IKIGAI - The Japanese Secret To Live A Long And Happy Life.
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1. Find And Follow Your IKIGAI.
Ask yourself these 4 questions.
- What do I love?
- What am I good at?
- What does the world need from me?
- What can I get paid for?
Ask yourself these 4 questions.
- What do I love?
- What am I good at?
- What does the world need from me?
- What can I get paid for?
2. Take It Slow.
- Be passionate about everything you do.
- Be relaxed and enjoy all that you do.
- Celebrate all the time, even the little joys of life.
- Slowing down is a conscious choice and not always an easy one.
' There is nothing wrong in enjoying life's pleasures'.
- Be passionate about everything you do.
- Be relaxed and enjoy all that you do.
- Celebrate all the time, even the little joys of life.
- Slowing down is a conscious choice and not always an easy one.
' There is nothing wrong in enjoying life's pleasures'.
3. Don't Fill Your Stomach.
- Eat only until you are 80% full.
Ways to get started:
- Eat slowly.
- Focus on food.
- Use small vessels.
- Eat only until you are 80% full.
Ways to get started:
- Eat slowly.
- Focus on food.
- Use small vessels.
4. Surround Yourself With Good Friends.
- Friends affect your health even more than family.
- The key is to have 3 or 4 good friends that care for you the same way you care for them.
- Thinking about what you can do help the people closest to you be happier.
- Friends affect your health even more than family.
- The key is to have 3 or 4 good friends that care for you the same way you care for them.
- Thinking about what you can do help the people closest to you be happier.
5. Smile.
- One of the secrets of long life is smiling and having a good time.
- Cheerful attitude is very relaxing.
- The truth is it takes 46 muscles to frown and only 17 to smile.
- People who smile seem more trustworthy and are rated higher in generosity.
- One of the secrets of long life is smiling and having a good time.
- Cheerful attitude is very relaxing.
- The truth is it takes 46 muscles to frown and only 17 to smile.
- People who smile seem more trustworthy and are rated higher in generosity.
6. Reconnect With Nature.
- Anybody who wants to grow old needs an ikigai or reason for living.
- Gardening gives you something to get up for every day.
- Being in nature, living near nature or even viewing nature produces a cascade of positive emotions.
- Anybody who wants to grow old needs an ikigai or reason for living.
- Gardening gives you something to get up for every day.
- Being in nature, living near nature or even viewing nature produces a cascade of positive emotions.
7. Gratitude.
- Gratitude increases happiness levels and physical health.
- It lowers stress levels and improves optimism.
- Gratitude increases happiness levels and physical health.
- It lowers stress levels and improves optimism.
8. Exercise.
- To stay healthy, you don't need to go to gym for an hour daily or run marathons.
- All you need is to add movement to your day.
- Practice anything like yoga, tai chi. This is an excellent way to seek harmony between your body and mind.
- To stay healthy, you don't need to go to gym for an hour daily or run marathons.
- All you need is to add movement to your day.
- Practice anything like yoga, tai chi. This is an excellent way to seek harmony between your body and mind.
9. Live In The Moment.
- Flow is the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems matter.
- The experience of doing a task itself becomes highly enjoyable.
- The way is to identify tasks that align with your abilities but are still challenging.
- Flow is the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems matter.
- The experience of doing a task itself becomes highly enjoyable.
- The way is to identify tasks that align with your abilities but are still challenging.
10. Never Retire.
- Live intentional, purposeful life.
- Feel that you are needed, you matter and you contribute.
- Don't think of retirement as an ultimate destination.
- Focus to build a fantastic life while you still have time.
- Never retire. Keep learning.
- Live intentional, purposeful life.
- Feel that you are needed, you matter and you contribute.
- Don't think of retirement as an ultimate destination.
- Focus to build a fantastic life while you still have time.
- Never retire. Keep learning.
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