"**When doing business in [[Japan]], process, manners, and how you work on something is more important than the final results**. Whether this is good or bad for the economy is beyond the scope of this book. What is indisputable, though, is that **finding flow in a “ritualistic workplace” is much easier than in one in which we are continually stressed out trying to achieve unclear goals set by our bosses**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[business-in-Japan]], [[flow-state]], [[organisational-culture]], [[kaizen]] **Source** -- [[202501221126 - B - Ikigai]]