Ikigai By Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

"Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." --Japanese proverb According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai--a reason for living. The authors of IKIGAI interviewed more than 100 residents of the Japanese village with the world's highest percentage of 100-year-olds and found that their well-being was attributed largely to ikigai. Having a strong sense of ikigai--the place where passion, mission, vocation, and profession intersect--means that each day is infused with meaning. It's the reason we get up in the morning. It's also the reason many Japanese never really retire: They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they've found a real purpose in life--the happiness of always being busy. IKIGAI reveals the secrets to longevity and happiness of the world's longest-living people: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and--their best-kept secret--how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction.