The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies for Success by Boyé Lafayette de Mente

The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies for Success Reviews

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  Nadine

  My Great Fascination for the Japanese Culture (or anything Japanese for that matter) was on overdrive the whole time reading this book. Samurais and Katanas,yes :)
  
  In this book, Sir Boye Lafayette De Mente, have identified the positive factors in *Bushido that were primarily responsible for the astounding economic success of the Japanese and still today play a vital role on their economic prowess. Basically, demystifying the Samurai Code of ethics.
  
  These are some of the excerpts from the book:
  "..."BUSHIDO" (Buu-she-doh), the ethical system of Japan's famous samurai class, which ruled the country from 1192 until 1868, eventually came to encompass every aspect of the lives of the people-their philosophical and spiritual beliefs, their etiquette, their family life, their dress, their work, their aesthetic sense, their etiquette, even their recreation.."
  
  "..Over generations, the culture of the Samurai became so deeply embedded in the consciousness of the Japanese that it was difficult, if not impossible, for them to think outside of its parameters. the control it exercised over their attitudes and behavior was virtually infinite. And It was, in fact, the samurai culture that made it possible for Japan to achieve extraordinary economic and military success from 1870 to the debacle of the war with the United States in the 1940's,and to rebound from that defeat and destruction in less than thirty years and, astoundingly, became the second largest economy in the world..."
  
  
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  Ricardo Hernández

  An excellent book devoted to the samurai way of life where each chapter denotes one virtue or value of these honorable man. Divided into 60 short and concise chapters, the entire text offers great value and practical advice on how to conduct one self life through the prism of shinto and zen.
  
  Besides the moral value, the book offers interesting insights on how the Japanese think, feel, and conduct their lives, helping to understand the Japanese way of doing business. While most of these old-fashioned values are now fading in modern times, some of them still are remarkable present in today’s society.
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  Bryn

  I grew up in Japan, but it does help to step back and look at some of the aspects of Japanese culture from the outside. I recognize some significant truths in this book that otherwise would have been like "air" to me, to live and breath it without really noticing the significance of it. I value this book for the idea that the pursuit of certain virtues and values can shape nations and societies. Rather than thinking there is no way the East and the West could ever get along or understand one another, by recognizing the underlying values and virtues a culture is striving to express, it is possible that we can all learn and appreciate one another in a way that helps us get closer, improve, advance and evolve. Culture is not stagnant. Culture is constantly being influenced by encountering otherness and gradually assimilating and incorporating the difference that once existed.
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  Marija S.

  Izvrsna knjiga, obvezno štivo za svakog japanofila
  
  
  Mala opaska na ono što vjerujem da je omaška u pisanju: u hrvatskom izdanju 2008. god, na 24. strani, fusnota br 4 - mačevaoc koji se spominje je GANRYU (pravim imenom Sasaki Kojiro). Otok na kojem se odvijao notorni duel se njemu u spomen i danas zove Ganryu-jima
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  JB

  Very informative... lends a great deal of insight into observed behavior in Japanese business culture.
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  Rachel Bayles

  A good book to read if you want to feel fed up with America.
  Also, makes it hard to believe we can find much common ground with the Japanese.
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  Chee Pan

  Good way to understand more in Japanese culture and way of the samurai in today's world
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  Febyan Kafka

  Very inspire me for everyday life in work,social,troubleshooting.This book help me for find Musashi's side ini my personality.
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  Sarah Faudah

  Thank you for my best friends Dewi, for this gift.