I want to discuss the acronym that I heard many years ago from Tony Robbins that he adopted from a gentleman named Dr. Edward Deming. Dr. Deming went to Japan during post World War II where the country was at rock bottom with very little resources. You couldn’t even make a phone then. Dr. Deming, an American, implemented a practice to restore Japan as a country and its economic structure. The word that was used is “kaizen” which means “good change” or “progress and improvement”.
Dr. Deming convinced the Japanese that quality was the foremost in manufacturing and business.
As a result of implementing the word kaizen, the economy and reputation of Japan grew drastically. Companies such as Sony, Mitsubishi, Honda, and Toyota evolved and helped Japan become an economic super power in the world.
May decades later, great life coach Tony Robbins applied the same principles that we can use similar to the Japanese. The word that Tony created is called, “CANI”. CANI means Constant And Never ending Improvement. CANI gives us the ability to look for ways we can constantly grow, progress, and improve in any area of our lives. The areas can consist of business, health, emotions, relationships, etc. We are either growing or dying. We are either going up or we are going down. There is no constant in life.