Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

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For me, it is the concept of resilience, and how we handle any challenges and focus on the meaning or purpose we give to our lives. People who maintained low levels of stress, faced challenges and put their soul into their work lived longer than those who chose a more relaxed lifestyle. But there is a good deal more, including the sense of purpose and meaning that is common to those who have lived to an advanced age.

Dealing with new situations, learning something new everyday, playing games, and interacting with others seem to be effective anti aging strategies for mind. It surfs above some areas and goes into so much detail in others, that it hurts the flow of the reading. Autor de los libros sobre cultura japonesa: La Magia de Japón, Ikigai, Ichigo Ichie, Shinrinyoku, Un Geek en Japón.I was intrigued by the simplicity and calming tone it offers, and it captured my attention till the end.

Discover the Japanese secret to a long and happy life with the internationally bestselling guide to ikigai.The book also touches upon some well-known inceptions of Buddism, Stocism or Cynicism, with which I highly recommend you read and figure out for yourself which ideologies you mostly reasonate. The only setback I would like to mention is perhaps the beginning of the book, since I find the writing to be a bit dry and plainly informational content.

The book further tells the exercises and techniques these long living and happiest people used in their daily routines/tasks to keep them stay active for a long time even in very old age. Overall, I am glad to have picked up this book, for it challenged my brain to reflect and contemplate certain ideas I have had with my own life experiences so far. I would say that book was like a reminder for me, reiterating all that I already know to be good for me.At first, I was torn between rating the book with 3 or 4 stars, however, as I gradually came towards the end, there are some great offered insights which I think can be helpful to the readers, myself included.