An excerpt from the books of Takeshi Mori

The carpenter finishes the back of the cabinet — the part that faces the wall. No one will ever see it. No customer will check. No inspector will notice. But the carpenter finishes it anyway, with the same care he brings to the front.

This is shokunin. The quality of your work is not determined by the size of your audience. It is determined by the standard of the worker. The back of the cabinet matters not because someone will see it, but because you will know.

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