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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
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Hector Garcia,Casa de Col on de Las Palmas
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Find your ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) and bring meaning and joy to all your days.
"Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." --Japanese proverb
According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai--a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world´s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai--where what you love, what you´re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap--means that each day is infused with meaning. It´s the reason we get up in the morning. It´s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there´s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they´ve found a real purpose in life--the happiness of always being busy.
In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds--one of the world´s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and--their best-kept secret--how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn´t want to find happiness in every day?
"Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." --Japanese proverb
According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai--a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world´s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai--where what you love, what you´re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap--means that each day is infused with meaning. It´s the reason we get up in the morning. It´s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there´s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they´ve found a real purpose in life--the happiness of always being busy.
In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds--one of the world´s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and--their best-kept secret--how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn´t want to find happiness in every day?
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Format
Hardcover
Author
Hector Garcia,Casa de Col on de Las Palmas
Language
English
Publishing company
Penguin Books
Added date
22.04.2019
Year of publication
29.08.2017
Pages
208
Product code
9780143130727
Barcode
9780143130727
ISBN
9780143130727