Don't Add Unless You Subtract.

He shows us invaluable insights about the present, the world around us. Read his new book 'Mind Set' written by John Naisbitt. See the Present and Prepare the Future.

Follows are his mind sets to predict our future, each of which is a chapter title:
1. While many things change, most things remain constant
2. The future is embedded in the present
3. Focus on the score of the game
4. Understanding how powerful it is not to have to be right
5. See the future as a picture puzzle
6. Don't get so far ahead of the parade that people don't know you're in it
7. Resistance to change falls if benefits are real
8. Things that we expect to happen always happen more slowly
9. You don't get results by solving problems but by exploiting opportunities
10. Don't add unless you subtract
11. Don't forget the ecology of technology

Island in Wars

There were wars on the island. No more smells of gunpower nor blood. But, the history continues for ever and ever.

Helsinki At A Glance

Trip Ended Memory Lasting

With Hope for World Mission...

There is the Sea. So, I'm there.

... ... ...
Don't regret past
Let's leave now
Don't hesitate future
... ... ...

A Family Story

'Family', a word for unity. What to me?

At, Jesus Abbey (2006/10/21)

Good to Great

Jim Collins wrote a book titled 'Good to Great', which is one in my read-wish list. This script is not about Jim Collins' book, but about Creative Idea. However, he stated 'Good is the Enemy of Great'. Why do we satisfy 'Good'?

People often think a creative idea is an innovative one. This may, in my opinion, make them stay 'Good', because Innovation is not usual. Creative thinking is thinking differently. Difference is the key towards Creativity. If difference has a real value and power to many, it becomes innovative, but still creative.

No pressure to be innovative, but free to be different.

Success is a journey and not a destiny (Arthur Ashe)

Failure is an event and not a person

Beyond the Border

Silent, Dark, Lonely, ...

Where is the border -- Day and Night, Friend and Enemy, Right and Wrong?

A Whole New Mind

'A Whole New Mind' by Daniel H. Pink

It is better to re-direct Garr Reynolds's blog that introduces the book titled 'A Whole New Mind'. In addition to the introduction, he also shows us how to apply the concepts in the book to presentation. (The blog is one of my favorite ones to frequently visit, because it provides invaluable best practices in presentation. So, I want all of you to put the blog in your bookmark and to visit it to read the previous articles. Don't stop visiting the blog for the while it exists.)

The book written by Daniel Pink shows us six new minds for us to survive new competing environment. He introduces three critical factors (Abundance, Asia, and Automation) why the old minded people become less important at present and in the future. As an Asian, the second 'Asia' is not a good word to me, it should be replaced with 'Outsourcing'. Anyway, the old minded people, so-called left-brainers, are characterized as functional and logical. Such people were money-earner in the high-technology era. However, the future according to Pink is high-concept and high-touch era. It is true the high-technology (by left-brainers) will be still important. But, it will become a normal factor, not the critical factor in the future. One must be more sensitive to survive. ... As you know the left-brain plays the role of logical thinking, while the right-brain does the role of emotion. The future along with high technology requires people possessing high concepts and high touches. To be a person of high-concept and high-touch, the author suggests us to have new attitude to works -- design, stroy, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. Such things are often govened by the right brain. However, the most important thing is to develop both brains hormonically. A balanced life to us.

Go to a bookstore, online or offline, pick the book, read it, and change your mind and your attitude. As Zig Ziglar said, 'It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude'.

Choices That Change Lives

"Choices That Change Lives" by Hal Urban

Our life is a sequence of endless choices -- yes or not, go or stay, and so forth. I don't want to be a perfect person. But I want to try to do good things not only for myself but also for my neighbors. This is one of my missions in this world, I think. Here is a good self-disciplinary book written by Hal Urban. At first, I read his other book titled 'Positive Words, Powerful Results: Simple Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life', so this is my second time to read his book. He introduces 15 ways for ourselves to find more purpose, meaning, and joy prepared for us -- by the Grace of God. I like his experience and wisdom. I also hope to share my experience and wisdom in future with others. So now is the time to prepare my life -- by just following much wisdom from my fathers. ... Anyway, the 15 items he lists may be universal or not. Nonetheless, they are worthy for us to read and practice. The items include humility, patience, empathy, giving, forgiveness, thinking, possibility, renewal, courage, excellence, mission, scripture, prayer, wisdom, and joy. They are not the only things we must to practice for our own future. They may be hard for us, including myself, to practice. But daily practice and remining may change our lives little by little. When I am old, I hope to be such a man. Even though I may not be a perpect one, but I wish to be a person who continuously practices such things. Choices are on us. And that change our lives.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

The Year of Magical Thinking... by Joan Didion.

Loss of things is a painful thing to human being. When the things are what we loved, the pain is deeper and deeper as we are never remove the feelings from us. What happen, if the things are another human being -- child, parent, husband or wife, friends, brother or sister, etc? Here is a woman who lost her husband just one year ago. Now she is in another threat to the same, or more painful, feeling to lose another lover -- her only daughter (who indeed left her no sooner than she thought her feelings of the year.) No other description... about the book and more about her feeling. When I was reading it, I was filled with a thought... decrease of things to lose is much and much more painful than the loss itself. If you have just one you love -- but eventually you will lose it --, you have to thank to God for you have it. The number is not the matter on this. ... God made us on purpose and God also give us pain on purpose.

One for All, All for One.

Jesus is given for everybody.. so we must be only for Jesus.

World Without Strangers

World Without Strangers... We know that we will eventually meet again in some days. We meet again now and here. And we will remeber this time as we have remebered that time. Time goes through, but the memony will never be gone... Sometimes we dream a world without any strangers. But having strangers is natural. I hope a world with strangers in harmony.

Value Creation through Protecting Intellectual Property

The figure contains a brief description how to examinate a computer-related invention as a patent. The traditional enterprises, usually manufacturing-oriented enterprises, focused on how to reduce/save the costs during manufacturing. However, the costs saving has a limit to save. If one requires '100' to manufacture, the maximum saving does not exceed '100'. Now is time to create value, not to reduce costs (even though costs saving is an essential part of management). The value creation has no limit to reach. For the same example, one may create value '101', other '1000', other '10000', and so forth. The change of thought (or a creative/innovative viewpoint) opens boundless possibility to future.

ISL Logo

Logo, for Postech Systems Integration and Interoperation Lab, is designed by Bahn (bjeong@postech.ac.kr)... Indeed, the design is inspired from MIT's new logo.

The 6th IME Day or Night

It's twenty years after POSTECH was founded. Although not too many students have relatively been graduated, we have already marked on the world. However, now is time to keep going to the top. We must not lose our wildness, the beginner's mind. Think, Think, Think, and act. As Steve said at Stanford Univ. 'Postech and Postechian, be hungry and be foolish'. I'm still hungry and still foolish. I will never forget this spirit, never...

Ranking...

At Chesapeake Bay, Summer, 2004

Cherryblossom in the Last Year

I had no spring in this year, so no cherryblossom. Military takes many things from me, but gives many memories and much more experiences.