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Chaplin and Kaizen

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A reporter once asked Charlie Chaplin what he considered his best work. Chaplin replied:

The next one.

This tiny story reminds me of the Japanese idea of Kaizen.

Kaizen is made up of two Chinese characters. Improve and Good. It is central to the philosophy of the Japanese car company Toyota. It embodies the idea of continuous improvement.

To understand there is no such thing as best. To acknowledge there is alway room for improvement.