Book Summary — Think like Jews, practice like Japanese Vol.3

🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences

1. This book is a famous Japanese book which translated to Thai.
2. Deeply describe human relationship using 4-quadrants matrix.
3. It helps a reader to reflect on relationships with surrounding people.

🎨 Impressions

This book provides various examples of human relationships. It further brings me to reflect on my relationship with my parents, friends, and colleagues.

🙍‍ Who Should Read It?

This book is recommended for everyone since the relationship is related to everyone.

☘️ How the Book Changed Me

• I try harder to understand other people (It is still difficult though)
• I avoid being at the border of any quadrant in the relationship matrix

✍️ My Top 3 Quotes

• We are not walking to the future but the future is approaching us.
• The relationship of 2 people is on the opposite sides of the matrix.
• Feeling, positive or negative, could empower us.

📒 Summary + Notes

🙂 Feeling, positive or negative, could empower us.

🔄 Relationship matrix could be divided into 4 quadrants: independence/dependence and optimistic/pessimistic

Relationship matrix

📍 We will be in the quadrant that we feel the most pleasant

⚡ However, if we are in the quadrant and ignore other quadrants, it could yield a bad result in a relationship.

↔️ Relationship of 2 people is on the opposite sides of the matrix.

🌏 This relationship matric is not limit only to the relationship of 2 people, it can also illustrate the relationship of 2 countries!

💃 The person who dances on the matrix (move from a quadrant to another when being with a different person) will never feel actual happiness.

⭕ The way to stop dancing on the matrix is by trying to understand other people and be in the center of the matrix.

⏳ Relationship with family in the past could affect the present.

🌙 Factors that make your dream come true:

• It is your dream.
• That dream is exciting for you and others
• When that dream comes true, it benefits both yourself and others.
• That dream will make others feel happy.

🌒 Factors that obstruct your dream:

• You don’t think that dream can come true
• You don’t think you can do it
• You think that you lack ability, time, and courage
• No supporter
• No commitment
• Can’t focus on that dream

⌚ We are not walking to the future but the future is approaching us. Preparing yourself to be ready for the future.