0. why: I want to find startup members through Brunch.
(An investor would be even better, of course.)
I thought — what if I wrote a book as the channel where values meet?
There are many hire/job-seeker channels. But
are the words "job seeker" and "employer" really the right words?
People refuse to be products. I think all of us are the ones doing the seeking.
That's why I turned to Brunch. But an online channel alone isn't enough.
For the individual — as a nudge to remind oneself of the current values.
1. what: Seeking a Life-mate.
2. how (line up): Brainstorming only means something when each other's background knowledge is similar.
There's no right or wrong, insufficient or appropriate, in the criteria for decision-making.
The only question is whether the standards of value, and the direction and method of building that value, match mine.
- The employer's background
- The employer's thinking
- The employer's direction
- 01 Looking for a personal aide
- 02 The Oath of the Peach Garden
- 03 Partners over shareholders
3. sample: A life spent just maintaining itself
- They say, "we work to get by."
But how healthy are we, really? Did you even eat today?
- They say, "we work for our family."
But in our lives, how much time are we actually spending with family?
- We go through elementary, middle, high school, college, and then life as a staffer, assistant manager, manager, deputy director, to live our own life.
But how much time have we actually given to thinking about our own life?
- We take out insurance, loans, buy cars — and land a "workplace," not a "vocation" — all for the future.
But we actually end up working for insurance, for the car, for the loan, for the workplace — not for the vocation.
A life that asks what kind of problem this is before rushing to find an answer.
- Grown-ups can't be criticized. You can't deny or criticize the existing companies.
Because the moment you do, you'd have to deny your own father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter — your own family — along with them.
- You can't deny or blame presidents or politicians.
You can't take their place on behalf of people with values different from yours, and you don't have the qualification to bear the responsibility of your own claim.
- You can't deny or criticize anyone but yourself.
Each person has their own life. They act based on the best judgment they can make within it, from their experience and learning.
- By each person's choice and will,
we may not empathize with them, but we can understand them. And we can understand them and still decide not to join in those behaviors and attitudes.
- All conflict begins with othering.
