30 years ago, after finishing work
in a back alley of Kyoto,
if you were drinking alcohol....

Young businessmen
often approached me.

Chairman, please tell us
how to grow our company.

It was hard to ignore their desperate hearts,
but there was nothing I could say
right now.

Looking back on my past life, my life
was also in a state of zero, with nothing.

I had no experience, knowledge,
or chance of success in business.

But there was one thing I had
that others didn't.
I desired success more than anyone else,
and only dreamed of success.

Why did you jump into that job
in the first place? What really is
the success you were dreaming of?

If you can answer this question,
anyone can be reborn.

Kazuo Inamori
"Why Do We Do Business"