Comments on: Professionals – today’s modern Samurai? http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/07/professionals-modern-samurai/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Klaus Wiedemann http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/07/professionals-modern-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Klaus Wiedemann Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:38:33 +0000 http://not-for-slaves.de/index.php/professionals-today%e2%80%99s-modern-samurais/#comment-12 <p>Well, start reading is always a good way to enhance one's knowledge; we strongly encourage you to do this. For beginners, Bill Diffenderffer's book "Samurai Leader" might be a good introduction for someone not familiar with the topic.</p> <p>Especially interesting is the idea of a "code of ethics", a set of self-imposed rules which have been considered essential for being a Samurai.<br /> True, some of them are rooted in the feudal system, and some of them directly relate to the Samurai role as a warrior, so they do not translate directly into the 21st century (as most ancient books do not directly translate in modern times).</p> <p>However, there are also rules and ideas we consider timeless and worthwhile contemplating about their implications for business.<br /> It's also about setting high personal standards, and it's about about respect for others.<br /> Starting an anonymous post on a blog with "Nonsense" probably fails this test.</p> Well, start reading is always a good way to enhance one’s knowledge; we strongly encourage you to do this. For beginners,
Bill Diffenderffer’s book “Samurai Leader” might be a good introduction for someone not familiar with the topic.

Especially interesting is the idea of a “code of ethics”, a set of self-imposed rules which have been considered essential for being a Samurai.
True, some of them are rooted in the feudal system, and some of them directly relate to the Samurai role as a warrior, so they do not translate directly into the 21st century (as most ancient books do not directly translate in modern times).

However, there are also rules and ideas we consider timeless and worthwhile contemplating about their implications for business.
It’s also about setting high personal standards, and it’s about about respect for others.
Starting an anonymous post on a blog with “Nonsense” probably fails this test.

]]> By: anon http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/07/professionals-modern-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-11 anon Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:48:10 +0000 http://not-for-slaves.de/index.php/professionals-today%e2%80%99s-modern-samurais/#comment-11 Nonsense -- 'Bushido' as you put it, was a way for daimio to keep their servants mindless enough to do things like ... oh, I dunno'... kill themselves if they failed at a task. Samurai were hired swords who would kill without conscience and call it 'pure', blindly follow their Lord without question, and saw themselves above the 'common' person - nice ethics. I think you might want to read some actual history about feudal Japan, and stop watching Tom Cruise movies. We have all together too much of this already in the 'market place'. Nonsense — ‘Bushido’ as you put it, was a way for daimio to keep their servants mindless enough to do things like … oh, I dunno’… kill themselves if they failed at a task. Samurai were hired swords who would kill without conscience and call it ‘pure’, blindly follow their Lord without question, and saw themselves above the ‘common’ person – nice ethics. I think you might want to read some actual history about feudal Japan, and stop watching Tom Cruise movies.
We have all together too much of this already in the ‘market place’.

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