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Patience in Japan

Harvard Business Review

The remarkable resilience of the Japanese was clearly in evidence during those times, along with countless acts of heroism by ordinary citizens — people not empowered or trained to do great things. There was no pushing and shoving, Takeuchi reported, no honking of car horns, even in long waits for a tank of gas.