Find your own ikigai by asking yourself how you want to serve your community. If you are undecided, remember your dreams from when you were younger, maybe in your youth.
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Mieko Kamiya could be called the Mother of Ikigai Psychology. She was one of the first researchers to extensively study ikigai. Her seminal book, Ikigai-ni-Tsuite (What Makes Our Life Worth Living) is still considered standard by current-day Japanese researchers, professors, and psychologists, despite it being published in 1966. Unfortunately, her book is yet to be translated into English. Even more unfortunate is that Kamiya died at the ripe young age of 65 in 1979.
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It’s Nick Kemp here from IkigaiTribe.com with another episode of The Ikigai Podcast, and today I am speaking with Paul Akers, the founder and president of FastCap, a product development company specializing in woodworking tools and hardware for professional builders.
008 – Paul Akers On Banishing Sloppiness With Japanese Precision Read More »
The Ikigai Venn diagram that has been shared by millions of people on the web, is interrupted as the Japanese version of the reason for being. The only problem is, this Venn digram has nothing to do with ikigai. NOT IKIGAIThe Ikigai Venn diagram was created by entrepreneur Marc Winn, whose only knowledge of ikigai
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How The Andrés Zuzunaga Venn Diagram Become Ikigai
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In his book, The Little Book of Ikigai: The secret Japanese way to live a happy and long life”, Ken Mogi introduces and goes into detail about what he refers to as the five pillars of ikigai, and explains how they are the foundation that allows ikigai to flourish.
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In this episode of the Ikigai Podcast, I have a conversation with the creator of the Ikigai Venn Diagram, Marc Winn.
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Want to find your ikigai? What’s you hobby? Are you seeking ways to experience a sense of ikigai in your life? Consider exploring various leisure activities.In this episode of the Ikigai Podcast, Nick discusses with Shintaro Kono how people can find ikigai in leisure.Podcast highlights:Why study leisure. At 1:54, Shintaro shares why he chose leisure as
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Ever asked what ikigai means to a Japanese person? Amongst the myriad interpretations of ikigai found on the web, what does it truly signify to the Japanese people?In this episode of the Ikigai Podcast, Nick explores this question with Sachiaki Takamiya. Podcast highlights:Sachiaki’s works. At 1:38, Sachiaki shares a brief background of his works, the books he’s
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In this episode, I speak with Gordon Matthews, who is an author and the Professor of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We discuss the subject of his book; What makes life worth living?
002 – Gordon Mathews On “What Makes Life Worth Living?” Read More »
