tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15449401534482763022024-03-05T05:52:34.359-05:00Yuma`s Diary of Wharton MBAAs a fulbrighter, I attend Wharton, MBA course of the U of Pennsylvania. I am 29 year-old, non-native, ex-CEO in the used car industry and keep writing oversea growing process.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698210027199998169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544940153448276302.post-26926681705854762432012-06-24T01:21:00.000-04:002012-07-06T13:21:57.863-04:00My dear person who taught me new difinition of MarathonMarathon encourages me to feel happly because I can learn a lot.<br />
One aspect of Marathon which attacts me would be<br />
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"Meeting new friends"<br />
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Ever since I started marathon on August 2009, I met many people and I`m fully glad to meet wonderful fellows so far. <br />
Among them, let me introduce Yoko Koyama whom I was impressed most deeply.<br />
On 24th, June, I had a special dinner with Yoko.<br />
I really appreciate Yoko who definitely transformed my sense of value. <br />
Actually, I met Yoko for the first time on 4th December 2011 during a year-end party which was organized by Amino Value Running Club. <br />
I`ll explain Amino at another time. <br />
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Yoko invented another running organization, "Kazeyuru", a charity relay marathon activity for the Japan 3.11 Earthquake. To be honest, I do not know the formal name of this running activity(Sorry, but I cannot chuckle).<br />
As for Kazeyuru, we, runners gather on the running spot around Osaka castle and share distance of 42 km. This means that we take part in a relay until the total amount of distance reaches the distance between Osaka and Tohoku. <br />
More than 100 runners take part in the charity event every month and they are willing to pay 6 dollar fees for participation, which are donated to the RedCross. <br />
To my surprise, several sports equipment companies sponsor her activity. <br />
Therefore, Sometimes they provide drinks or whatever for us.<br />
In fact, Yoko was born in Kobe where the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck in 1995. <br />
While she was thankful for volunteers all over Japan then, she noticed that this shoking memory was buried in oblivion, with increasing speed. <br />
Therefore, she strongly felt the necessity of keeping hearty support and developing bonds with those suffering from this devastating disaster. <br />
That`s why she established an organization which focused on charity relay marathon.<br />
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I`ve always been impressed by Yoko because she is a kind of person who supports others rather than herself. She definitely devote herself to assisting others as well as pleasing her friends. <br />
She attracts quite a few people who are willing to invite their friends to join this activity, thus sparking off a chain reaction. <br />
Yoko is like a shining sunflower that attracts a wide range of beautiful butterflies. <br />
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Thus, her club keeps creating pleasant atmosphere all the time.<br />
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I ran Nara marathon on December, just a week after I met with Yoko.<br />
Many members of Amino as well as Kazeyuru took part in this marathon, so she came to Nara to cheer us up. <br />
As for me, I was cheered up in a final 3km stage, and was able to restore energy. Actually, I was glad to receive many cheers and it was the first time that I was moved to tears during Marathon. <br />
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So far, I felt one of attractive elements of Marathon festival is being encouraged by local people and being cheered up by them during running. Yet, it turned out that a cheering from friends was worth tenfold that of others.<br />
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Later, I was motivated to participate in a marathon festival as a supporter on Osaka Half Marathon.<br />
As a backer, I should have kept working as hard as possible to cheer runners up. However, at first, I was embarrassed, so I tried to imitate what Yoko did. <br />
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Contrary to my expectation, this supporting activity along the street was an enjoyable experience for the following two reasons. <br />
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Firstly, more runners than expected respond us. <br />
5000 runners took part in the Marathon event and more than 20% of them answered us by saying "Thank you!" or " I`ll try harder". <br />
I`ve never been thanked by 1000 people in an hour.<br />
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Secondly, supporters are moved by runners quite a few times.<br />
Osaka Half Marathon strictly forces runners to keep their paces in order to finish races before determined deadline. <br />
I was fully moved when I saw famous top-runners and my friends coming, but the most moving moment was when a young lady in my age tried hard enough to come in deadline and tried to keep her pace even though she was suffering from her muscle spasms. <br />
I enjoyed a precious time of being given too many thanks. <br />
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Now, I am at Kansai International Airport. <br />
I received an e-mail from Yoko, which contais precious messages; <br />
・Hard work encourages me to grow more productively<br />
・Let my frankness remain the same as my strength<br />
・Meeting new precious friends happens at the right time. The priority are closer relationships rather than longer ones.<br />
・I wish you having a great time in Philadelphia and come back to Japan with trustful relationships with my classmates.<br />
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" Marathon is a kind of team-play, all for one, and one for all."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698210027199998169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544940153448276302.post-41010178999397686662012-06-23T23:17:00.000-04:002012-07-03T23:18:29.867-04:00Self IntroductionLet me introduce myself( a little bit longer version).<br />
I was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1982 and 29 year-old guy. <br />
I was brought up in Joyo, southern part of Kyoto with no special impressions.<br />
Then, I entered the U of Tokyo after failing entrance exam and re-taking it a year later. <br />
At that time, I majored in Economics and focused my studies on macro-finance, though I hated to concentrate on my academic courses. <br />
Instead, I focused on my practical approach, I mean, I tried to learn outside classes. <br />
So, the biggest achievement was creating cooking club at university. <br />
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In January 2004, my friends and I invented the club at sophomore, and the club keeps prospering even now. <br />
