{"id":534631,"date":"2023-08-14T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=534631"},"modified":"2023-08-14T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:29:55","slug":"the-japanese-philosophy-of-kaizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/14\/the-japanese-philosophy-of-kaizen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Philosophy of Kaizen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why Toyota might be the best car, car company, and also why Fujifilm, the up and comer, might be the best camera company:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kaizen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/cwuBZt92?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general idea is that with kaizen, a steady 1% improvement, every single day, or every single generation, compounded across many years in decades or maybe even centuries, results in some thing insanely great. The reason why this is a good idea is that because, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sort of follows normal biological power laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, a child doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t grow to be 6 foot tall overnight. It takes many years, maybe 16 to 20 years of steady daily growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have also applied this methodology to weightlifting, specifically insanely heavy one rep max lifting. The general just as whenever I attempt a given lift, I always try to increase the weight by at least 1%. Or generally speaking, maybe once a week, or twice a week, I tried to add 2.5 pounders to each side of the barbell. This has resulted in me <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/20\/970-pound-atlas-lift-10-plates-5-2-5-lift-of-the-gods-eric-kim-hypelifting-powerlifting-3-0\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"518209\">atlas lifting over 970 pounds<\/a>. For reference, that is 10 plates, and an additional five pounder and 2.5 pounder attached on the side via ERIC KIM CLIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general idea is that greatness doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen overnight, it is a piecemeal process, which happens step-by-step. Therefore the general encouragement and idea is this; take things one step at a time, and focus on growth, expansion, and augmenting or strength as a progressive process. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Progressive overload\u00e2\u20ac\u009d theory as a pretty ok theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/nxuRJrMF?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/Mdnp78pW?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/jP2ESiTl?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/jP2ESiTl?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/2XeOVjws?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Toyota might be the best car, car company, and also why Fujifilm, the up and comer, might be the best camera company: Kaizen? 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