The short cut to achieve your goal

This time, Mr. Inamori talks about specific and relevant approach to achieve our goals, under the title of “Commit yourself to what you said.” The words in brackets are what Inamori said.

“ Generally, ‘Act rather than talk ‘ is often regarded as a virtue in Japan, but in Kyocera we value ‘ Commit yourself to what you said ’, meaning ‘Verbally communicate where you are heading to.’ Everyone of Kyocera staff raises his/her hand and declares ‘I will achieve this goal ’, manifest his/her visions, and commit him/herself to a certain project. By declaring this, you will be able to achieve your goals more reliably, simply because you would feel pressure from both outside and inside. Such pressure works to drive yourself to realize the goal. In any opportunity, such as morning meetings or workshop, by expressing your thoughts in front of everyone, you can encourage yourself with those words and energize yourself. “

By this kind of declaration, when I say “I am certainly going to do something “, I think we are easily allowed to achieve our goals. Mr. Inamori pointed out the below two reasons.

1 Push and strive yourself

2 Make the best use of our subliminal mind

Let me explain one by one.

1 Push and strive yourself

“Your words ‘I commit myself to realize this objective’, are not only words to yourself but also promise to yourself. In other words, by saying that, you put a pressure on yourself, saying, `I made a promise, so I can’t stay away from it.’ I think that’s the key to success.” , said Inamori.

→ It is very important not to betray yourself. At the same time, I think it is very important to believe in yourself that you can achieve the goal. In that sense, I think it is meaningful to speak laundry and tell people about these goals that we are heading to.

2 Make the best use of our subliminal mind

“For example, I declare to my employees, ‘This is the target sales for this term. ‘ The words return to me and energize me. So, I think that doing what you say is the process of converting your words into the energy to push yourself hard to conduct the project. If an executive is asked to achieve the targeted sales in this month and he reluctantly accepts ‘Yes,boss, I understand’’, the result will be completely different if he/she declares “I want to do this”. A company where both executives and employees voluntarily make such manifestation of their goals and objectives, the corporate working environment should be quite lively and positive, and the business performance should automatically be excellent. ”

→ Psychologically, words penetrate into your subconscious mind. As I say it repeatedly, I feel like I am fully capable to do that. The people around you will also declare their goals in front of others, their desire would deeply be embedded into their subliminal mindset. This subliminal mind would steadily allow them to implement the project. I believe this is the secret of a strong company.

In summary, the way to achieve a goal is to declare your goals in front of your colleagues. By taking this approach, you are pushing yourself and tapping into the incredible power of your subconscious mind. Regardless of your positions and responsibilities, I think it’s important to have the courage to express yourself or expressing your own feelings in front of others as a manifestation.