IKIGAI the Japanese secret to a long and happy life best summary
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Ikigai basically means a motivating force of your life. It is the force that make you live
It lies in the area where you do what you love, what you are good at , what
the world needs and what you can get paid for?
It explores the Japanese secret that people live longer and have a healthy life as they stop eating when they are 80 % full. They have an active mind and don't take much stress. Moreover, they never forget to move there body .
To find ikigai we need to discover meaning of our life, accept our feelings
and do what we should do .
You need to go with flow like it is said be water my friend
Choose a task that is neither too difficult nor to easy and have a clear
goal , doing it with no distraction is vital step
To live longer you should not worry, cultivate good habits,be optimistic
and live a non hurried life . For that you should readily do yoga with other
techniques such as tai chi , Qigong, shiatsu etc
You should be resilient,curb your ego, control negative emotions and
achieve a state of tranquility . Live in now
Be antifragile by having or creating redundancies - having more than single
salary/ more choices
Be conservative in certain areas and take small risk in other
Ged rid of things that make you fragile
Finally
praise imperfection and never stop learning
