My Mentor
Today I'd like to introduce one of my friends, Shozo, to you. He's 73 years old and living in Hammatsu City.
He dedicated his whole life to Civic Motor Company. For starters he worked at Civic Belgium. Then he relocated to Civic Reserach and Developtment Center in Saitama. After that he moved to Marietta Civic, Ohio, USA.
He retired at the age of 60 but he wanted to stay in the States. So he signed up for Lord Warriors in Pennsylvania where I met him for the first time in 2003.
Lord Warrior is search consultant firm specializing in placing professional, managerial and executive candidates with Japanese owned companies in the States.
He was president's right hand. It was nice of him to invite me over to his apartment in Indiana, where he gave me a crash course for the executive search company. He was ariticulate and inspiring when it came to the the nuts and bolts of running a business. He was really my mentor.
It's a shame that I could work with him for only a couple of months because I had to leave for Japan immediately.
But our relationship went on, even if I came back to Japan and lived in Minoo. We exchanged emails occasionally. For instance when I traveled to Germany, I sent him pictures of a young German couple I met there. His evalaution:"Wow, unlike the Americans they are pure whites." I was surprised to hear that, as I cannot tell the Germans from Americans. I just lump whites together.
At the end of December he returned to Japan to spend New Year Holidays with his family. He made a point of calling me up and say hello. I was happy to talk with him over the phone.
A year ago he finished his last assignment in the States. He came back to Hamamatsu to live with his wife. He is completely retired.
Last week I made a telephone call to him and said, "Hi, how are you doing?"
Well, he had ups and downs.
In April he had severe back pain and could barely walk. He called doctors in Hamamatsu. But they couldn't find the causes. He desperately searched in Internet and finally found a specialist in Nagoya.
He was operated successfully. Moreover the operation took only one day. In the course of time he felt better.
Now he takes up a guitar lesson and goes to Aeon English conversational school to brush up on his English. It is commendable when he said that he was going to take TOEIC Examination soon. He wants to set a kind of goal in his life.
Looking back on the first encounter with him in the States, I never knew that our friendship lasted so long. He is still my mentor.
He dedicated his whole life to Civic Motor Company. For starters he worked at Civic Belgium. Then he relocated to Civic Reserach and Developtment Center in Saitama. After that he moved to Marietta Civic, Ohio, USA.
He retired at the age of 60 but he wanted to stay in the States. So he signed up for Lord Warriors in Pennsylvania where I met him for the first time in 2003.
Lord Warrior is search consultant firm specializing in placing professional, managerial and executive candidates with Japanese owned companies in the States.
He was president's right hand. It was nice of him to invite me over to his apartment in Indiana, where he gave me a crash course for the executive search company. He was ariticulate and inspiring when it came to the the nuts and bolts of running a business. He was really my mentor.
It's a shame that I could work with him for only a couple of months because I had to leave for Japan immediately.
But our relationship went on, even if I came back to Japan and lived in Minoo. We exchanged emails occasionally. For instance when I traveled to Germany, I sent him pictures of a young German couple I met there. His evalaution:"Wow, unlike the Americans they are pure whites." I was surprised to hear that, as I cannot tell the Germans from Americans. I just lump whites together.
At the end of December he returned to Japan to spend New Year Holidays with his family. He made a point of calling me up and say hello. I was happy to talk with him over the phone.
A year ago he finished his last assignment in the States. He came back to Hamamatsu to live with his wife. He is completely retired.
Last week I made a telephone call to him and said, "Hi, how are you doing?"
Well, he had ups and downs.
In April he had severe back pain and could barely walk. He called doctors in Hamamatsu. But they couldn't find the causes. He desperately searched in Internet and finally found a specialist in Nagoya.
He was operated successfully. Moreover the operation took only one day. In the course of time he felt better.
Now he takes up a guitar lesson and goes to Aeon English conversational school to brush up on his English. It is commendable when he said that he was going to take TOEIC Examination soon. He wants to set a kind of goal in his life.
Looking back on the first encounter with him in the States, I never knew that our friendship lasted so long. He is still my mentor.
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