Business-Do - by Hiroshi Mikitani (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Business-Do is your personal handbook for achieving happiness by systematically turning your dreams into reality. Success looks different to everyone, but author Hiroshi Mikitani exemplifies its essential, universal qualities: as the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Mikitani is a self-made entrepreneur who became Japan's leader in the new global economy--a journey that made him a billionaire. In this book, he shows you how to achieve your own version of success in work and in life. Paying homage to Japan's ethos of quality and discipline, this book shares 89 principles Mikitani has gathered over the course of his remarkable career. These thought-provoking, action-oriented rules show you everything from how useful your dreams are, to the best way to harness the internet, to what management techniques work to the importance of self-improvement. The result: your own powerful, personal playbook straight from the mind of an inspirational trailblazer.

Mikitani guided Rakuten from its 1997 foundation to become one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, with a still rapidly-expanding global footprint reaching industries including fintech, messaging, digital content, and even drones. This book describes the ideas, thoughts, actions, and philosophies that drove Mikitani to the top.

• Discover the myriad ways in which the internet is fundamentally transforming the world
• Learn from a blend of Japanese discipline and commitment to quality and the Silicon Valley approach to business, where collaboration and agility are essential and lucrative
• Adopt data-driven management techniques that constantly question, constantly improve, and empower people to exceptional performance
• Share in Mikitani's optimistic vision, and his industry-specific predictions

Happiness is something you live every day. It is both the result and the critical ingredient of success, and there is plenty to go around. Business-Do gives you the principles you need on your own journey to success.

From the Back Cover

Without dreams, we stop moving forward. Dreams are the fuel powering our lives, businesses, and societies. However, without an engine, or process, to harness the skills, knowledge, and talent necessary to realize any specific goal, all dreams go to waste. Business-Dō The Way to Successful Leadership, reveals how you can create your own customized blueprints and follow them to where your dreams can take you.

For the first time, global e-commerce giant and self-made billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani gives an intimate and revealing look at the foundational principles guiding him and how he personally creates the machinations to reach his astonishing accomplishments. Whether you want to start your own business, learn a foreign language, recover from an injury, or achieve anything else under the sun, this enlightening handbook puts success within your grasp. In his own words, "Mickey" goes in-depth into his philosophical approach to success, while sharing private stories from his meteoric rise to global wealth and celebrity that at once inform and entertain you.

In six logical sections, he takes you step by step through eighty-eight focused lessons designed to develop the everyday motivations and techniques you need to create repeatable pathways to your desires. Make this empowering guidebook part of your daily routine for its:

• Rare, high-level techniques you can practice immediately to ensure your actions and decision-making lead to the fortune you want
• Sage advice for expanding your definition of relationships and competition to create win-win outcomes
• A top leadership perspective and toolkit for uniting and motivating everyone in an organization to deliver top-notch performances day after day--including yourself

Apply Business-Dō to all your aspirations and see for yourself what it's like to turn your dreams into reality.

About the Author

HIROSHI "MICKEY" MIKITANI is founder and CEO of Rakuten, selected by Forbes as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies for the past six years. Known throughout the world as a leader in e-commerce, he is a recipient of the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award and author of The Power To Compete and Marketplace 3.0.