5Books

Since I had a seminar of the photo reading, I have read more books regularly. I read faster than before but still I am not able to read very fast like some people who read 30 or more books a month.

5 books I read recently.

1) Do not put your money in the bank. By Kazuyo Katsuma.

2) The McKinsey Way. By Ethon M Rasiel.

3) How to cook 'Ario Orio" By Mamoru Kataoka

4) Warm Journey. By Hisae Sawachi.

5) Life by intuition. By Mayumi Mori.

Now I would like use in my real life some ideas I got from my reading.

7 Books

Book 1,"Put all information into one note book" After I read this book, I made one note book for my almost everything and I've been using a week. I think this is working well to keep all information. Next step is making "index" in my computer for this notebook information for my future use.

Book 2,"Break the wall of the social gap." - I like this book. We can not use the gap as an excuse not to go ahead a life you/I want.

Book 3, "Simple household book" - I can use a few good ideas but not so many.
Book 4, " Economic Talk of Katsuma and Komia" - I like Katuma and most of her books but this was a waste of money for me.

Book 5, "Life of Sadako Ogata" - She is a most respectable person in recent japan. I am glad I read this book to know her life.

Book 6, "Source" - Life source is from what you really like and enjoy. I think this is good book. I got some good technique from this book to make my happy life.

Book 7, "Searching for a light" - My mother gave me this book. I was planing to read this book next. But as soon as I opened and read very briefly, I almost understood what this book was talking about. A 17 years old girl jumped into a train and tried to kill herself. But she did not die but lost both legs and one arm and a few fingers of other arm. Some pictures show she lived her life well after that with a good spirit. Without reading all, I've got enough message from this book. I do not feel like to continue to read at moment.

I was very slow reader before, but it seems I am reading quite well. Maybe the "Photo Reading" method is working for me.

Book - Happiness power

I read yesterday. This book said "Smile, be nice to the people and work as volunteer spirit not as job." I got the message from this book. Our world economy will never go back to the same as before. We have to use our resources carefully and share. The key for successful business is making other people happy.

Books I read since 1st of April 2010

During the freight from Japan to Australia on 14th and 15th - "Simple habits of First Class Passengers" , ”Information Sort out method without spending time" and "Don't sell goods. Sell experiences". All I needed to know.

These two books I read at the seminar on 10th and 11tth. "Everything is by baton of Universe" and " They are very tiny, but they proud their companies as No.1 in the world"
I bought 3 books on 1st of April and Read before the seminar of 'PhotoReading".

"Handmade Country Cafe", " Small Cafe started" and " Small Shop started".

PhotoReading

I had a 2days seminar of "PhotoReading" while my last visit in Japan. I have just came back home in Australia. It is hard to explain what it is and How to do. But I would like to show what I read and what I think about the book etc. in this blog.

Now I have 30 plus books in front of me and they are waiting me to read by me. They are all Japanese. After then I will try books in English.

Writing 書くという事

"Business is powered by writing ability"ビジネスは書く力できまるwritten by Tetsushi Fukushima. He strongly recommended readers to write notes, diary, anything in writing. It makes more ideas into actions. The sentence of "Value of Books"( my yesterday's blog ) is from this book. The book was published in 1993, so Internet was just started but was not so good yet. It did not talk about email and blog.

But I understand what he says and I believe that writing this blog is good for me even it is funny English.

I have started writing 3 manuals - My glass studio Manual, The gallery operation manual and My housework manual plus Accommodation project map. I think my mind is becoming more clear.

本の価値とは Value of books

値打ちがあると思う人の話や本は、その時の自分に価値が生じるものだ．こちらがどのくらいインスピレーションをもってそこから発想が出来るかによって、本の価値が決まる．本は１０分から１５分で１つひらめきを得ていくようなペースでの読み方をすべきである．頭が刺激されなければ、どんどんページを飛ばしていくべき．本というものは、書かれた内容を自分の人生の活かして初めて価値がある．人生は短いし、人は本のみで生きるのではないから．

I will translate above to English later. I picked up this sentence from a book I read today. This gave me an idea about How to read books. I have some pile of books which I could not finish. Somehow I lost interest on them. Now I do not have to feel so guilty anymore.

Well dying means Well living

(This is mirror image. )
The book that I have just read is "よく死ぬことは，よく生きることだ”-Well dying means Well living" written by Akiko Chiba who died in 1987 after 6 years of battle with her breast cancer. The book published 3 month before she died.

She made a priority to-do list everyday and spent each day best as possible. She died without regrets. Life is preparation for death anyway, even I am not cancer.

I should ask myself everyday "Am I living well today?"

Reading

I will put a New label, Reading as my blog subject. I just have finished 2 books in new year.

One is about Business thinking written by Kazuyo Katsuma. I picked a few ideas from this book. I read a few other her books. This is best book of her so far.

• I put near my desk a A4 paper written - 三毒追放，妬まない，怒らない、愚痴らない。−　Rid of 3 poisons, Don't be jealous. Don't get angry. Don't complain.
• I got a simple body excises for my Brain - it is called Brain Gym.View in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBhEOdJ7Uo
• I will make a plan to take a photo-reading course which is a type of speed reading in Japan in April.

Another book is "The Laws of Simplicity" written by John Maeda. He is trying to make Design and Life simpler, but also He says we need both Simplicity and Complicity.

I realised that my glass work is a complicity of beauty and is standing out in a surrounding of simplicity.