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President Yoshida's 10 Spartan Rules
  1. Create work for yourself; don’t wait for work to be assigned to you.

  2. Take an active role in all your endeavours, not a passive one.

  3. Seek out large and complex jobs. Trivial tasks debase you.

  4. Welcome difficult assignments. Choose them. Progress lies in accomplishing difficult work.

  5. Once you begin a task, complete it. Never give up.

  6. Lead your fellow workers. Be an example for them to follow.

  7. Set goals for yourself to ensure a constant sense of purpose. This will give you perseverance and hope for the future.

  8. Move with confidence. Confidence gives your work force, focus and substance.

  9. Find new solutions. This is the way we ensure satisfactory service.

  10. When conflict is necessary don’t shy away from it or be afraid. Conflict is the mother of progress and the source of aggressive enterprise. If you fear conflict, you will become timid and servile.

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