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工場の承認欲求と職人神話の正体

This episode explores the unique psychology of approval inside Japanese factories—closed worlds where workers validate one another through shared routines, unspoken rules, and inherited craftsmanship. Drawing from my own experience in manufacturing sales, I reveal how internal praise can motivate people, but also become a subtle system of control that keeps wages low and innovation stagnant. When recognition circulates only within the factory walls, it creates a comforting but limiting “craftsmanship myth.”What happens when approval becomes a trap rather than a source of pride? And how does…

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