新年明けましておめでとうございます。
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皆さんは、どのような一年にしたいか目標を決めましたか？ちなみに私は、語学力の強化と去年からの継続で読書による読解力、思考力、知識向上を目標にしました。やはり、海外での仕事は、語学力が高くないとコミュニケーションエラーなどで無駄が発生します。日々それを実感しています。個人的には、特にインド系の人がマシンガントークでリスニングが難しいです。とは言え、各地域特有のブロークンイングリッシュがあるので、それらも理解しつつコミュニケーションを取れる人材が本物だと思います。
それと、話していて「この人、面白い」と思える人は、自分が持っていない知識や情報を持っていて、明確な考えを持っている人です。常に考え自分の意志と対話し自分の考えを固めていった人は話していて分かるものです。そう言ったサイクルを回す事が、社会人にはとても必要だと思っています。
今年も依然として新型コロナウイルスの影響が大きいです。自身の仕事も、大きく影響を受けており上手く進める事が難しい状態ですが、悲観せずポジティブシンキングで楽しんでいこうと思います。先週、源泉徴収票をみると、年収も4桁万円を超える事が出来ました。給与所得者の内、約3.6%のようです。結果は後からついてきます。しかし、余裕があるかと言われれば、実感としてはありませんが。
後、去年少し宗教的ですが、去年末頃から世の中、仕事について、悟りを開けたような感じがします。天狗と言う事ではなくて、本質的なものです。言葉にする事が難しいですが、点と点が繋がり確実に力がついているのを実感出来てます。この件については、追々、記事にしたいと思います。
最後に今年、最初の一冊(右脳思考)。内田和成氏は、面白い視点を持っている方で好きです。
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The following is in English
Titlle : Happy New Year to you all.
Have you set your goals for this year? I set my goals as strengthening my language skills and continuing from last year to improve my reading comprehension, thinking skills, and knowledge through reading. After all, when working overseas, if you don't have a high level of language skills, there will be a waste of time due to communication errors. I am feeling this every day. Personally, I find it difficult to listen to people of Indian descent, especially because of their machine-gun talk. However, there is a Broken English that is unique to each region, so I think the real people are the ones who can communicate while understanding those as well.
Also, people who are interesting to talk to are those who have knowledge and information that I don't have and also have clear ideas. People who are constantly thinking and interacting with their own will, and whose ideas are mature, are easy to recognize when they are talking. I think it is very important for working people to keep this kind of cycle going.
The new coronavirus is still having a big impact this year. My own work has also been greatly affected. However, I am trying to enjoy my work with positive thinking instead of pessimism. Last week, when I looked at my total salary for last year, I was able to exceed 10 million yen in annual income. That's about 3.6% of all salaried workers in Japan. The results will come later. However, I don't feel that I can afford to live like this.
Finally, this may sound a bit religious, but since the end of last year, I have been able to grasp the principles of the world and work. I can't express it in words, but I feel the dots are connecting and the results of my past actions are steadily increasing. I will write more about this later.
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The first book of the year (Right Brain Thinking). I like Mr. Kazunari Uchida because he has an interesting point of view.
Formerly with the Boston Consulting Group, he was selected as one of the "25 Leading Consultants in the World" by Consulting Magazine in 2006.
