November 2017
Shining Shoes for Self-change: The Quickest Way to Acquire Self-management Skills
by Yuya HASEGAWA
The first self-improvement-through-shoe-shining book, by a world-class craftsman who has polished over 80,000 pairs! How can becoming a shoeshiner improve your life? Find out why business owners and top-class people care about their feet. ＜Contents＞ “When we take a little time and face a pair of shoes, many values suddenly become apparent.” A clean pair of shoes feels good. They improve motivation, give us an appearance of cleanliness, and even make our room and desk more attractive. They give us a refined appearance, and help avoid wasteful expenditures. Getting started polishing shoes doesn’t cost a lot of money, and it can be enjoyed alone or with others. You can make effective use of time by polishing shoes while doing something else. Shoe-polishing is a partner that will remain with you always. Your life begins to move with a single swipe. A world-class shoe-shining professional shows for the first time how starting to shine shoes can improve your life. Shining shoes helps you to learn self-management, making your work and private life more fulfilling. This is the world’s first self-improvement book based on a business item we all use. Describes an introductory shoe-shining method in a bonus appendix. ＜Table of Contents＞ Chapter 1 Why do we need to shine our shoes? Chapter 2 Polishing shoes changes us—that’s why we begin Chapter 3 Seventeen things that change through shoe-shining Chapter 4 Making shoe-shining a habit and how to make shoes last Chapter 5 A deeper relationship with shoes makes life more fulfilling
