Like most Japanese books this one has a Atogaki or
"afterwards" to "to set forth (sometimes with
remarkable honesty) the various flaws, fallacies, logical lapses, and
factual lacunae in the book they’ve just written"). Inamori writes,
"the key to success in business is to exercise a set of moral
principles which follow the universal law of leading all living beings
to happiness." He also suggest individuals develop a pure philosophy.
In A Passion For Success, Inamori offers his formula "success = ability X aptitute X attitude." The book is divided into 2 How to sections, section 1, how to succeed in life? and section 2, how to succeed in business?
Although this book is short (168 pgs)
it is not easy flowing. There are chapters (most are one page long)
that have pearls of wisdom in them. One of my favorite is, Heaven or
Hell, answering a young monk the master describes hell as a place with
a very large pot of noodles and a yard long pair of chopsticks. People
fight with one another to control the chopsticks and then struggle to
get feed themselves.
He then describes heaven as exactly the same place, however, the
difference is how people use the chopsticks to feed ones neighbour and
then get fed by the neighbour.
Recommendation: (****)
I think the book has a lot of wisdom and advise. So i hope many aspiring entrepreneurs and managers read it.
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