A Passion for Success

by the CEO of Kyocera, Kazuo Inamori.

This book is light reading. It is hard to put it down once I opened the covers. The advice are sound and practical. The business principles he establishes may run counter to everything we have ever learned about business management.

"To excel in life, you must be willing to encounter many barriers. The biggest of all is your own mind, which seeks comfort and ease. In school, a student with "C" average who studies just enough to pass can graduate just like someone who studies intensely and achieves straight "A's". However, the difference between these two people is much greater than just two letters grades. To excel, the "A" student had to break through many barriers - some of which must have required excruciating efforts to overcome."

To be truly successful and achieve great results, we must first fall in love with our work.