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<p>Introduction xiii</p>
<p>Chapter 0 Clean Your Space 1</p>
<p>Chapter 1 The 10 Core Principles 5</p>
<p>01 All concepts are relative 6</p>
<p>02 Believe in the power of the moonshot 7</p>
<p>03 Learn the difference between a group and a team 9</p>
<p>04 Think about your mindset, skills, and knowledge 11</p>
<p>05 Question yourself 14</p>
<p>06 A brand is a flag 16</p>
<p>07 The internet transformation continues 18</p>
<p>08 The internet will curate the world s knowledge and data, but the human touch will still be key 20</p>
<p>09 Taking action leads to deeper thinking 22</p>
<p>10 Continuously improve by a fraction. It s the key to what others call good luck 25</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Personal Development 29</p>
<p>11 Push yourself like a professional (athlete) does 29</p>
<p>12 Play catch between your left and right brain 31</p>
<p>13 Plan forward from birth or backward from death 33</p>
<p>14 Create an objective personality when you re in the hot seat 35</p>
<p>15 Never stop learning. Ever 37</p>
<p>16 Build self–confidence through small successes 39</p>
<p>17 Always be curious and ambitious 40</p>
<p>18 Find a partner to play intellectual catch with 42</p>
<p>19 Set clear goals for your actions 44</p>
<p>20 Remember that great information can come from surprising places 46</p>
<p>21 Don t rationalize your behavior as others do 48</p>
<p>22 Interrogate your intuition with hard numbers 49</p>
<p>23 Aim to understand the framework 51</p>
<p>24 Create solutions that break down barriersand reveal new challenges 53</p>
<p>25 Identify your weaknesses. Fix them or find workarounds 55</p>
<p>26 Never let your mental energy levels drop 57</p>
<p>Chapter 3 The Value of Relationships 59</p>
<p>27 Offer value–added services. Anything less is meaningless 60</p>
<p>28 Put yourself in their shoes 61</p>
<p>29 See the essence of things 63</p>
<p>30 Size up risk by quantifying it 65</p>
<p>31 Seek out best practices all around you 67</p>
<p>32 Listen especially closely to people you disagree with 69</p>
<p>33 Value the balance between cooperation and competition 72</p>
<p>34 Teaching others will help you grow 73</p>
<p>35 Develop win–win relationships 75</p>
<p>36 Start with good footwork 77</p>
<p>37 Report, contact, and consult 79</p>
<p>38 Analyze the situation from all angles 81</p>
<p>39 Know who and what works, even in tight spots 83</p>
<p>40 Be courageous 85</p>
<p>Chapter 4 Get Your Organization Moving 87</p>
<p>41 Numbers give clarity, so set KPIs 87</p>
<p>42 Pay close attention to resource allocation 89</p>
<p>43 Lead by teaching 91</p>
<p>44 Leverage the organization to move faster 93</p>
<p>45 Harness the power of competition 95</p>
<p>46 Share the sense of accomplishment 97</p>
<p>47 Find the bottlenecks 99</p>
<p>48 Create your own turning point 101</p>
<p>49 Meet and revive in the morning 102</p>
<p>50 Think like a manager 103</p>
<p>51 Create and share a template for success 105</p>
<p>52 Earn trust within your company 106</p>
<p>53 Establish symbolic rituals 107</p>
<p>54 Successful organizations combine pressure and excitement 109</p>
<p>55 Know that there are two types of speed: velocity and agility 110</p>
<p>56 Divide into small groups to improve transparency 112</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Win Every Battle 115</p>
<p>57 Analyze and execute with an eye on the future 115</p>
<p>58 Hypothesize, then create shikumi 118</p>
<p>59 Get things done 119</p>
<p>60 Examine the facts from every angle 121</p>
<p>61 Keep your eyes on what s at your feet and what lies ahead 122</p>
<p>62 Factorize 124</p>
<p>63 Lean operations generate innovation and growth 126</p>
<p>64 Think about both vertical and horizontal competition 128</p>
<p>65 The Mikitani Curve: Quality depends on a 0.5 percent difference in effort 130</p>
<p>66 Identify what is core and what is missioncritical 132</p>
<p>67 Deciding not to do something can be the most important thing to do 134</p>
<p>68 Companies are sumo rings. They need wrestlers 135</p>
<p>69 Master the timeline 136</p>
<p>70 The devil is in the details 138</p>
<p>71 Success is born of failure. Never hesitate to improve 139</p>
<p>72 Find trends in the numbers 140</p>
<p>73 Think about value chains 142</p>
<p>74 To win, close the gaps and add originality 144</p>
<p>75 No business is special 145</p>
<p>76 Boost profits by using assets in multiple ways 146</p>
<p>77 Strategy, execution, and operation 148</p>
<p>78 No single path leads to success 150</p>
<p>79 Generate the largest cost advantage to win 151</p>
<p>80 Create shikumi that will keep generating value 153</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Nurture a Global Mindset 155</p>
<p>81 The essence of e–commerce is communication 155</p>
<p>82 Seek information beyond your borders 157</p>
<p>83 Your network is your best news source; media come second 159</p>
<p>84 The internet will eliminate national borders. Think global 161</p>
<p>85 Learn from the world s best practices 162</p>
<p>86 Thinking globally will make you stronger locally 163</p>
<p>87 Thoroughly and humbly analyze past successes 165</p>
<p>88 It s never too late 166</p>
<p>Acknowledgments 169</p>
<p>Index 171</p>