5 Recommended Books to Fuel Your Work Motivation

For all working women and men, businesspersons, and those who are looking for tips to attain success with an aim to improve yourself, it is believed that reading a good book is comparable to a cost-effective shortcut that can be easily adapted to our life. 
For today, as to be the inspiration and to fuel your work motivation, 5 famous books talking about business operations of global leading companies with tips and steps to achieve success will be introduced to you. 
 

1. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
Author: Phil Knight

A memoir that collects all the memories in business operations of Phil Knight, the founder of a legendary brand, NIKE. One interesting point of this book is the way it reveals the background of the business, which was initially built-up from USD 7,000 in its first year until it reaches the today’s business with the sales amount of more than USD 30,000 million. 
In this book, the story is conveyed through a point of view of a person who truly devotes for the business. With that devotion, he could make it through all obstacles. Originally, the meaning of "Shoe Dog" is "a person who is extremely fascinated by shoes.” 
 

2. MUJI: God is in the Detail 
Author: Tadamitsu Matsui

This book summarizes tips for success adopted by MUJI, a retail store from Japan that has unique thinking styles. With the brand concept of Less is More, by focusing on simplicity, yet presenting explicit identity, MUJI gradually grows into a highly famous global brand. 
The content of this book tells us about the route to success that originated from the creation of MUJI working culture called "MUJIGRAM," which has been nurtured for almost 40 years. The entire details are completely reflected through the book titled “God is in the Detail” for us to adapt to our life. 

3. How Google works: Think like a Leader, Do like Google
Publisher: Nation Books

Written by a person who had worked for Google for a long time, "Eric Schmidt," the former Chief Executive Officer of Google, from 2001-2011, explained all thinking approaches, working methods, and belief in people management, as well as corporate culture of the global leading technology company in this book.
One of the concepts that have often been discussed is the SMART CREATIVE approach, which is about tailoring pleasant work environment within Google in order to attract talents to work together. This is a key reason why this company is able to come up with new innovation and cool ideas at all times. 
 

4. Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Author: Petty McCord

“Netflix is managed like a sports team”. A short-expression which well explains work operations of one of the most rapidly growing companies in the world. This book was written by Petty McCord, Human Resources Executive of NETFLIX. It is a conveyance of concept in creating a corporate culture in the initial stage to achieve the most productive work performances.

This book will reveal the secrets of attraction between a talent and a good organization, which is an important propeller that brings a business to the market-leading position and successfully disrupts other businesses. If you feel that there are no challenges in life and wish to find a work motivation, we believe, by reading just the very first few pages, you will definitely get that motivation.   
 

5. Samsung Man (Samsung)
Author: Cho Young Hwa

The last one is Samsung Man, a book that conveys the working DNA of Samsung people through the point of view of Samsung’s former Human Resource Executive. This book will bring you to the inside of success to answer why Samsung could manage to step up to become one of the global leading brands within a short period of time. 

It summarizes all the working processes, starting from the step of staff recruitment, recruitment criteria for management positions, through the working tips and techniques of Samsung people. It can be said that this book is a compact manual that can be adapted by the readers for their own business. 

Lastly, every book recommended by us does have different approaches to achieve success, and all of these approaches can be adapted to our work life in a variety of scenarios. Life comes with obstacles, so learning at all times is the key to success.