Ticket to Success

INSIGHTS OF THE WISE This is the way to achieve success in this world. In life, some opportunities are open to a person while others are not. The highest wisdom is to seize the opportunities at hand and move forward with them. If someone keeps banging their head against closed doors, the doors will not open, but their head may suffer. Especially today, education is the key to success, and opportunities to get this key are available to everyone, everywhere. The principle that is the secret to individual advancement is also the key to the progress of nations and countries. In this regard, Japan sets a commendable example to follow. An American author wrote a book about Japan titled “Japan as Number One.” In this 250-page book, the author shows how Japan, after suffering total defeat in World War II, managed to bounce back and even challenge its conqueror, the United States. According to the author, the Japanese became masters of change instead of victims. While other countries were wrecked by outside forces, Japan came out stronger. “Thus, they became the masters of change rather than the victims. Other countries were devastated by foreign influence, but Japan was invigorated.” — Ezra F. Vogel, Japan as Number One, Harvard University Press, London 1979, p.256. According to the author, Japan’s remarkable success mainly comes from its transformation following military and