採用調査・人事調査の企業サービス【昭和５４年創業】

一月初めの３連休は、東北か北海道でスキーと云うのが何時ものことであったが、今年は予定変更で２月半ばとなった。

８日（土）の朝、何時もの事ながら、目覚めて、「エッ今日から３連休・・・」と気付く。そんなのだから計画など全く立てていない・・。そこで朝食を取りながら考える。考えると言っても、自分の事を自分で考えるのだから、直ぐに答えはでる。休みにすることは、映画、ゴルフ、読書、庭掃除、とこの４つしかない。

そこで先ず女房に「映画、今何やってる」、「○○、○○」、で直ぐに「アンストッパブル」に決定。映画評論は上手くできないが、とにかくこれは良かった。ストーリーは、無人の暴走列車を如何に止めるか、と云う単純なものであるが、３０分間は緊張と興奮の連続で、ハリウッド映画を十二分に満喫することができた。逆に、連休３日目に観た「生まれる」は、正直暇つぶし的な感覚で、「娯楽映画ばかりよりも、たまにはこんなのも・・・」的な思いで、映画館に向かったが、これがまた良かった。色々と考えさせられた・・・・”映画って良いなー”。

ところが本当は今日書きたかったのはこんな事ではない。土曜日の朝、映画と同時に思い立ったのがゴルフ、そこで天気予報を見ると、日曜は暖かく月曜から寒波、しかもゴルフ手帳をみると日曜はＡクラスの月例、早速ホームコースに電話、エントリーＯＫ。

予報通りの好天気とは行かなかったが、天気などなんのその、何と５アンダーでホールアウト。もしや優勝も、とほくそえんだが結果は５アンダーが３名。１人はハンデキャップ３の兵で優勝は逃したが、悪くとも３位入賞は間違いなし（後の１人が同ハンデーで年齢勝負となるが発表を聞いていない為）。

何れにしても幸先の良い新春ゴルフであった。

In the beginning of January, we usually spend three consecutive holidays skiing in Tohoku or Hokkaido, but this year we changed our plans to the middle of February.

On the morning of the 8th (Saturday), as usual, I woke up and realized that it was my third consecutive holiday since today. That’s why I don’t make any plans at all… So I think about it over breakfast. When I say think about it, I mean think about yourself, and you’ll get the answer right away. There are only four things to do on my day off: movies, golf, reading, and yard cleaning.

So, I asked my wife, “What’s the movie going on right now?”, “xxx, xxx” and immediately decided on “Unstoppable”. I’m not a good movie reviewer, but this was good anyway. The story is a simple one of how to stop a runaway unmanned train, but for 30 minutes I was so tense and excited that I was able to fully enjoy this Hollywood movie. On the other hand, I saw “The Birth” on the third day of the consecutive holidays, and to be honest, I went to the movie theater as a way to kill time. It made me think about a lot of things… “Movies are good.

However, this is not what I really wanted to write about today. According to the weather forecast, it was warm on Sunday and cold from Monday, and according to my golf handbook, Sunday is a class A monthly event, so I called my home course as soon as possible and entered.

The weather was not as good as the forecast, but I was able to get out of the hole at 5 under par. There were 3 players under 5, one of whom had a handicap of 3 and didn’t win, but he was sure to finish in 3rd place at least at the worst (one of the players after him was the same handicap player, but I hadn’t heard the announcement).

In any case, it was an auspicious new year’s golf.

新年明けましておめでとう御座います。

本年も週一ペースでブログを更新するつもりですので、「調査会社の社長ブログ」に目を通して頂いている数少ない賢者諸氏、今年もご愛顧の程宜しくお願い申し上げます。また、時に何らかのメッセージが頂けたら幸甚に存じます。

弊社は５日より業務スタート。毎年の事ながら、５日は挨拶回りと決めており、その為車で会社に行くことにしている。毎年、その通勤途上の道路（１号線）の混み具合でその年の景気を予測しているが、今年は見事にガラガラ、何時もだと守口から高速に乗るが余りにもスイスイで、「これでは早く着きすぎる」と思い、下道を走って時間調整をしたくらいであった。と云うことは・・・・・。

でも日経新聞によると、大企業は今期３月期の株主配分１０％増（業績回復で６兆円）とあり、大初会では景気良く株高でスタートしたらしい。非常に喜ばしい事ではあるが、個人的には今ひとつしっくり来ていない。

大企業の多くは増益基調にあるようで、それが景気回復による増収増益なら万々歳であるが、私にはどうもそうは思えない。この不況下での増益はコスト削減の効果によるところが大きく、ある意味腹立たしい思いがしている。

企業努力によるコスト削減等と云えば、言葉は良いが、実際は下請け泣かせや納入業者叩き、アルバイト、派遣、準社員など労働力の低コスト化を徹底的に行ってのものであり、周辺者を泣かせ自己の利益確保に重きを置く、アメリカ的経営姿勢が見え隠れして、どうにも喜べないのである。

回顧趣味ではないが、年功序列や運命共同体的企業体質で急成長を遂げた昭和４０年代が懐かしく思えてならない。

こんな事を言っている様では弊社の将来は？、だけど何となく今年は明るい年になりそうな気がしている。極楽トンボかな・・・・。

I wish you a Happy New Year.

