The world of management is abuzz about the idea of “quiet quitting” — the Gen Z, TikTok-boosted term for doing nothing more at work than the job description demands.
For Inamori, working was living. For quiet quitters looking to spend more time on recreation, he warned that such pleasure is fleeting. There is no greater pleasure in life than that which comes from working hard, overcoming hardship and building somethingIn his later years, he spent much of his time sharing what he learnt. More than his considerable business achievements, which include taking on the one-time state monopoly of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone to build Japan’s second-largest mobile carrier, he became known for his management credo.