Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

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There are methods, there are ways being practiced, with good empirical studies that made the suggestions to attain happiness doable. My general review is that each book offers tips and suggestions on how to cope if one is struggling with various mental health issues and how to overcome and/or change them; something that you can find in most any other book dealing with this subject matter; eating healthy, staying active, proper sleep, socializing, work/life balance, etc. IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret To A Long and Happy Life: Just so much better with more helpful hints and suggestions than those in my first paragraph. It was incredibly fascinating to read not only the information but also direct paragraphs written by some of the world longest living people.

Francesc Miralles is the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of books about how to live well, together with the novels Love in Small Letters and Wabi-Sabi .And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa - the world's longest-living people - finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life. There were chapters describing step by step how to do a sun salutation or some basic movements of tai chi, which I felt was just unnecessary way to fill up some pages.

If hygge is the art of doing nothing, ikigai is the art of doing something - and doing it with supreme focus and joy. If this book has done one thing, it is to reinforce that rule and remind me not to be so foolish in the future.Okay, I agree to a point, but my fashion consists of Denver Hayes and/or Dockers for clothing and I've been decluttering for a while now, so there's not much need for fancy furniture. It is, like the centenarians that it attempts to capture the essence of, langorous, circuitous, and occasionally seems to lose the thread of what it was talking about.

This was popularised by Victor Frankl and it essentially is a philosophy which helps you find reasons to live. In these chapters, the author very intelligently describe the secret of longevity along with the diet, culture, jobs, living styles and hobbies of the Super-Centurions of the Okinawa island. Why do some people never get bored or frustrated repeating doing the same things over and over again? He is the author of the bestselling Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life; translated to 57 languages, has the strange honor of being the most translated book ever originally written in Spanish language.In fact, the Japanese believe that such things resemble the natural world more closely and hence must be valued.