I will be updating my blog on a weekly basis this year as well, so I hope that you, the few wise people who read the blog of the president of a research company, will continue to patronize me this year. Also, I would be very happy if you could send me some messages from time to time.

We started our business on the 5th. As is the case every year, I have decided to go to the office by car on the 5th to say hello. Every year, I predict the economy of the year based on the congestion of the roads on the way to work (Route 1), but this year’s congestion was so great that I took the expressway from Moriguchi, but it was so easy that I had to drive down the road to adjust the time, thinking that I would arrive too early. That means…

However, according to the Nikkei newspaper, large companies are expected to increase their shareholder allocation by 10% for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 (6 trillion yen due to a recovery in earnings), so it seems that stocks got off to a good start with a strong start to the day. It’s a very pleasing thing to see, but it doesn’t quite fit with me personally.

Many large companies seem to be on a profit-making trend, and if this is due to the economic recovery, it would be all the better. The increase in profits during this recession was largely due to cost-cutting, which was annoying in a way.

The word “cost reduction through corporate efforts” sounds good, but the reality is that the company has been making subcontractors cry, hitting suppliers, and thoroughly reducing the cost of part-time, temporary, and associate workers.

Although this is not a retrospective interest, I can’t help but feel nostalgic for the forties, when the company grew rapidly due to a system of seniority and shared destiny.

What does the future hold for our company if we keep saying things like this? But I have a feeling that this year is going to be a bright one. A dragonfly in paradise….

今年の業務も後一日を残すのみ。明日は御用納め。

毎年の事ながら、この時期になると一年を振り返り、「今年はどんなんだったかなー・・・」などと考える。ところが近年、一生懸命振り返ってはみるが、何をして一年が過ぎたのかよく判らない。アッという間に一年が過ぎ、などと皆がよく云うが、本当にその通り。過ぎ去った時は本当に早い。

多分、時の流れに身を任せ・・的な日々を送っているから、結果的に何をしたのか良く判らない、などと云う情けない事になってしまっているのであろう。

でも結果をみれば、総じて先ず先ず。市況の厳しさは相変わらずながら、経費削減と危機意識の効果か、売上は微増ながら収支バランスは何とか取れた様だ。また、個人的にも特に何か、と云う事無く、総じて平穏無事。

欲な事を言わず、この平穏無事に感謝、感謝。先ずは生きて居る事に感謝しなければ・・・。

と云うのが、実は一昨日、私の高校の時の恩師が亡くなった。それもおん歳６９歳。現役の町長で、元気も意欲も満々であったのに。聞くところによると業務中の突然死で、それこそアッと云う間もない状況であったとか。

その訃報を聞いて以来、死と云うものが小生の頭の中を駆け巡っている。先生は最後に自分の死を持って、私ら生徒に教えを説かれたのかも・・・そんな気がする。

「朝に道を聞き、夕に死すも可なり」、そんな言葉があったように思うが、まさにその通り。一分先の命を保証できる人は神以外には存在するまい。まことに儚いと思うが、儚さ故に日々充実した時を過ごさないと、この世に生を受けた意味がない。

一年を振り返って、何をしたのかよく判らない。こんな事ではどうしようもない・・・。来年はもう少し計画的に物事を進め、年末に、「やった、やった」と云える、意識明瞭な日々を送ることに努めよう・・・・。

There is only one day left in this year’s work. Tomorrow is the end of my business.

As is the case every year, I look back on the year and think, “What was it like this year…? In recent years, however, I’ve tried my best to look back, but I’m not sure what I’ve done over the past year. People often say that a year has gone by in a blink of an eye, and it’s true. The time has passed really quickly.

Probably because I’m living my days in the flow of time, I don’t know what I’ve done as a result of it.

But if you look at the results, as a whole, first things first. Although the market conditions remain severe, the company seems to have managed to maintain its balance of payments despite a slight increase in sales, perhaps due to cost-cutting and crisis awareness. In addition, there was nothing in particular for me personally, and I was generally safe and sound.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this peace and safety, without greed. First of all, I have to be grateful to be alive…

In fact, the day before yesterday, my mentor from my high school passed away. She is also 69 years old. He was a sitting mayor who had a lot of energy and drive. I heard that he died suddenly in the middle of his work, and it was in no time at all.

Ever since I heard of his death, the thought of his death has been running through my mind. Maybe the teacher had his own death at the end to teach us students… I feel like that.

I think there was a saying, “It is possible to hear the way in the morning and to die in the evening”, and that’s exactly what it is. There is no one but God who can guarantee a minute’s life ahead. I think it is truly ephemeral, but there is no point in being born into this world if you don’t spend your days in the fullness of your ephemerality.

