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Just my thoughts #0170

The Japanese restaurant “Hyakushokuya” doesn't hire passionate people. The first recruiter was someone who left out his resume. There are only three menus, and only 100 bowls are sold daily. It's simple, so you learn things in a week even if you're not an expert. Still, the average daily revenue is 130,000 yen. The book's title published by founder “Akemi Nakamura” is “Let's Reduce Sales.” Against performance-oriented management policies. They want reasonable management activities suitable for fractions without overdoing it. However, it was the best-selling company during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0169

Cotton needs 500mm of water to make cotton wool, and 1kg of cotton wool requires 8,500 liters of water to fill 40 baths. A fashion company can make a pair of jeans with this. It needs at least 2,700 liters of water to make a t-shirt. This capacity is sufficient for one person to use as drinking water for three years. Clothing consumption recently has increased by an average of 60% each year on Earth. The Aral Sea in Uzbekistan was the fourth-largest lake in the world but has now shrunk to one-tenth, as the river water was used to grow cotton as much as the increased consumption. Few people are worried about how my consumption will affect the global environment. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0147

Rather than building more houses to catch skyrocketing real estate prices, investing in transportation infrastructure is more effective. An office worker unable to afford London's murderous rent moved to Barcelona, Spain, to live in a three-room house. He commuted to low-cost airline Ryanair for about £ 300 less than commuting from London (as of 2017: £ 580 house rent + £ 778 transportation fee = £ 1,358). The transportation environment changes our lives. Thoughts can't keep up with the change. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0138

When the tiger comes, anyone should run. It doesn't mean we don't need to make decisions, but the environment setting is more important than our will. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0036

The poorer persons are, the more likely they are to consider the system they are in, not their abilities or character. The poor are more likely to choose to live in ways that make them poorer. It's not because they're stupid, it's because the system they're in leads them to make those choices. Rutker Bregman, a Dutch historian and author, says that everyone is forced to make such decisions when they are placed in this environment. The way out of this system is to change your worldview. Poverty is a state of being, not an outcome. - Joseph's "just my thoughts"