A Single Statement That Opened My Eyes
About thirty-three years ago, I had an experience that completely changed my outlook on faith. At that time, after returning to Japan from the United States, I was working on the front lines. A senior colleague also happened to return temporarily from the U.S. and joined the team I was on. I was told that he had once been known as “the god of F.” Back then, almost all team members were struggling through extremely demanding days and were unable to achieve even half of the goals they had set for themselves. Yet this one person, despite setting goals about five times higher than everyone else’s, somehow exceeded his targets every single day without fail. While everyone wondered how this was possible, he said to us: “When you can’t achieve your goals, it’s simply because the belief that you ‘can’t do it’ is bearing fruit. If you become truly convinced that you can do it, you will surely be able to.” I felt he was absolutely right. It was a moment when the scales fell from my eyes. F...