Looking back on the year, I’m not sure what I’ve done. There’s nothing I can do about this… Next year, I’ll try to be a little more organized and have a clearer mind at the end of the year where I can say “I did it, I did it”…

今年の漢字「暑」。

毎年、今年の漢字が発表されると、私なりのコメントをこのブログに乗せてきたが、今年はピンと来るものが無く、筆が進まない。

今年の漢字が「暑」と決まった途端の第一印象「何それっ・・」、第二印象「暑って嫌いなんだよなー、書き難くて・・」。第三印象、「昨年の「新」は良かったのにな・・」。後は何もなし。

これではコメントにならないが、でもそうなのだから仕方が無い。

The Chinese character for this year is “hot”.

Every year, when the Chinese characters for this year are announced, I have put my own comments on this blog, but this year, I couldn’t find anything that stuck with me and I couldn’t move forward with my writing.

As soon as the Chinese character for this year was decided to be “hot”, my first impression was, “What’s that? Third impression, “Last year’s ‘new’ was good… Nothing else.

This doesn’t make it a comment, but it does, so it can’t be helped.

前回のブログに書いた、我が家の付近にねぐらを構えている子狸くん、とても元気になったよ・・・。バンザーイ！。

元気なところを写真で紹介したいと思うが、元気に走り回っている為シャッターチャンスがつかめず、残念・・・。それにしても獣の自然治癒力って凄いね。トボトボとしか歩けなかったあの狸が、4・5日で走り回るまでに回復していた。

小生など、２ケ月以上前に捻挫した手首（回転椅子から落下）が未だに完治せず、かなり違和感が残っていると云うのに。

そう云えば、天風先生のお話しにも同じ様なのがあった。ヒマラヤ山脈の麓、カンチェンジェンガ（ヨーガの里）で修行中、師匠のカリアッパ先生が、突然天風先生の手を剃刀で切り、同時に傍に居た犬の前足を切った。そして、どちらが先に治るか競争させたらしい。結果、遥かに犬の方が早く治った、とのこと。

ケガひとつ治すのに、医学を修めた人間よりも、遥かに能力の劣る犬のほうがよっぽど早くに治す。これは何なのか、その事を、身を持って教えてくれたと云う話しです。

所謂、気にするから治らない。病は忘れる事によって治る。病を治すのは医者でもなければ薬でもない。死に至る病以外のあらゆる病は、全て自分で治すのです。この世に生きとし生ける全てのものは、皆自分自身で自分を治すのです。如何なる動植物にも、自然治癒力（自然良能力）と云う力が備わっており、その力によって回復させるのであって、医術や薬が治すのではなく、そうしたものは自然治癒力の補佐をしてくれるに過ぎない。従って、その力が十分に発揮できるような状態にして置くには、普段からその事を心がけ鍛錬しておく必要があるにです。

そして、その方法をお教えしているのが財団法人天風会です。そうー、心身統一法がそうなのです。

今度の日曜日は、香里天風会の越年会（忘年会）です。普段通りの日曜行修の後、天風先生の講演テープ「安心立命の人生観」を拝聴します。2時間ほどの長いテープです。一度立ち寄ってみませんか？。老若男女どなたでも結構です、興味のあるかたはお気軽に来てくださいませ・・・大歓迎です。

As I wrote in my last blog, the little tanuki who has a roost near our house has become very healthy… Banzai!

I’d like to show you a picture of his health, but I couldn’t get a chance to take a picture because he was running around so vigorously… The natural healing power of animals is amazing. The raccoon, who could only walk in a limp state, had recovered to the point of running around in four or five days.

The wrist (falling from a swivel chair) which I sprained more than two months ago still does not heal completely, and a considerable discomfort remains.

Come to think of it, there was a similar story in Professor Amakaze’s story. In the foothills of the Himalayas, while practicing in Kanchenjenga (the village of yoga), his teacher, Kaliappa, suddenly slashed Tianfu’s hand with a razor blade and at the same time cut the front leg of the dog that was by his side. Then they made them compete to see who would be cured first. As a result, he said, the dog healed much faster.

A far less capable dog can heal a single injury much more quickly than a medically trained person. It’s a story that has taught me firsthand what this is all about.

So to speak, it doesn’t heal because it cares. Sickness is cured by forgetting. It is not the doctor or the medicine that cures the disease. Every disease, except the deadly ones, heals itself. Every living thing in this world will heal itself, and every living thing will heal itself. All plants and animals have a power of natural healing, and they are healed by this power, not by medicine or medicine, which only supports the power of natural healing. Therefore, it is necessary to keep this in mind on a regular basis in order to be in a state where the power can be fully demonstrated.

And it is the Tenpukai Foundation that teaches you how to do that. Yes, that’s what the Unification of Mind and Body Act is.

This Sunday is the year-end party of the Kori Tenpukai. After the usual Sunday practice, we’ll listen to Dr. Amikaze’s lecture tape, “Anshin Ritsumeikan no Seikoku no Seikoku,” which is about two hours long. Why not stop by for a visit? Anyone, young and old, male and female, if you are interested, please feel free to come and see us.