Authors: Inamori, Kazuo
Division: Professional & Medical
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-126238-5
ISBN-10: 0071262385
©2007 | 1st Edition | Softcover
Status: Active, In Print
Price: US$ 14.95

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Description:

Overview
Imagine a secular corporation in which profit has spiritual overtones ? where the corporate motto is "Respect the Divine and Love People", and where passion and vision have supplanted the long-term business plan ? most tellingly, a corporation in which employees have a unique slogan: "What we like to do next is what people tell us we can never do."
 

These are the tenets of a real company led by one of Japan's most dynamic and charismatic entrepreneurs. The principles under which it runs may be counter to everything you have ever learned about management. These principles are precisely what this book is about.

"If your motivation and your methods are virtuous," Kazuo Inamori writes, "you need not worry much about the result." To the amazement of cynics, his unusual insistence on not pursuing profit but "letting it follow our actions" has made the companies he founded among the most profitable enterprises in the world. A Passion for Success presents Inamori's personal business philosophies as they illuminate universal struggles of the human spirit within competitive markets. Young or old - successful or striving - you are sure to find it original, compelling, and deeply inspirational.

Features of This Book

?         The author's insight on how to succeed in business and how to succeed in life presented in short, one-page vignettes.

?         Extracts of interviews with the author

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Table of Contents:

Introduction

HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE

A Formula for Success
The Drama Called Life
Learn from Your Elders
Seek a Purpose in Life
See Yourself As You Are
Succeed One Step at a Time
Live by a Formula for Success
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on the Formula for Success

Ability
Admit What You Cannot Do
Force Yourself to Excel
Overcome Yourself
Be Bold and Sensitive
Master Your Instincts
Focus Your Intellect
Project Your Ability
Build Your Character
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Ability

Effort
Why Work?
Break through the Wall
Open a New Era
Love Your Job
Concentrate on One Thing
Open Your Own Path
Sound Mind, Sound Body
Live a Contrite Life
Let Books Expand Your Horizon
Infuse Your Energy into Others
Live One Earnest Day at a Time
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Effort

Attitude
Never Lose Hope
Seek Righteousness
Avoid the Easy Way
Heaven or Hell?
Trust from Within
See Things As They Are
Attention to Detail
Rely on Your Subconscious Mind
Make Sense
Truths and Principles
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Attitude

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
Passion for Success
The Drama Called "Enterprise"
Passion Leads to Success
Passion with a Pure Mind
"Amoeba" Management
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Passion

Profit
Don't Pursue Profit; Let It Follow Your Efforts
The Purpose of Business
Pursue Profit Fairly
The Essence of Business
Make Customers Happy
Pricing Is Management
Market-Set Pricing
Follow P&L Daily
An Unselfish Look at Profit
Nourish Our Business
Set a Visible Goal
Wrestle in the Center of the Ring
Put Your Company before Yourself
The Bull and the Bear
The Bubble Economy
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Profit

Ambition
Ambition: Possess an Ardent Desire
Get Fired Up!
Be the Center of Your Vortex
Never Stop Dreaming
Think You Can
Is My Motive Virtuous?
Set a Higher Goal
Apply Your Gift
Elevate Your Purpose
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Ambition

Sincerity
Sincerity Begets Love and Harmony
Use Your Heart as the Base
Earn Customers' Respect
Align Our Vectors
Criteria for Decision Making
Be a Humble Leader
Possess Dual Extremes
Big Love, Little Love
Evaluate, Assign, Follow Up
Guide with Great Love
Win Trust by Caring
Communicate with All Your Heart
Bridge the Generation Gap
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Sincerity

Strength
Strength: Lead with Courage
Have the Courage to Sacrifice
Set a Moral Example
Do What You Preach
Open Your Own Future
Prepare for a Challenge
Be Tough On Yourself
Devote Yourself to Business
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Strength

Innovation
Innovate Constantly
Leaders, Be Creative
Simplify Your Thinking
Burst with Energy
Raise Your Mental Dimension
Face Difficulties Head-on
Don?t Lose Your "Base"
Reach for True Creativity
Rely on Yourself
Japanese Management
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Innovation

Optimism
Optimism: Always Remain Positive
Begin with a Vision
Get High on Your Dream
Remove Any Fear of Failure
Manufacturing Is an Art
Break Free of Common Sense
Develop a Positive Outlook
Conceive Optimistically
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Optimism

Never Give Up
Never Give Up: Try Harder Than Anyone Else
Elevate Your Desire
Pursue Your Infinite Possibilities
Be a Stern Taskmaster
Deciding to Withdraw
A Worthy Task
Strive for Perfection
Light Your Own Way
Lead Selflessly
Question Organization
Village Wisdom
A Lesson from Chimpanzees
A Conversation with Kazuo Inamori on Persistence

Afterword
About the Author

 

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