IKIGAI — The Japanese Secret to a Long Happy Life — Book Review

A Reason To Jump Out Of Bed Every Morning

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I recently completed reading a very inspiring book — IKIGAI — The Japanese Secret to a Long Happy Life. The book is authored by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. In this article, I am going to talk about my learning from the book.

The book touches the various aspects of life which can help us achieve a long happy life. It is based on ancient, well practised Japanese technique called — IKIGAI.

IKIGAI

If you google the word, you will get various meanings like

A reason for being, encompassing joy, a sense of purpose and meaning and a feeling of well-being

Or

The word derives from iki, meaning life and kai, meaning the realisation of hopes and expectations.

But the one I liked the most is —

A reason to jump out of bed each morning!