Man has the right to fail...

Man has the right to fail, but failure is accompanied with the duty to reflect upon the failure...Takeo Fujisawa

Takeo Fujisawa was a Japanese businessman who co-founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd together with Soichiro Honda. He oversaw the financial side of the company while Soichiro Honda handled the engineering and product development. Together, they took the company from a tiny manufacturer of bicycle engines to multinational car manufacturer. In the year 1930, he was called up for military service and after a year in the army, he proceeded his work as a copyist. Takeo Fujisawa's first employment started in September 1934. That moment, he was 23 years old. He worked for the Mitsuwa Shokai, that is, a company in Hatchobori, Nihonbashi, Tokyo(the capital of Japan), a dealer of steel products, he was employed as a traveling salesman, visiting minuscule factories to promote Mitsuwa Shokai's steel products. When questioned the reason he had selected this particular career when his interpersonal skills were so weak, his only reply was that he felt an intuition that this was the path he should follow. His hidden talent abruptly blossomed and he slowly developed bonds with a range of latest clients, becoming the company's top-performing salesman. He adopted the slogan “Always tell your clients the truth” and if ever it looked as though a delivery was going to be late, he would not try to make up excuses but would apologize and give an truthful description of the reason for the delay. In this method he could turn an issue to his benefit, because his clients came to trust him all the more. By always providing a solution as well as apologizing, he made sure that the relationship of trust was protected. This episode in Fujisawa’s life gives a strong impression of his character and exhibits just the similar attitude as he showed later in his career. He entered the newly founded Honda in the year 1949, and in the year 1964 was promoted to vice-president. In the year 1973 he retired from this position ,along with Soichiro Honda himself, and became a corporate adviser to the company. After his retirement, he opened an antique shop in Tokyo. 

  His quote, man has the right to fail, but failure is accompanied with the duty to reflect upon the failure, teaches me that nothing is completely fine in this world, but I must be brave to overcome them, as usual. Today, I participated in a marathon named IJM Run, alongside with my friends in Seremban 2, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. There are times when I feel exhausted, but anyway, I did not give up. I continued to run and finished all.