Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

Héctor García · Francesc Miralles

Sep 2017 · Random House

About this ebook

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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

Ratings and reviews

I bought this book to discover what my ikigai is. Unfortunately the book did not help me with this at all. It's very descriptive, but does not contain the depth needed to be useful for someone in search of their ikigai. And that despite the beautiful graphic and summary on the back cover that were so promising. I felt like they are basically saying that ikigai = flow which is such a blatant over simplification. I'm returning this book.

I tried to purchase this book through Netbanking, but the transaction got interrupted after making the payment. Amount got debited but the purchase failed. Please help to resolve my issue. Thanks.

This book is ok. Shared some basic and simple ideas. You can buy this book. Though, if you have tight budget, then buy some other book. It is like most of the self-help books. Same language, same tone. Not a revelution in self-help industry, but helpful.

About the author

Héctor García (Author)
Héctor García 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 Héctor García, 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.