Ikigai
The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
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4.4 • 223 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
Find purpose, meaning and joy in your work and life
We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance.
This book will help you unlock what your ikigai is and equip you to change your life. There is a passion inside you - a unique talent that gives you purpose and makes you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is discover and live it.
Do that, and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful.
'A refreshingly simple recipe for happiness' Stylist
'Ikigai gently unlocks simple secrets we can all use to live long, meaningful, happy lives' Neil Pasricha, bestselling author of The Happiness Equation
Customer Reviews
Great read
Really interesting read and view on the meaning of life. Mixing it up with a Japanese spin and Eastern philosophy and ideas about longevity. Highly recommend very interesting and there are areas you can adopt in your own life to take on some of the ideas and points Ikigai raises. I am certainly going to read it again. Nicely written and accessible.
Mindblowing facts
It was an amazing read
Oversimplification of finding happiness
If you’re looking for a guide on how to find your “ikigai”, this is not it.
This book is more a quaint observation of theories on extending life expectancy than insight into how to find what will make that life fulfilling.
The advice, gathered from supercentenarians in rural Japan, is simple and obvious (eat in moderation, move your body, spend time with people you love and doing things you enjoy) and yet easier said than done, especially for urbanites struggling in capitalist societies.
Though the book had some interesting social, historical and anthropological insights about Japan and its people, its oversimplified outline of tools for well-being reads more like a Wikipedia page than any kind of realistic or practical guide to finding one’s purpose. The circular reasoning of the book’s central recommendation (“to be happy, do things that make you happy”) feels reductive.
A short, informative read, but not much to take away for real life.