Sangcheol's Diary Podcast_상철의 일‪기‬ Jeon Sangcheol

Today is July 10, 2016. Sunday. There are ten conditions if I call a president a foolish leader. First, he or she does not listen to people’s voices. Second, he or she does not like to talk to people. Third, he or she does not know national interests. Fourth, he or she does not know diplomacy with neighboring countries. Fifth, he or she does not know how to control emotions. Sixth, he or she does endanger people’s life and country itself. Seventh, he or she does not take responsibilities given to him or her. Eighth, he or she does attribute the blame to others. Ninth, he or she does tell lies to people. Tenth, he or she doen not step down from his or her position.

Today is July 5, 2016. Tuesday.

I read an interesting article today in a newspaper.

The title of the article was leaders’ workholic. The writer said that there are two types of workholics among the famous kings.

One of the two types is that of first emperor of Qin Dynasty of ancient China . His name was Qin Shi Huang. During the period of his ruling, he did more than 10,000 works in a day without taking a break. He was very ambitious but he did not trust anyone. So that he did it by himself. His style is called self-centeredness workholic or self-complacence workholic.

The other type is that of King Jeongjo of Chosun Dynasty of Korea. Like Qin Shi Huang, King Jeongjo also worked till late at night. But he did it for his people. When people suffered due to a drought, he went through agony. When people starved, he felt he also starved. His style is called workholic for people.

The writer said that anyone who claims herself as a leader must reflect on herself and should know what she is doing for.

Today is July 4, 2016. Monday. Rainy season began in Korea. A lot of rain came down from this afternoon. When I went to work this morning, there was no rain but only cloudy sky. So I left for the company without umbrella. I was a little bit careless. When I left the office at six o’clock, it rained cats and dogs. So I called my wife when I arrived at the train station. She came to pick me up. Thanks to her, I didn't get wet.

Today is July 3, 2016. Sunday.

This afternoon I watched a television reality show titled "I live alone".


To my surprise, one of the casts is an actress who is raising ten cats inside her apartment.


She treats her pets like her baby. She feeds them, gives them a bath, and brushes their teeth.


When she is together with cats, she talks with them constantly. It seems to me that she shares her life with cats.


The number of people who keep a pet at home goes on increasing as time goes by.


One thing is clear to me. Whenever I watch or hear the news about pet lovers, I feel that my life without a pet is not that bad.

Today is July 2, 2016. Saturday.

Recently Korean President Park said that the reasons of the fall of South Vietnam were the internal disintegration and indifference.

I think that this remark has three problems.

First, it is too simplified prejudice. It has been a common perception that South Vietman fell due to the corruption of the governmental officials and military authorities.

Second, it is a lack of diplomatic courtesy. South Korea and Vietnam have an official diplomatic relations. We can not be too careful about other country’s past history. If it is a sensitive issue, we have to be very cautious.

Third, it is not a wise and proper approach to the internal political matter. Currently a case concerning North Korean defectors is being tried. Some lawyers are saying that some North Korean defectors who came to Seoul just before general election, were against their own will. So they brought it to the court to make certain of the truth of the matter. It is old fashioned to call it a red when someone demand a truth.

Year of 2016 is not seventies any more.

Today is July 1, 2016. Friday.

This morning I heard Mr. Bruce Van Horn’s podcast and some of his words remained inside my head.

He said like this.

I stopped watching television years ago, I stopped listening to the radio, especially talk radio, or news radio, simply because it is so overwhelmingly negative.

And I just don’t need that in my brain.

So I’m gonna encourage you to give up talk radio.

You may miss what some political party or some politician did today, but somehow you find about that it really doesn’t matter to your life right now.

I love Mather Teresa said if you want to make biggest impact to the world peace, go home and love your family.

His words make me think of myself again.