I got to know this beautiful documentary through one of my favourite financial blog, Four Pillar Freedom.
The jist of the film in my opinion is summarized below by the writer below:
"If there was no film made about Jiro, it would be easy to look at his life from the outside and mistakenly believe that he is an 85 year-old man who never achieved retirement, who remained at the same sushi restaurant for several decades, who never made the leap to a larger business, and who lacks meaning.
This would be a classic mistake of thinking a meaningful life has to look a certain way.
I think we all want to find meaning in life. Unfortunately, we have a tendency to look for it in the wrong places. Instead of chasing autonomy, competence, and connection, we strive to accumulate more things."
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Yes. Bigger houses, brighter diamonds, luxurious cars. This is what success in Singapore means.
How about we all learn from Jiro?
How about just living each day doing what you love?
Do you care more about how you look to others?
Or more about how YOU feel about your life?
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While I do not agree with all of Jiro's philosophy (like throwing your kids and leaving them to fight for themselves, or being extremely tough of himself), I admire his unrelentless dedication to his craft. He is the epitome of becoming one with what he love. (Kinda like 人剑合一 in Wuxia films. Haha.)
While the film seems to have nothing to do with finances on the surface, it can teach you a lot when you look deeper.
One big reason why Jiro was able to carefreely pursue his passion is because money is no longer a factor in his life. He has complete autonomy over his life, and he choose to use his time on what gave him the most happiness - making better sushi.
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I think no matter what we intend to puruse in life, achieving FI is the common factor that can help us, solely because it grants us total control our time.
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