Ikigai

Ikigai

The word IKIGAI comes to us from Japan--land of the samurai, intense<br />death-defying effort, masterful artistry, harmony with nature, and devoting<br />yourself obsessively to a path.<br /><br />Ikigai's closest meaning is *raison d'être* in French--what one lives<br />for, what makes your life worth living, why you inhale and exhale each<br />breath.<br /><br />But Ikigai goes further than that, to the point where your passions and<br />obsessions can consume you ... think of the artist or inventor all-consumed<br />by his work, the boxer who lays his body and mind on the line in every<br />fight, or the gardener whose mind is perfectly still among his creation.<br /><br />Have you found your Ikigai yet? This book is for you.<br /><br />In a series of essays on philosophy, history, strategy, planning, and<br />achieving, this book is about living purposefully and with meaning.<br />