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kbrsuperstar's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Apparently the title in the UK is "The Little Book of Ikigai" which frankly would be a lot more appropriate because there's not a lot of "how to" that the title implies. It IS really informative with a lot of insight into Japan and Japanese life but how to adapt that for yourself is pretty vague.
Also a specific note about the audiobook: I had to skip basically an entire chapter that focuses on sumo because goddamn this guy mispronounced pretty much every single sumo term and rikishi's ring name and it was unbearably irritating.
Also a specific note about the audiobook: I had to skip basically an entire chapter that focuses on sumo because goddamn this guy mispronounced pretty much every single sumo term and rikishi's ring name and it was unbearably irritating.
basilkumquat's review against another edition
3.0
Easy to read and provides some interesting glimpses into Japanese life. A lot of the book seemed to be very tenuously connected to ikigai, so either Mogi should make the connection more clear or just write a shorter book.
km_kmssi's review against another edition
2.0
⁀➴ Awakening Your Ikigai
⭐⭐/5
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Pillar 1: Starting small
Pillar 2: Releasing yourself
Pillar 3: Harmony and sustainability Pillar 4: The joy of small things
Pillar 5: Being in the here and now
Ikigai is a Japanese word for describing the pleasures and meanings of life. The word literally consists of iki (to live) and gai (reason).
The fruit sold at Sembikiya are biological arts produced by the kodawari of dedicated farmers.
Ikigai derived from living up to one’s kodawari is often the engine behind these actions.
Just possibly, ikigai makes a Peter Pan of all of us. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Let us all be twelve years old! Youthfulness of mind is important in ikigai, but so is commitment and passion, however seemingly insignificant your goal.
Releasing oneself is very much related to being in the here and now.
According to Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter. That is how you find pleasure in work. Work becomes an end in itself, rather than something to be endured as a means of achieving something.
Being in the flow is all about treasuring the being in the here and now.
You can pursue quality best only when you are in a state of flow, a fact that Akuto and Koshimizu know only too well.
So make music, even when nobody is listening. Draw a picture, when nobody is watching. Write a short story that no one will read. The inner joys and satisfaction will be more than enough to make you carry on with your life. If you have succeeded in doing so, then you have made yourself a master of being in the here and now.
As so often in life, you need to accept what you’re given, and then rise to the situation.
In any given environment, it is in principle possible to have ikigai, the reason for living, no matter what one’s performances might be.
It is not only winners who have ikigai. Winners and losers can have ikigai on an equal footing, in the great coordinated dance that is life.
There is no absolute formula for happiness— each unique condition of life can serve as the foundation for happiness in its own unique way.
Accepting yourself is one of the most important and yet difficult tasks we face in our lives. Indeed, accepting oneself is one of the easiest, simplest, and most rewarding things you could do for yourself— a low- budget, maintenance- free formula for being happy.
⭐⭐/5
˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚ ✧ ˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚ ✧ ˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚
Pillar 1: Starting small
Pillar 2: Releasing yourself
Pillar 3: Harmony and sustainability Pillar 4: The joy of small things
Pillar 5: Being in the here and now
Ikigai is a Japanese word for describing the pleasures and meanings of life. The word literally consists of iki (to live) and gai (reason).
The fruit sold at Sembikiya are biological arts produced by the kodawari of dedicated farmers.
Ikigai derived from living up to one’s kodawari is often the engine behind these actions.
Just possibly, ikigai makes a Peter Pan of all of us. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Let us all be twelve years old! Youthfulness of mind is important in ikigai, but so is commitment and passion, however seemingly insignificant your goal.
Releasing oneself is very much related to being in the here and now.
According to Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter. That is how you find pleasure in work. Work becomes an end in itself, rather than something to be endured as a means of achieving something.
Being in the flow is all about treasuring the being in the here and now.
You can pursue quality best only when you are in a state of flow, a fact that Akuto and Koshimizu know only too well.
So make music, even when nobody is listening. Draw a picture, when nobody is watching. Write a short story that no one will read. The inner joys and satisfaction will be more than enough to make you carry on with your life. If you have succeeded in doing so, then you have made yourself a master of being in the here and now.
As so often in life, you need to accept what you’re given, and then rise to the situation.
In any given environment, it is in principle possible to have ikigai, the reason for living, no matter what one’s performances might be.
It is not only winners who have ikigai. Winners and losers can have ikigai on an equal footing, in the great coordinated dance that is life.
There is no absolute formula for happiness— each unique condition of life can serve as the foundation for happiness in its own unique way.
Accepting yourself is one of the most important and yet difficult tasks we face in our lives. Indeed, accepting oneself is one of the easiest, simplest, and most rewarding things you could do for yourself— a low- budget, maintenance- free formula for being happy.
karate_isa's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Un livre de découverte et de réflexion. J'aime beaucoup son approche
amyyyyyyy's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.75
franzi_'s review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
anna_karina's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5