It looks like an elementary school playground, but it’s something else. This is the staff at a local Japan department store trying to show their antisocial distancing designs inside a Tokyo elevator.
Playing Foursquare in Tokyo Elevators
Pity Parties
The problem with pity parties is very few people come… and no one brings presents.
Back To School, Back To Business
After a couple months of hardship for many due to the Wuhan Corona Virus threat, Japan seems to be really back online today.
Some of the larger companies may still have employees working from home a day or two a week as they have deeper pockets to finance it. However restaurants in central Tokyo that survived the unwarranted fear have opened back up. In Nihonbashi, you can see the restaurants and retailers that didn’t make it. The closed storefronts with pulled shutters is a reminder of that.
Many people are back in their offices but the biggest difference from last week is kids are back in school. It’s great to see bus loads of kids heading back to school.
We feel for the many retailers and restaurants that were forced out of business and hope. The faces of the students (mostly masked) and laughing kids voices are a reminder of the hope we can all have for a new day.
What is Fear?
The acronym for fear is
False, evidence, appearing, real
-Zig Ziglar
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Enjoying the last days of a light Tokyo commute
We’re coming to the end of the official state of emergency called by Local politicians in Japan. Will be glad to see businesses back in operation but will definitely miss the rush hour trains where you can always sit down, This is a good time to support your local area small businesses. #backinbusiness
Active or passive?
No action is always safe for the uninspired -SPW
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What Is Your Thinking On Wuhan Corona Virus? Tester or Timid (TvT)?
The world population is probably getting pretty tired with the hearing about the Wuhan Corona Virus? Yes, it is real. However, has it really been worth locking down national economies to limit the spread?
As with anything, there are diverse opinions. Those opinions can be simply separated into to groups
Tester Thinking- The ‘show me the facts’, ‘what are the real results’, ‘how many people actually died?’ people.
Timid Thinking- The ‘lockdown the population’, ‘avoid the spread’, people cannot be responsible for their own health people.
Timid versus tester thinking. In short TvT. Are you a tester or timid thinker?
Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – It’s Time To LIFT the state of emergency
Dear Mr Abe,
Thank you for all your careful consideration in this time of great fear and confusion caused by the Wuhan Corona virus. We are praying for you and that Almighty God will give you special wisdom and direction to make good decisions as you represent the people of our nation.
We know there is unfortunately life lost due to this highly contagious sickness around the world. Fortunately, Japan has very few deaths compared to other nations. Like any executive, we recommend you do not give in to the fear mongers and make decisions based on emotions instead of common sense and fact. The world is in great confusion as fear tends to overpower logic with decisions that destroy the economy which is especially the small medium business community. The negative people seem to be getting all of the attention.
Please do not give in to the media hype that is pushing for extending the state of emergency in Japan. Even within our CEO network there are some different opinions. Having a state of emergency through Golden Week is long enough. Another extension will completely decimate the lives of millions of businesses, families and workers.
The Wuhan Corona virus is bad but when you look at the actual deaths, it doesn’t actually compare to the 3400 people who have lost their lives to influenzas in the 2018/2019 season or even those who choke on ‘mochi’ rice cake each year in Japan. Let’s take the Commonsense model, if someone is sick, stay home. Rest and get well. In addition, the people who have preexisting health conditions should manage themselves and just be extra careful. Those who are well should be encouraged to work so they can enjoy life with their families.
We can no longer let our economy be idled by fear and creating meaningless statistics.
Please be bold and be strong! Let’s bring Japan back to full force.
Chairman, CEO Group Network