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Ikigai : the Japanese secret to a long and happy life / Héctor García and Francesc Miralles ; translated by Heather Cleary.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2016Description: 194 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143130727
Uniform titles:
  • Ikigai. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: IkigaiDDC classification:
  • 613 G165i 23
LOC classification:
  • RA776.75 .G3713 2016
Contents:
Ikigai: a mysterious word -- Ikigai -- The art of staying young while growing old -- Antiaging secrets -- Little things that add up to a long and happy life -- From logotheraphy to ikigai -- How to live longer and better by finding your purpose -- Find flow in everything you do -- How to turn work and free time into spaces for growth -- Masters of longevity -- Words of wisdom from the longest0living people in the world -- Lessons from Japan's centenarians -- Traditions and proverbs for happiness and longevity -- The ikigai diet -- What the world's longest-living people eat and drink -- Gentle movements, longer life -- Exercises from the East that promote health and longevity -- Resilience and wabi-sabi -- How to face life's challenges without letting stress and worry age you -- Epilogue -- Ikigai: the art of living.
Summary: "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?" -- Amazon
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"Originally published in Spanish as Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz by Ediciones Urano in 2016."

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Ikigai: a mysterious word -- Ikigai -- The art of staying young while growing old -- Antiaging secrets -- Little things that add up to a long and happy life -- From logotheraphy to ikigai -- How to live longer and better by finding your purpose -- Find flow in everything you do -- How to turn work and free time into spaces for growth -- Masters of longevity -- Words of wisdom from the longest0living people in the world -- Lessons from Japan's centenarians -- Traditions and proverbs for happiness and longevity -- The ikigai diet -- What the world's longest-living people eat and drink -- Gentle movements, longer life -- Exercises from the East that promote health and longevity -- Resilience and wabi-sabi -- How to face life's challenges without letting stress and worry age you -- Epilogue -- Ikigai: the art of living.

"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?" -- Amazon

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