If you want to improve, the first step is to become aware of your weaknesses. These can be things like your defensive attitudes, your fear of being dispossessed, your ambivalence, or your over-reliance on your instincts.

Akira Kobayashi sometimes struggles to find a balance between the demands of social and professional life and the needs of a stable, secure domestic life. Although it sometimes feels easier to him to climb the rungs of the career ladder out there in the real world, if he sacrifices his domestic life, he is only trying to fool himself. He should accept the fact that his domestic life is the true basis and foundation of his development, and all his career endeavors and success will be even more rewarding if they are supported by a safe, warm personal life.