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Dedication
by Hiroshi Mikitani
Business-Do
Cover
Title Page
Introduction
0 Clean Your Space
1 The 10 Core Principles
01 All concepts are relative
02 Believe in the power of the moonshot
03 Learn the difference between a group and a team
04 Think about your mindset, skills, and knowledge
05 Question yourself
06 A brand is a flag
07 The internet transformation continues
08 The internet will curate the world's knowledge and data, but the human touch will still be key
09 Taking action leads to deeper thinking
10 Continuously improve by a fraction. It's the key to what others call “good luck”
2 Personal Development
11 Push yourself like a professional (athlete) does
12 Play catch between your left and right brain
13 Plan forward from birth or backward from death
14 Create an objective personality when you're in the hot seat
15 Never stop learning. Ever
16 Build self‐confidence through small successes
17 Always be curious and ambitious
18 Find a partner to play intellectual “catch” with
19 Set clear goals for your actions
20 Remember that great information can come from surprising places
21 Don't rationalize your behavior as others do
22 Interrogate your intuition with hard numbers
23 Aim to understand the framework
24 Create solutions that break down barriers and reveal new challenges
25 Identify your weaknesses. Fix them or find workarounds
26 Never let your mental energy levels drop
3 The Value of Relationships
27 Offer value‐added services. Anything less is meaningless
28 Put yourself in their shoes
29 See the essence of things
30 Size up risk by quantifying it
31 Seek out best practices all around you
32 Listen especially closely to people you disagree with
33 Value the balance between cooperation and competition
34 Teaching others will help you grow
35 Develop win‐win relationships
36 Start with good footwork
37 Report, contact, and consult
38 Analyze the situation from all angles
39 Know who and what works, even in tight spots
40 Be courageous
4 Get Your Organization Moving
41 Numbers give clarity, so set KPIs
42 Pay close attention to resource allocation
43 Lead by teaching
44 Leverage the organization to move faster
45 Harness the power of competition
46 Share the sense of accomplishment
47 Find the bottlenecks
48 Create your own turning point
49 Meet and revive in the morning
50 Think like a manager
51 Create and share a template for success
52 Earn trust within your company
53 Establish symbolic rituals
54 Successful organizations combine pressure and excitement
55 Know that there are two types of speed: velocity and agility
56 Divide into small groups to improve transparency
5 Win Every Battle
57 Analyze and execute with an eye on the future
58 Hypothesize, then create shikumi
59 Get things done
60 Examine the facts from every angle
61 Keep your eyes on what's at your feet and what lies ahead
62 Factorize
63 Lean operations generate innovation and growth
64 Think about both vertical and horizontal competition
65 The Mikitani Curve: Quality depends on a 0.5 percent difference in effort
66 Identify what is core and what is mission‐critical
67 Deciding not to do something can be the most important thing to do
68 Companies are sumo rings. They need wrestlers
69 Master the timeline
70 The devil is in the details
71 Success is born of failure. Never hesitate to improve
72 Find trends in the numbers
73 Think about value chains
74 To win, close the gaps and add originality
75 No business is special
76 Boost profits by using assets in multiple ways
77 Strategy, execution, and operation
78 No single path leads to success
79 Generate the largest cost advantage to win
80 Create shikumi that will keep generating value
6 Nurture a Global Mindset
81 The essence of e-commerce is communication
82 Seek information beyond your borders
83 Your network is your best news source; media come second
84 The internet will eliminate national borders. Think global
85 Learn from the world's best practices
86 Thinking globally will make you stronger locally
87 Thoroughly and humbly analyze past successes
88 It's never too late
Acknowledgments
Index
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