Ikigai — Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles

According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai — the meaning of life. And according to the residents of a Japanese village with the longest-living people in the world, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—the place where passion, mission, calling, and profession intersect—means that every day is filled with meaning. This is the reason we get up in the morning. This is also the reason why many Japanese never retire (there is actually no word for «retire» in the Japanese language in the same sense as it is used in English): they stay active and work on what they like it because they have found a real purpose in life — the happiness of always being busy.To write this book, the authors interviewed residents of a Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds, one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets of their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they develop cooperation and community, and — their deepest secret — how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction in their lives. In addition, it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. After all, who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?