Translated from 日本語 • View original Note: This time, I will include a pretty maniac story. I would like to talk about the danger of the idea of "absolute".
After all, it's amazing, Japanese automakers
The automobile industry has jumped to the top of the market capitalization. But the Japanese automobile industry still has a lot of potential.
Honda (Red Bull) is in great form this season in F1, the world's top car race. As of July 8th, as of July 8th, I have won 6 games up to the 9th game!
While many Japanese industries are losing their global presence, the automobile industry is gaining popularity, with Toyota, which is the world's top seller in 2020, and Honda, which is the top driver in F1. I want you to do your best.
Let's go back to F1.
Honda, which did not win as much as it would like in the third phase of the F1 challenge until last year, has won this good form with the tenacity to introduce a new engine that costs a huge amount of money, even though it has announced its withdrawal this season.
More than 30 years ago, when I was in high school.
Honda boasted overwhelming strength in the second phase of the F1 challenge. I fell in love with Honda and wanted to make an F1 engine, so I entered the Department of Mechanical Engineering at university.
(In the end, I didn't become an engineer at Honda, but joined a trading company of the Toyota Group and became a salesperson...)
When I looked at Honda until last year, it seemed that there would be absolutely no breakthrough this year, which will be the last year, but there is absolutely no absolute absolute difference.
Assumptions are scary
Even things you were absolutely confident in can overturn them. The same goes for knowledge.
Even if you think it is a good memory, it is often a misunderstanding when you look closely.
I'm going to talk about F1 again.
In the 1980s, Honda was the strongest. (McLaren) The two Honda drivers were Ayrton Senna and Alan Prost. There was a year when these two won 15 out of 16 races, but I remember that until recently, it was Suzuka in the final race that they missed out on one win.
In the final race, Prost, who was leading in points and started in second position, crashed into Senna, who was ahead of him at the first corner, and both retired. In the end, Frost became the champion. I remembered and believed this.
When talking about how strong Honda was in F1, he said, "Honda won 15 out of 16 races in 1988. So it was like 16 wins in 16 races," he explained with a knowing face.
For those who are familiar with F1, this story is full of intrigues.
The fact is...
In 1988, Senna had decided the championship before the final round. And there was no contact in the final battle, and Prost won.
In the following 89 years, Honda won 10 out of 16 races. In the final match, Prost rushed into Senna and both retired. In the end, Frost is the champion.
The following 90 years, Prost moved to Ferrari. This year, Senna, who remained at McLaren Honda, became the champion.
The point is that I mixed up the events from '88 to '90 and processed them myself in an interesting way.
A few years ago, an engineer who was familiar with Colorkrew's F1 approached me and thought, "It can't be like that!!", but when I looked it up, I was completely wrong. It's embarrassing.
Old memories are suspicious
In this way, it is doubtful how accurate old memories are. It seems that humans often have a habit of changing and remembering their memories more conveniently.
When seniors talk about their work bravery, be suspicious. Laughter
Absolutely Never
Making decisions is just as dangerous.
"This will definitely succeed" or "It will definitely fail that way"
Both are dangerous.
Even if you have been successful in the past, if the environment changes, you may fail even if you do the same thing, and vice versa.
"Absolutely, never."
With this in mind, it's always important to communicate. If you think about it this way, you will be able to humbly listen to opinions that are different from your own.
Especially those who have power in the company, such as managers, should keep this in mind.
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