Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten
The key to success is not perfection. It’s knowing yourself.
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Slightly longer arms.
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A partner – finding her and enjoying the rest of our lives together. Hopefully it will happen one day.
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Not being chosen as the next Bond.
Telesales. I refused to wear a tie, but my argument that “They can’t see what we’re wearing” didn’t wash with the manager and I lasted a week.
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
Aung San Suu Kyi, for her resilience and determination.
My parents, for not pursuing an academic career.
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