7 Japanese life wisdoms that make you want to think about

      The culture of Japan is very different from that of other nations. It is the Land of the Rising Sun that is considered the repository of the secrets of spiritual health and happy life. Here are seven Japanese wisdoms that are still relevant today.

1. "After thinking - decide, after deciding - don't think!"

Before you make a decision, you need to think well about it, and having made - no more doubts. Even if it be in the wrong way. Any experience - better than inaction, and doubts - a straight path to failure.

2. "Victory goes to the one who endures half an hour more than his opponent."

We often give up when we are just a few minutes away from victory. It is worth learning patience, diligence, to go all the way in every endeavor.

3. "Water takes the form of the vessel into which it is poured, and a man gathers good or evil from his friends."

We do absorb what is around us.

Surround yourself with good people, and you just don't get to be evil among them. Surround yourself with fools, and you get fooled. Surround yourself with smart people, and you start striving to reach their level.

4. "It's easier to find ten thousand soldiers than one general."

We are so built that we find it easier to do common tasks, to obey someone, than to take on a leadership role. When you have a small role and are only responsible for yourself, it's always easier.

And it is from this "bell tower" that it seems to us that anyone can "command". In reality, those who can be leaders are few and not easy to find.

5. "The spike matures, the head tilts; the man grows rich, the head tilts."

Money does spoil people. Because when you have nothing to lose, life is easier. As soon as savings and wealth appear, a person becomes tougher, more suspicious, more fearful.

It's not even about "bullying," it's that he begins to protect his goods, trying to communicate with his own kind rather than with everyone else.

6. "To lend money to a friend is to lose him."

Alas, this is a very true statement. Sometimes good friends stop communicating because of mere pennies. Because you take other people's money and not for long, and you have to give your own and forever.

7. "The neighbor's flowers are redder."

It always seems to us that somewhere is better, that someone is better, that someone is better than us. We ourselves organize these competitions, sometimes completely useless.