What do you work for?No. 06

"Why Not?" — The Single Remark That Changed My Life

Every turning point in my life began with someone else's casual remark. "Why not study English abroad?" sent me to Canada. "There's someone I'd like you to meet" introduced me to my lifelong business partner. What matters is how you receive such words. I always receive them with "Why not!" — no doubting first, no listing reasons why not.

Our company name, INSTINCT, comes from this way of living. Keep declining, and the invitations stop coming; keep leaping, and opportunities gather around you. Is there a remark you've received recently that you haven't leapt on yet?

What do you work for?

— Tomoki Nagano, Chairman & CEO, INSTINCT BIO TECHNICAL COMPANY (NASDAQ: BIOT)

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