“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. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—the place where passion, mission, vocation, an…

Héctor García is a citizen of Japan, where he has lived for third of his life, and of Spain, where he was born. A former software engineer, he worked at CERN in Switzerland before moving to Japan, where he helped Silicon Valley startups to enter the Japanese market. He has written several books about Japanese culture. IKIGAI and A Geek in Japan are international Best Sellers.

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图书馆中央大厅随手翻的一本小书。看的是中译本《ikigai 冲绳岛幸福长寿秘诀》。道理都懂，就看自己能不能做到了。与其把它当长寿书看，不如把它当作如何健康生活，如何渡过迷茫、避免焦虑的一些絮叨小集。
老年人的养生书哈哈。前面小部分关于心理治疗的内容还挺有意思。比如存在心理治疗和ikigai之前的关系，都是让人找到生活的意义。特别喜欢的一句话，he who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any HOW。当一个人不清楚自己存在的理由时，生活会变得很空虚迷茫甚至痛苦。
可以很快翻完的一本，内容比较零散
Next : a geek in Japan.
Living in Mumbai, eyes on Japan. What a life.
在youtube上听的audiobook