The Sustainable Order of Responsibility

In many East Asian cultures,
people are often taught to put the group and work first.

But there is a fundamental contradiction in this idea.

If a person continuously exhausts himself,
he will eventually lose the ability
to take care of himself,
his family,
and even his work.

Once a person collapses,
everything is over.

Therefore, placing the group and work above all else
is ultimately unsustainable.

The sustainable order is simple:

self first,
family second,
work third.

Only when this order is respected
can responsibility truly last.

在許多東亞文化中，

人們常被教育要把群體與工作放在第一位。

但這裡存在一個根本的矛盾。

如果一個人長期過度透支自己，

最終他既無法照顧自己，

也無法照顧家人，

甚至連工作也無法持續承擔。

當一個人先被耗盡，

一切就結束了。

因此，把群體與工作放在第一位，

其實是一種不可持續的文化。

真正可持續的順序應該是：

先對自己負責，

再對家人負責，

最後才是工作。

只有當這個順序是正確的，

責任才能長久。