Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

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· Cornerstone Digital · Narrated by Naoko Mori
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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'.

It's the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer.

Finding your ikigai is easier than you might think. This audiobook will help you work out what your own ikigai really is, and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it.

Do that, and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful.

'I read it and it's bewitched me ever since. I'm spellbound.'
Chris Evans

'Ikigai
gently unlocks simple secrets we can all use to live long, meaningful, happy lives. Science-based studies weave beautifully into honest, straight-talking conversation you won't be able to put down. Warm, patient, and kind, this book pulls you gently along your own journey rather than pushing you from behind.'
Neil Pasricha, bestselling author of The Happiness Equation



© Héctor García and Francesc Miralles 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017

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4.3
74 reviews
Garfield Bergstedt
July 9, 2023
Another key in unlocking my true self into a conscious being (also doing). Its almost like, the right book falling onto the right persons head, story...38yrs practising karate and now the path to true intelligence or knowing surfaces and through sources such as this book. I saw the shape or drawing depicting Ikigai on another platform named Integral Life Practises of Ken Wilber. Now it became the centre of my attention in seeking perspective and building a base from where I show-up (impact in this world/universe)....
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Vincent Velema
January 17, 2021
This book talks abourt the advantages of Ikagai. Presenting how great Ikagai is and how you'll age really well when you follow Ikagai. Hardly explaining what Ikagai actuallyi is. or how to implement it. What a waste of my money and time.
19 people found this review helpful
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Sneha Mukherjee
August 4, 2020
really it is a very nice book and I really appreciate that 😊😊 â€ïžđŸ’ž book â˜ș and also easy to understand and listen 😊
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About the author

HĂ©ctor GarcĂ­a (Author)
HĂ©ctor GarcĂ­a is a citizen of Japan, where he has lived for over a decade, and of Spain, where he was born. He is the author of several books about Japanese culture, including two worldwide bestsellers, A Geek in Japan and Ikigai. A former software engineer, he worked at CERN in Switzerland before moving to Japan.

Francesc Miralles (Author)
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.

Alongside HĂ©ctor GarcĂ­a, he was welcomed to Okinawa in Japan, where the inhabitants live for longer than in any other place in the world. There they had the chance to interview more than a hundred villagers about their philosophy for a long and happy life.

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