"no!, wash it very well bring me the scissors, lets do wicks" "for what?!"
6:50"lets buy a sack and make a colorful rug"
6:53"or lets make a colorful mop, but don´t throw it because we are poor"
6:57who sells us the idea, that we are so bad
7:00to cling so much to the old
7:03and not eliminate
7:05it is one of our projects,
7:08that families, understand that
7:10if we optimize resources
7:13and we acquire some good
7:16behavior patterns in the economy
7:19they can in colombia
7:21sure, with a lot of effort, can be possible buy own house
7:24we have achieved it with a lot of families
7:27that acquire the values and really get to their goals
7:31now, acquire a new car
7:33and they finish buying a used car, that is really used
7:38because there are good options today
7:41but, when I go to see the car is older
7:43and I feel disappointed after all this process, to get such an old model
7:46"but you don´t owe anything Kenji"
7:49"dirt-cheap!"
7:51"and my wife likes it"
7:52"do you like it?" "yes" "push hunny push"
7:56and that old car, finish pulling out more cash than a new one
8:01at the last, they finish fixing the motor
8:04and end selling for least than half the price
8:07they lost a lot of money because, the mentality
8:09doesn´t allow us to understand
8:12that eliminating is essential
8:15it is important, I return to the subject
8:18How do I get to be well- disciplined?
8:20definitely
8:21organization
8:23cleanliness, that is eliminating
8:26and punctuality
8:29punctuality is keeping your word
8:32the Japanese are so literal in that
8:35they don't understand our sentences
8:36I say it, I´m Colombian, but the Japanese don´t understand
8:38"In a second I'll be there" the Japanese don´t understand that
8:42"how will he arrive in a second?!" "where is he?!"
8:48"I´m already there" "me too"
8:51over the phone you can´t say that "I'm dropping by"
8:56"where is he going to drop from?" the Japanese are so literal
8:59sounds funny but is literal
9:01one japanese friend got off the car
9:02here in Colombia, he threw the door so hard
9:05that I decided to say in japanese, what Colombians would say
9:09"throw it harder next time"
9:12"次、もうちょっと強く投げる！ ("the next time throw it even harder")
9:15he looked my way and said: "yes sir!"
9:19"no, no, no that means not to"
9:22"I throw it or I don´t throw it?"
9:23"no, that means, don´t throw it"
9:25"so then why did you say that?"
9:27"just ignore me"
9:32he doesn´t understand sarcasm
9:35if you tell him that it is at 1 o'clock is at one o´clock
9:38if you tell him that its at 2 o´clock its at 2 o´clock
9:40he doesn´t understand phrases like:
9:41"I´m one step away"
9:44he'd be perplexed, "how you can be one step away?"
9:46the problem in Colombia is that it isn´t just expressions
9:49really here in colombia this has been postponed way too much
9:53we are really bad in this
9:56you say in a second I´m there
9:59when you can be 14 blocks away
10:02"yes, yes, yes, I´m there" when you can be taking a shower
10:06you suffer a lot when you ask for a product
10:09"I need this product"
10:10perfect, I got it for you now
10:13"But I just asked for it"
10:15yes, relax, I have that now
10:17"now, when?"
10:17"come back here tomorrow"
10:20between now and tomorrow there is a very long lapse
10:23"explain me" "now, what time tomorrow?"
10:26tomorrow early
10:28"what time tomorrow?" "at 3 o´clock" that is not early..
10:31and you'd better call
10:34because it can be 3 o´clock and I may not have it
10:36we are losing more and more the notion of time
10:40and when there is not punctuality
10:42we are going to suffer a lot
10:45to get discipline, discipline is the result of:
10:48organization
10:50the cleanliness and punctuality, that is:
10:53when organization makes love with the cleanliness
10:57in the womb punctuality, a baby develops
11:00called discipline
11:02when the organization makes love with cleanliness
11:05in the womb punctuality, the baby
11:09called discipline develops
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