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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
By Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
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12 minute read
Published Aug 29, 2017
What you'll learn
The Japanese island of Okinawa holds the Guinness World Record for the most centenarians—nearly 25 centenarians for every 100,000 people. The Japanese people more generally enjoy the longest life expectancy of any nation on earth, and the explanation could lie with what they call ikigai (pronounced ee-kee-guy).
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Life isn’t about having more things, but finding the existential nexus of passion, vocation, profession, and mission.
- 2 Ikigai is the goal of logotherapy and other meaning-based therapies.
- 3 The Okinawan lifestyle has much to teach us about longevity.
- 4 The Okinawans owe their happiness and health, in part, to culinary customs.
- 5 Identifying those activities where we enter a blissful flow state is an important part of finding ikigai.
- 6 The exercise that will sustain you 10 decades involves gentle movement that enhances flexibility.
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