Show them how, explain it to them, let them try it, then praise them — otherwise people will not act.
話し合い、耳を傾け、承認し、任せてやらねば、人は育たず。
Military Strategists
Isoroku Yamamoto
The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase (1884-1943). Yamamoto Isoroku understood better than anyone that Japan could not win a prolonged war against America — yet executed the gamble that started one, embodying the tragic tension between strategic clarity and institutional obligation.
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