After 15 or 20 years of trial and error, Japanese companies are now becoming better at managing. They also feel better about hiring managers on the ground.

The Japanese economy hit the bottom a few years ago and now Japanese companies are thinking real hard how to survive against the global competition.

Now they focus more on the business drivers. They can do the business due diligence now in three weeks as opposed to three months.

Sometimes, the only thing that gets you out of bed in the morning is that one person who can brighten your day like no other.

Keep your mind busy - not be over thinking but by continuous action in moving forward.

Ever since you and I were boys of fifteen, I have been in countless battles, from skirmishes to giant wars that determined the fate of nations; if there is one thing I have learned from all that experience, Garanth, it is that battles are alive. Battles are living things. As with beasts, you must try to know them, you must handle them with care and some love, but you must never take your eyes off them, or they will go for your throat. Battles are wild beasts that can never be truly tamed, Garanth. You need both a whip and meat if you want them to turn on your foes and not yourself. The general . . . does not understand this.