工作之余也能发挥正面影响力 本文网址：http://www.seinsights.asia/story/249/496 中文译稿：罗荷杰／英文原稿：迫俊亮 人们普遍认为，如果你想实现有意义的事情，你需要100%的专注。因此，如果你想出了一 个主意，想要开始着手新的事情，你必需要辞去现在的工作，并且投资100%的时间在这项 新的挑战。然而，要辞去目前的工作是不容易的。有时候，可能会因为家庭的因素或是父 母的期待，使得你不能放弃现在的工作，更何况要建立新的事物有着非常高的障碍，甚至 有很多人连一开始要从何处下手都没有头绪。然而，Living in Peace（LIP）的创始人和 社长Taejun先生（後简称TJ）却有着一个完全不同的想法。受到知名经济学家杰佛瑞赛克 斯（Jeffery Sachs） 所着的《贫穷的终结》（The End of Poverty）一书所启发， TJ 成立了LIP，一个总部设在东京的非营利组织。LIP是日本的第一个投资於微型贷款机构（ microfinance）的基金。然而，这项计画却是TJ利用上班之余时间所做的兼职工作。 TJ在私募基金工作时开启了他的兼职工作。LIP由超过60个来自各个不同专业背景的成员 组成，包括投资银行、管理顾问公司、会计师事务所等，这些年轻的专业人士利用他们的 技能和经验，透过LIP，为在柬埔寨和越南的小额信贷机构提供了专业的谘询和财务审查 服务。这群成员在每个星期日都会有定期的聚会，也经常透过电子邮件做沟通联系。而令 人惊讶的是，在LIP，从领导人到所有成员，大家都是利用工作之余时间来投入的兼职人 员。 当TJ刚开始这个计画时，它其实只是一个关注於发展中国家社会问题的读书会。在经过了 一年读书会的交流分享後，成员们意识到，如果他们能运用彼此的专业技能和经验，可以 做出更多的贡献与发挥影响力。当他们决定在日本成立第一个微型贷款相关的基金时，大 多数人认为这是不可行的。然而，在和一间名为Music Securities的金融服务公司合作下 ，他们成功地在日本成立了第一个微型贷款基金，并在2009年募集了100万日元。 最近 LIP也开始计画一个叫做Chance Maker的新项目，欲协助日本孤儿院进行募款，而这项计 画也是靠着其兼职成员所发起的。 TJ回忆起，「其实在LIP刚开始成立的阶段，经历了一段艰难的时期，只有少数人参加了 例行的会议，但是，我们从来没有放弃过。如果你想要实现一件创新和有意义的事情，那 麽，你应该主动积极的计画，且永不放弃，不断相信自我地坚持做下去。」TJ对於LIP的 目标是「提供世界最好的财务审查服务给微型贷款机构的投资者，并透过集资的行动，来 资助日本的孤儿院。同时，我们也希望自己能够成为兼职组织（part-time organization ）的标竿榜样。我们希望能创造一个让每个人都可以参与改变世界的社会。如果这个世界 上有越来越多人开始利用闲暇时间进行对社会有益的事，社会，那麽，这个世界一定会成 为一个更好的地方。」 我们有时会低估了我们的潜在力量，也会怀疑自己能为这个世界做些什麽。同时，我们有 时候也会高估了建立新事物的障碍。然而，TJ却作为一个我们学习的表率。我们需要相信 自己的潜力，并且了解到，其实每一个人都能在这个世界上有所贡献、和做出不凡的事情 。接下来最重要的事情就是准备有所行动和作为。任何人都可以利用自己的闲暇时间成为 具影响力的变革者。一旦你开始着手了某件事情，就应该坚持下去，直到成功为止。 英文原文 Make a Difference Through Your Part-time Job It is widely believed that if you want to achieve something meaningful, you need to 100% focus on it. Therefore, if you come up with an idea and want to start something new, you need to quit a current job and invest 100% of your time in the new challenge. However, quitting a current job is not easy. Sometimes you cannot give up your current job for your family or parents. Since the hurdle for starting something new is believed very high, many people cannot make a new action at all. However, Taejun Shin, founder and president of NPO Living in Peace (LIP), headquartered in Tokyo, has a totally different idea. Inspired by the book, the End of Poverty, written by a well-known economist Jeffery Sachs, Taejun founded LIP and made the first fund in Japan for investing in micro-finance institutions (MFI), but as his part-time job. Taejun runs LIP as his part-time job while working as a private equity investor. Not only the leader, surprisingly all the members of LIP are part-time staffs. Over 60 members of LIP are composed of various members including young professionals from investment banks, consulting firms, and accounting firms, leveraging their skills and experiences in LIP to provide monitoring and due-diligence service for MFIs in Cambodia and Vietnam. They have a regular meeting on every Sunday and frequently communicate with each other through e-mails. When Taejun started this project, it was merely a small study group about social problems in developing countries. After one year running as a study group, they realized that they could do something more if they leverage their skills and experiences. When they decided to make the first MFI fund in Japan, most people did not believe it was possible. However, collaborating with a financial service company, Music Securities, they successfully established the first MFI fund in Japan in 2009 and raised JPY100 million so far. Recently LIP also started its new project, Chance Maker Program, to support fund-raising for orphanages in Japan, and it is also run by part-time members. Taejun remembers, "In the beginning phase, we experienced a tough period like only a few people attended a meeting. But we never gave up. If you want to achieve something new and meaningful, you should initiate something and never give up. Just keep doing what you believe." Taejun’s goal for LIP is "to provide the world-best due-diligence service for MFI investors and to alleviate the current severe situation for orphanages in Japan through its fund raising initiatives. At the same time doing so, we want to be a role-model for a part-time organization. We want to make a society that everybody can participate in changing the world. If millions of people in the world start using their free-time to change the world for the better, the world will definitely become a better place." We sometimes underestimate our power; what we can do for the world. At the same time, we sometimes overestimate the hurdle of starting something new. However, as Taejun shows, we need to believe in our potentials to make a difference in this world. If we believe so, we are ready to make an action. Anyone can be a change maker by using one’s free-time. And once you start something, you should keep going until you succeed. ============================================================================ 作者介绍 迫俊亮（Shunsuke Sako） 现任Motherhouse的国际行销经理。Motherhouse是来自日本的时尚品牌， 产品以手提包 为主，所有产品都由开发中国家的合作夥伴手工制造，目前在日本已开设七间分店、在台 湾设有一间旗舰店，并分别在孟加拉和尼泊尔经营「笑颜工厂」，在日本已是相当知名的 社会企业。Mr. Sako将在这里分享自己成为Motherhouse创始团队成员的经历，并透过自 身经验分享迈向「社会企业家」之路的成功心法以及具体实践法则。 --

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