Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

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Autor de los libros sobre cultura japonesa: La Magia de Japón, Ikigai, Ichigo Ichie, Shinrinyoku, Un Geek en Japón.

The lessons of how to not worry in situations, how to take each task at a time and do it your own pace carefully enjoying it, how to be resilient, how to be antifragile.Certainly, the authors can provide a neutral take on the concept, yet from my personal perspective, adding more of a nuance from their own opinions would be worth reading as well.

There are methods, there are ways being practiced, with good empirical studies that made the suggestions to attain happiness doable. I'm not sure I want to use the word "ZEN" for a comment on this book, but this book seemed to put me in a different mind-set then the other two. This was popularised by Victor Frankl and it essentially is a philosophy which helps you find reasons to live. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you. This delightfully illustrated book gives you the lowdown on this transformative approach to life and examines how the lagom ethos has helped boost Sweden to the No. 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. One of the things it taught me was that Japan has the highest average life expectancy in the world, and the importance of the simple lessons of the citizens of Okinawa, a place in Japan that exceeds the national average and has the most centenarians in the world (people aged over 100), and the secrets to their longevity. The book does not succeed in providing more than observations around behaviour and seems to jump feet first into the "correlation equals causality"-trap.

Overall, this book attempted to offer some good advice, but it needed to expand more on the core focus of ikigai. For fans of Japanese culture like I am, this is a true treat, as it mixes that with a neat account of self-development. Along with Hector Garcia, he is the author of the bestselling Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. Simple suggestions like not picking up your phone for an hour before you sleep and wake up are some of the things that one never even thought one was doing unconsciously - I know I have to reduce screen time, but have I done it? There are quotes and interviews with centenarians who lead a simple live, eat simple food, are social and friendly, sleep the requisite amount of hours, keep busy and moving and yes, drink that awful tasting green tea!I'm the author of several Japanese culture books: The Magic of Japan, Ikigai the Japanese Secret for a Long and Happy Life, The Book of Ichigo Ichie, Shinrinyoku, The Ikigai Journey and A Geek in Japan. While sustained, intense stress is a known enemy, low levels of intermediate stress have been shown to be beneficial. 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. Just read Ikigai and quite enjoyed it and was about to review but can only rate and review for these three books which includes the Hygge book which I found awful. Antioxidants are molecules that slow the oxidation process in cells (I would encourage you to google iron oxidation for a visual representation of the similar process that goes on in our bodies).

The authors take us on a journey to Okinawa and ‘the village of longevity’ and you wonder ‘is it really that simple? I was introduced to the concept of ikigainot so long ago, and yet reading this book certainly helps clarify the notion out.Many thanks to those taking time to read my lengthy review and my recommendation would be to read (purchase) IKIGAI over the others. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.