I tried to invite only men from the U of Tokyo, and set a rule to invite women of any background, which is very common at university.<br />
Our main activity is to enjoy cooking at public cooking space every week. <br />
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As founder and president, I tried to achieve a wide variety of tasks including opening cafe at a school festival, arranging a training camp, giving presentation to publishing company and appearing on a cooking TV etc. <br />
That`s why Cooking Club managed to keep prospering without focusing only on drinking party. <br />
Actually, I went to cooking school and finally got a chef license. <br />
In that process, I truly enjoyed the club activity and demonstrated leadership activities. <br />
I am proud of this experience, which enabled me to broaden my horizons. <br />
As for academic learning, I managed to graduate from the university with no special knowledges or skills on economics. <br />
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On April 2006, I joined Recruit Corporation after graduation. <br />
When I was looking for a job, I tried to find a position where I can grow faster and learn a lot of skills at young age. As a result, I met many businessmen from trading companies. However, it turned out that workers in trading companies were not necessarily working intensively. While meeting over 60 businessmen, I noticed there were too many who lost their motivation. As for Recruit, I was impressed by each staff who said, <br />
・Recruit Corporation resembles business school where you can gain money.<br />
・I`m at Recruit 6 years cause my job is filled with fun, even though at first I tried to quit my job in three years. <br />
・I wanna to transform the health-care industry in the near future. <br />
I was attacted by them, and decided to join Recruit. <br />
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At Recruit, I worked as a sales executive and sold advertisement spaces of human resources. As a human-resources consultant, I tried to be trusted and solve the core problems of small and midium-sized companies. I made 100 phone calls every day and discussed many topics with company`s CEOs even at a young age.<br />
I loved my job since Recruit has established the way its salespeople can keep their motivation higher.<br />
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After a while, probably a year later, I was able to improve my quality and successfully became a consultant of my clients. <br />
I was satisfied with discussing more and more clients at dinner. <br />
At the same time, I felt unhappy when I kept my viewpoints being one-sided.<br />
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Actually, on Nov 2007, I got a contract with my new client and received too many fees at that point. <br />
This enabled me to focus on my duties and I was absorbed in achieving my tasks. <br />
As a human-consultant, I helped my client by doing whatever I can do, including designing whole process of hunting, carrying out interview, presiding over kick off meeting and visiting professors to help students gain credits and join my client`s office. <br />
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Thanks to all those activites, I was asked to join Upohs, the second largest used-car company in western Japan. Well, I was headhunted as CEO of the company even if I did not have any experience as a manager then. <br />
When I joined Upohs in 2008, I told other board members that I might quit in three years because I wanna to get MBA. One of them saild it was fine if I succeeded in reforming the company.<br />
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Upohs was invented in 1995 and board members expanded its business, but they could not reform the company. <br />
As for me, I was asked to transform Upohs. <br />
So, I researched the market condition and carried out a wide range of tasks simultaneously, including changing marketing strategies, revising contracts with franchisees, supervising franchisees strictly.<br />
I tried to challenge many opportunites through my trial and error approach, which is one success under three trials.<br />
In that process, I was fully shocked because I lacked comprehensive business knowledges as a global leader. Moreover, I wanna to look for sth inspiring on a global level. Furthermore, I would like to experience real educational system through attending business school and support transforming education in Japan. So, I believe MBA is necessary for me. <br />
However, the priority for me is making friends worldwide and improving English speaking abilities more effectively.<br />
From this August, I will attend the U of Pennsylvania, Wharton.<br />
I am concerned about quiting my job during my precious business period(29 to 31 year-old), but I`m sure I can learn more and cannot wait to start my new life.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698210027199998169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1544940153448276302.post-37208616696837825092012-06-20T02:30:00.000-04:002012-07-03T02:46:51.659-04:00Launched my blogMy dream finally comes to, MBA studies at Wharton as class of 2014. <br />
I created personal blog of my two year studies at Wharton, the University of Pennsylvania, USA. <br />
The main objectives of this blog are as follows:<br />
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1)Recording my feeling<br />
I decided to challenge for two year studies while I can learn quite a few things as a 29 year-old business person if I continue to work in Japan during the same period. <br />
Yet, I believe I can learn more than ever at Wharton and I would like to record my feelings during this period. This is because I don`t wanna to forget my precious memories or discoveries with people on a global level. Thus, I will write my activities or feelings based on my own satisfaction, rather than that of readers. Please neglect grammatical errors or illogical opinions. <br />
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2)Sharing information<br />
I would like to inform people all over the world that I am alive(haha), i.e. I am in the process of learning new things. <br />
Therefore, I plan to write whatever themes I want, and share my feelings with close friends or whoever.<br />
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3)Meeting new friends<br />
So far, I kept my diaries on my weblog at university around 10 years ago and I had experienced meeting new friends through comments on my blog. <br />
Therefore, I decided to loaunch my blog both in English and in Japanese and would like to find new friends on a global level in the near future. <br />
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Those are the three main reasons that I keep my diaries. <br />
Sorry for my Japanish English, but I will keep reporting my MBA life in English even if I face any difficulties, including lack of sleep or too busy-life.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698210027199998169noreply@blogger.com0