The Swordless Samurai

Good Night
こんばんは。

How was your March in 2013? It was good, right?

Yea, looking forward to spend a lovely April. :))

In my life, I just try to give my best in doing what I do, pour my heart and soul into my work, and keep learning to be better. But when crappy day (bad things or bad news) keep coming to say Hi and I just want to go home, skip the day, run from every problem, run from EVERYTHING. Yea, I am having that kind of day today. Just require extra patience to figure out the solution to the problem. I just need to be patient as I try getting myself out of the problems. I am not alone, I am not the most unlucky person in the world. Everything will be okay! Right? 

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Although today is the unpleasant, I spent this night to read a great book titled “The Swordless Samurai”. It was written by Kitami Masao and edited by Tim Clark. This is the second time I read this book. This book tells about leadership advices taken from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi was a peasant who becomes the supreme leader of Japan in 16 century. I recommend to read the Indonesian version of this book, because the book sounds like kids diary, easy to understand.  :))　

今日は私の心がちょっと悪くなりました。でも、今晩私はいい本を読みました。この本は　"The　Swordless Samurai".この本の中でToyotomi Hideyoshi について話しました。子供の日記ように、素晴らしくて読む安い本です。：））

It is not about the content of the book, but even more about who was Hideyoshi. He was a preeminent daimyo (大名) of Azuchi-Momoyama Period. Azuchi-Momoyama witnessed Japan’s unification after a century of civil war. The country was reunited by three hegemons, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period is named after the sites of two castles, Nobunaga’s palatial fortress at Azuchi and Hideyoshi’s head-quarters at Momoyama in Fushimi. 

安土地桃山時代に、日本は1世紀に及ぶ内乱を終結させて統一を果たして。日本の再統一をもたらしたのは、3人の者、Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.この時代の名称は、２つの城の所在地、すなわちNobunaga壮麗な居城のあった安土と、Hideyoshiの本営のあった伏見の桃山に由来する。（日本史、８４）

Toyotomi Hideyoshi? 

The warloard Hideyoshi is said to have been small in stature, wearing oversized clothes and false mustache in order to look more impressive, and one of the most remarkable men in Japanese history :))

 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98) : google.com

“I spent more than decade in Japan, and The Swordless Samurai is valuable reading for anyone doing business there or looking for a deeper understanding of timeless leadership principles” – Ken Belson, New York Times

Yea, There is so much to learn in this life and so much to experience, that's what makes it so interesting. Be curious, explore, learn and share. Have a nice April, readers :))

実行は言葉よりまさる。

(Deeds are better than words.)