Cart

  • No product in the cart
Why we need the spirit of craftsman?

Why we need the spirit of craftsman?

Why we need the spirit of craftsman?       Many people think that craftsman is an inflexible worker, but “craftsman” has a profound meaning. He represents an era of temperament: toughness, constancy and excellence. Craftsman may not necessarily to become an entrepreneur. But most of the successful entrepreneurs all have the spirit of craftsman.       Work is a spiritual practice, only certainty there is no chance in the world!Up to 2012, corporate's life more than 200 years included: Japan 3,146, the most in the world. Germany 837, Netherlands 222, France 196. Why these long-lived company only in...

Why we need the spirit of craftsman?


      Many people think that craftsman is an inflexible worker, but “craftsman” has a profound meaning. He represents an era of temperament: toughness, constancy and excellence. Craftsman may not necessarily to become an entrepreneur. But most of the successful entrepreneurs all have the spirit of craftsman.


      Work is a spiritual practice, only certainty there is no chance in the world!
Up to 2012, corporate's life more than 200 years included: Japan 3,146, the most in the world. Germany 837, Netherlands 222, France 196. Why these long-lived company only in these countries, is that an accident? What’s the secret of their longevity? We studied their spiritual inheritance -- craftsman spirit!


       Many people think that craftsman is an inflexible worker, but “craftsman” has a profound meaning. He represents an era of temperament: toughness, constancy and excellence. Craftsman may not necessarily to become an entrepreneur. But most of the successful entrepreneurs all have the spirit of craftsman.


     The core of “the spirit of craftsman” is: not only use work as a tool for making money, but set up a spirit of dedication, excellence and elaboration. In many Japanese companies, "the spirit of craftsman" develop a culture and common values of mind between the leader and the staff, and thus produce power within the company.

      Okuribito, a Japanese film which won the Oscar. In the film, the cello teacher moves up to be an embalmer due to being unemployed. The bodies are dressed up like live asleep by his perfect cosmetic technology. He has been well received. He said in his acceptance speech: When you do something, you need to build up an obsession which can’t live without. Not to reject it, but to regard it as an alive life and communicate with it from your heart.


      "Craftsman" is the skilled person. In Germany, the trainee tradition cultivate the best craftsman. In Switzerland, the top watches are polished exquisitely by craftsman. The spirit of craftsman is the spirit of striving for perfection and concentration.


      In the age of “spirit of businessmen". The survival of individuals and businesses are both facing huge challenges. Some companies produce knockoff products, they can survive in the good external environment. Once the external environment become worse, these companies will close down.

      People is the core of a company, cultivate “the spirit of craftsman” is a way of getting rid of this dilemma. The craftsman elaborate their products and improve their technique constantly, they enjoy the process of their products become better. While the other companies are keen on “making money – producing the same products repeatedly – producing the new products – making money”, the companies which advocate “the spirit of craftsman” meet their spirit demand from another side. They improve their products constantly and make them exist in a suitable form.

     Craftsman work to obtaining money, but does not work for money. A person’s job is the representation of his life attitude. His lifework is the representation of his ambition.
The spirit of craftsman is not the exotic. There is a story named Fundamentals for Nourishing Life in Zhuang Zi.

     A cook was cutting up an ox for Wen Hui. Wherever his hand touched, his shoulder leaned, his foot tread and his knee thrust, there was the sound of ripping and the sound of slicing, which kept time with the rhythm of the dance of Mulberry Grove and were as melodious as the music of Jingshou.

      "Very good!" Wen Hui said, "How did you achieve such perfection in your skill?"
The cook put down his knife and replied, "What I love is the Tao, which is more advanced than skills. When I first began to cup up an ox, I saw nothing but the whole ox. Three years later, I saw no more the whole ox. Now I deal with the ox in my mind instead of my eyes. The senses stop functioning, but the mind is activated. Following the ox's natural veins, my knife slips through openings between its muscles and slides through crevices in the joints. I take advantage of what is already there. The knife has never hesitated at the juncture of blood vessels, not to mention the big bones. A good cook changes his knife every year because he uses his knife to cut. An ordinary cook changes his knife every month because he uses his knife to hack. My knife has been in use for nineteen years and has cup up several thousand oxen, and yet its edge is still sharp as if it were newly whetted. There are crevices in the joints, but the blade of the knife has no thickness. There is certainly plenty of room for the blade of a knife without thickness to enter the joints where there are crevices. This is why the blade of the knife that has been in use for nineteen years is still sharp as if it were newly whetted.

       Nevertheless, when I come to a complicated joint and see that there will be difficulty, I proceed cautiously, fixing my eyes on it, moving slowly and cutting gently until the part is quickly separated and drops like a clod of earth to the ground. Then standing with the knife in my hand, I look all around with triumphant satisfaction. I then clean the knife and put it away."

      This story tell us that we can reach the peak of perfection if we concentrate our attention when we do something. Such as the Swiss Watch, the craftsman worked to the limits of his technique, the top quality bring the top brand.

     The spirit of craftsman is not a slogan, it exists in everyone. For a long time, the development of the road of individuals or companies both very difficult due to the lack of determination, aspiration and accumulation. This situation will make the innovation become more difficult. Therefore, in the age of lack of resources, rebuild the spirit of craftsman is the only way of survival and development.

Leave a comment

Recent Articles

A Message From The Buyer
A Message From The Buyer
About the Barbie clothes
About the Barbie clothes
About our CEO (Special Version)
About our CEO (Special Version)

Blog tags