Have you ever watched the movie, The Bucket List? The original Japanese title, when translated, is “How to Find the Best Life”. It’s my favorite movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, and it came out in 2007 (17 years ago). The movie’s title refers to the saying, “kick the bucket”, which signifies dying, and a bucket list refers to a list of things you want to do before you die.

I used to write my own bucket list and added a list of things I wanted to do (or create). Since I’ve been writing them since I was young, I never got around to doing any of them because I thought I had all the time in the world to do them. What kind of lists do you all have? In my case, I don’t just have a list of things I want to do, I also have a list of what I need to do, in the order of what I have to get done first and then in the order of what I want to do.

At first, my list included mostly physical things like the places I wanted to visit, things I wanted to buy, and things I wanted to do, but lately, the list has become more mental. I also feel like people are less inclined to practice doing something because they want to do it in the same way as they would have when they were younger. For example, playing golf in a way that’s gentle and stable on my body, what kind of swing best suits my body at the moment, and what kind of swing to use when making a shot has replaced the idea of wanting to drive faster, score better, and play a variety of courses (which I still do). Instead of trying to play the hardest, now I think about how to play with the fewest mistakes. In other words, I’ve grown up.

I used golf as an example, but I think there is a growing tendency in management to avoid failure and to aim for stable management rather than trying to pursue success (although I am still trying to pursue it...). My bucket list is changing a little. What kind of bucket list do you have? I have always believed that having goals is a good thing. When you actually write down your goals and think about what you can get out of it, the hard work doesn’t feel like much of a hardship anymore. Why don’t you share your bucket list? What dreams do you have?