As this is the final special edition of the year, I am participating in the "Question Baton Project" with a total of 5 questions. Even if you are a listening specialist, it might be a good idea to try being on the distribution side from 2025. This is a story. I think that listening to what you have said yourself will surely be useful in your work. It also includes a hint for announcing your aspirations for 2025. After answering the questions, we also talk about looking back on 2024. Please listen to the end. ■ Planned by: Makoto Mizuki (Thank you for the wonderful plan!) https://open.spotify.com/show/1UXmBg8... ■ Playlist for this project (22 programs in total!) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HR... Thank you for 2024. The next episode will be broadcast as usual on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at 7:00 a.m. We look forward to seeing you again next year! --- BGM is borrowed from here. BGMer http://bgmer.net --- ■ Program homepage (various links available) https://tonari-connect.jimdosite.com/ ■ We look forward to hearing from you! https://forms.gle/uMJvXaQ6ieZK2SV38 ■ There is also X (feel free to take a look) / tonari_kojima / andc_funada --- ■ Kojima has written his first book, "Working in apparel, I'm 30 tomorrow: What I want to say to those struggling in the retail industry" At the age of 30, he left the apparel industry with various hardships, and then he desperately lived for 15 years as a "food, clothing and shelter consultant", so he can write about the reality of the industry and his career after that. Kojima Satoshi (Kojima Satoshi) of the podcast program "Working People's Stories" has contributed his first article from his own perspective and point of view on the reality of the apparel industry, which is not usually talked about. Dedicated to all working people struggling in the apparel and other retail industries. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CV7HK4S9 Available for sale on Amazon Kindle e-book. (Free for Unlimited members) --- ■ Kojima has written his first novel (Synopsis) The story of Yuka and Hayakawa, two protagonists in the apparel industry. The year is 2005... 29-year-old Yuka is the top manager of a rapidly growing apparel shop and leads a fulfilling life. Yuka realizes that she has a strange ability to sense the future...just a little ahead, and begins to demonstrate her true abilities even more. Meanwhile, in 2025, 50-year-old Hayakawa was once a successful man with Yuka, but now he lives a dull and down-and-out life. One day, he goes back 20 years ago and meets Yuka in her younger days again. Hayakawa struggles to change the future so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past, in this sci-fi story of the apparel industry where the past and future intersect. https://note.com/tonari_kojima/n/nc49... (Full episode is free) --- ■ Materialistic Insight! This show is a solo show by Satoshi Kojima, who runs "Working People's Stories," in which he asks himself questions as [n=1] about what he thought before buying something he wanted. There are generally no reviews of the products themselves. He reflects on his own consumption behavior, which is complex, hobby-like, easy, and trendy, combining the perspective of a 40-something male consumer with that of a food, clothing, and shelter consultant. https://open.spotify.com/show/5eJCPev...