Introduction: THE GLOBAL JOURNEY
1948 年、米国カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコ生まれのRon McFarlandは、いすゞ自動車やユニカで海外営業として、世界中で営業活動を行うとともに、
営業教育など海外営業拠点の営業力強化にも貢献してきました。日本に興味を持ち上智大学に留学、日本人女性と結婚し、日本に30年以上も住んでいます。
このブログの「Ron McFarlandのPersonal Journey」では、そのRon-sanが70年の人生を振り返っています。
すでに一度、アップしていましたが、昨年の打ち合わせ兼呑み会で、社会人になる前の人生をもっと深掘りするようにお願いし、その原稿がが出来上がってきました。
Ron-sanの人生が波乱万丈であったことが、今までの記事以上に伝わるかと思います。
では、その生い立ちから。
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In this book, I would like to take you through a global journey, my journey over the past four decades. It is a journey not only of travel, but human interaction and understanding. If we can better understand each other, we can learn ways we can be helpful to each other. If we help each other of issues that are greatly needed a great deal can be achieved. If we try to be helpful in areas where there is no need, nothing will be achieved. In some cases, it could even be counter-productive.
Therefore, I dedicate this book, any my life for that matter, to this going of expanding global interaction and understanding.
Chapter #1: THE EARLY YEARS
Starting life like any other child, I was born in San Francisco on March 1, 1948. I was there a tune of six months, as the family then moved to Grass Valley, California. My father worked for Bank of America at that time, and he was transferred to a bank branch there.
今につながる冒険心
That is really where life started for me. We had a nice house, big yard and bigger German Sheppard dog, Skipper. We were in Grass Valley only about four years, but some memories always come back of my time there. One was my strong desire to wonder in the woods behind our house. I would be playing in the backyard and for no reason at all would wander out the back gate and toward the woods. There was a large pond up the unpaved street in the back of our house, and I loved going up there and watch the ducks and birds play around the pond. After going up there repeatedly, I gradually learned the terrain quite well. After a certain period of time had passed, Skipper and I would widen our domain a little further into the woods. As time passed, I had a good feeling of all the nice little hid-outs and play areas in the hills around our home. I would scare my mother to death when she would lose track of me. Many times, with Poison Oak all over my arms and legs, I would wander home after exploring the area. I was no more than four years old at the time, and that desire to explore is something that has stayed with me all of my life. For me, those adventures were always more valuable than materials things. The desire to explore has led to me to travel the world over from the US to Europe, to Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. It is something I have never tired of. Now, I’m in my 70s and am so happy I had all those adventures. Although many of those trips would be over one month long and very tiring, the experiences I had have been very worth it.
両親の離婚
At the age of about 3-4 years old, my father, whose Air Force Reserves unit was activated, went off to Japan during the Korean War. Interestingly, he went to Mizawa Air Base in the Northern part of Japan. I visited that exact area three decades later.
When he came back, things were never the same. My parents divorced, and my mother, sister and I moved from Grass Valley to Sacramento, California. My father was transferred to Sacramento and my mother wanted us to be close to our father.
The divorce terms were not financially good for my mother, sister and me. So, to make ends meet, she took a secretarial job at the State of California right in Sacramento. From that point on, I knew that we had to live financially very carefully. Interestingly, I was able to play and enjoy myself without needing a lot of money. I used to go down to the local grocery store, take cardboard boxes out of the garbage cans and make things, like pretend castles, forts and tunnels and other things that I could play in. I guess you could say I would use my imagination to find ways I could have fun and play.
Elementary School Picture
1948 年、米国カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコ生まれのRon McFarlandは、いすゞ自動車やユニカで海外営業として、世界中で営業活動を行うとともに、
営業教育など海外営業拠点の営業力強化にも貢献してきました。日本に興味を持ち上智大学に留学、日本人女性と結婚し、日本に30年以上も住んでいます。
このブログの「Ron McFarlandのPersonal Journey」では、そのRon-sanが70年の人生を振り返っています。
すでに一度、アップしていましたが、昨年の打ち合わせ兼呑み会で、社会人になる前の人生をもっと深掘りするようにお願いし、その原稿がが出来上がってきました。
Ron-sanの人生が波乱万丈であったことが、今までの記事以上に伝わるかと思います。
では、その生い立ちから。
*******************************************************************************************************
In this book, I would like to take you through a global journey, my journey over the past four decades. It is a journey not only of travel, but human interaction and understanding. If we can better understand each other, we can learn ways we can be helpful to each other. If we help each other of issues that are greatly needed a great deal can be achieved. If we try to be helpful in areas where there is no need, nothing will be achieved. In some cases, it could even be counter-productive.
Therefore, I dedicate this book, any my life for that matter, to this going of expanding global interaction and understanding.
Chapter #1: THE EARLY YEARS
Starting life like any other child, I was born in San Francisco on March 1, 1948. I was there a tune of six months, as the family then moved to Grass Valley, California. My father worked for Bank of America at that time, and he was transferred to a bank branch there.
今につながる冒険心
That is really where life started for me. We had a nice house, big yard and bigger German Sheppard dog, Skipper. We were in Grass Valley only about four years, but some memories always come back of my time there. One was my strong desire to wonder in the woods behind our house. I would be playing in the backyard and for no reason at all would wander out the back gate and toward the woods. There was a large pond up the unpaved street in the back of our house, and I loved going up there and watch the ducks and birds play around the pond. After going up there repeatedly, I gradually learned the terrain quite well. After a certain period of time had passed, Skipper and I would widen our domain a little further into the woods. As time passed, I had a good feeling of all the nice little hid-outs and play areas in the hills around our home. I would scare my mother to death when she would lose track of me. Many times, with Poison Oak all over my arms and legs, I would wander home after exploring the area. I was no more than four years old at the time, and that desire to explore is something that has stayed with me all of my life. For me, those adventures were always more valuable than materials things. The desire to explore has led to me to travel the world over from the US to Europe, to Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. It is something I have never tired of. Now, I’m in my 70s and am so happy I had all those adventures. Although many of those trips would be over one month long and very tiring, the experiences I had have been very worth it.
両親の離婚
At the age of about 3-4 years old, my father, whose Air Force Reserves unit was activated, went off to Japan during the Korean War. Interestingly, he went to Mizawa Air Base in the Northern part of Japan. I visited that exact area three decades later.
When he came back, things were never the same. My parents divorced, and my mother, sister and I moved from Grass Valley to Sacramento, California. My father was transferred to Sacramento and my mother wanted us to be close to our father.
The divorce terms were not financially good for my mother, sister and me. So, to make ends meet, she took a secretarial job at the State of California right in Sacramento. From that point on, I knew that we had to live financially very carefully. Interestingly, I was able to play and enjoy myself without needing a lot of money. I used to go down to the local grocery store, take cardboard boxes out of the garbage cans and make things, like pretend castles, forts and tunnels and other things that I could play in. I guess you could say I would use my imagination to find ways I could have fun and play.
Elementary School Picture
