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Ikigai
- The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
- Narrated by: Naoko Mori
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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- Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The international bestseller.
We all have an ikigai.
It's the Japanese word for ‘a reason to live’ or ‘a reason to jump out of bed in the morning’.
It’s the place where your needs, desires, ambitions and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer.
Finding your ikigai is easier than you might think. This audiobook will help you work out what your own ikigai really is and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it.
Do that and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our desktop site.
Critic Reviews
"Ikigai gently unlocks simple secrets we can all use to live long, meaningful, happy lives. Science-based studies weave beautifully into honest, straight-talking conversation.... Warm, patient, and kind, this book pulls you gently along your own journey rather than pushing you from behind." (Neil Pasricha, best-selling author of The Happiness Equation)
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- Anonymous User
- 25-12-19
If you don't know your ikigai you have to find it
Ten rules of Ikigai
Stay Active
Take it slow
Don't fill your stomach
Surround yourself with good friends
Get in shape before your next birthday
A cheerful attitude
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Thank your ancestors & nature
Live in the Moment
Follow your Ikigai
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-10-19
Calm like my grandmother👵
It does give some pointed reasons and directions to cultivate better habits and improve life balance
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- Sneha
- 28-07-20
why should you read?
Perfect narrator. This book is for all the confused souls out there or anyone who wants to be happy.
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- material
- 17-08-19
Always valued that inner connect
Life is beautiful.
Schooling must include such topics and practices mentioned in the book. In gurukuls this is the daily practice.
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- Nayan
- 11-07-19
😍
Smoothie sound of narrator.
well packed book about for living it at fullest and longest.
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- PNR Bangalore
- 29-11-20
A mixture of known facts!!
Nothing new! Be positive, active and do what you love and voilà ikagai!! Where is the revalation??
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- Aritra Banerjee
- 08-12-19
A compelling read.
The book is invaluable to anyone who is planning to restart life on a positive note.
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- Rahul gusia
- 05-06-20
nothing you already dont know
found it to be very little informative and does not have any thing that you already do not know
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- arun chauhan
- 09-09-19
nothing new
if you are already a book reader ,you won't get anything new said in this book,but for beginners it's good book.
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- Devarsh Acharya
- 08-11-21
Best listen
content is very good, audio quality is not good, best learning stay active, eat until 80% full
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-20
Great book, new found love for Japanese culture
I find this book quite relaxing to listen to, plenty of little information on how to make your life better but small changes that we can do right now.
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- Nicki
- 01-02-18
Illuminating
Beautiful and insightful principles to live a long and happy life. I want to listen to this book all over again, and I’ve only just finished it!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-22
Wonderful narration and Writing
The author gets to the point beautifully. The art of living and discovering your ikigai has been explained with ample examples. The narrator has a soothing voice which matches the tempo of the book.
Highly recommended.
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- Cherif Farrag
- 03-12-21
Really Fascinating
Loved it, easily finished it.
Fantastic narrative & narration.
Highly recommend re-reading/re-listening many times.
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- Subrat Kumar Panda
- 10-09-21
loved it
I need to find my ikigai now. wonderfully compiled and really well structured with data
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- Anonymous User
- 28-06-21
A good book to listen in a day
The message is interesting, specially when focused on the purpose and meaning if one’s life. This is the focus of the first chapters, and what gives the book its name. However, I felt that the last chapters were less interesting, as the focus shifts to diet and exercise, drifting away from the main idea.
The narrator’s voice is soft and gentle, good to calm you down. It’s interesting to listen to her accurate pronunciation of Japanese words. It might cause you to get a bit sleepy though, so listen when you are in the right mood.
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- Yolandi
- 16-06-21
Handbook for life
Ikigai is an amazing handbook for life. I would highly recommended it to anyone wanting to live a long & meaningful life.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-05-21
Inspirational and life changing
Written beautifully and simply. This book will change the way you look at life if you allow it do. A must read for anyone wanting more in their lives
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- Paul P
- 08-04-21
Should be called "secrets of Okinawans longevity"
Ikigai concept was just a small part of the book the rest was discussing on why Japanese people in Okinawa live so long and it feels really this is what and who the book is really about. The content is OK, the concepts seem relatively well studied but had to push myself to finish and really felt it wasn't what I signed up for buying it. If you wanna learn about Japanese culture and longevity this book is for you, if you are looking for extensive study on rekindling your passions and finding purpose I'm afraid it is not.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-12-20
Inspirational but a bit repetetive.
I found the book to be inspirational and full of usefull tips to a better life. It also contains alot of relevant facts to support its claims. But it was a bit repetetive and i think the book lacks a bit of structure.
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- E Wright
- 21-07-20
I stopped it when intermittent fasting was suggest
Ikigai is finding your purpose and passion in life. living long is obtained through this and living a anxiety free life with strong community. This is something the poor living in inner cities can't obtain, Ikigai sure but the rest no.
After saying this the book turns into a diet book which I did not sign up for and recommending intermittent fasting is highly dangerous.
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- cbferreira
- 18-09-18
Superficial
Very superficial - no significant depth in any of the topics approached. Pseudo scientific statements with no reference to actual studies and sometimes inaccurate. Hard to distinguish between evidence-based observations and their narrative.
8 people found this helpful
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- juozas kasiulis
- 24-03-18
Though provoking
Really enjoyable audiobook. It explains well the ikigai concept gives plenty of examples. Also there are plenty of mental physical practises to achieve longer better life.
Narration well done.
I am glad I bought it.
6 people found this helpful
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- Mr S R Godfrey
- 19-09-20
Gave up after 5 chapters
Having read a number of books now on Audible about Ikigai I was looking forward to this,but I have found I was more drawn in by the beautiful book cover which is far better than any of the content.
This book feels like it has been written to showcase the writers skills at reference other authors work and I got so so bored of the constant referencing of other works. There is no personal interpretation of Ikigai at all and it feels like this a book that uses Ikigai as a way to lure would be readers in by throwing the word Ikigai very loosely every 5 paragraphs or so.
Lacking in any warmth, feeling or purpose this book felt soulless and more like a text book that rambled through differing pieces of work.
Very disappointed at the waste of a credit. At least if I had bought the hardback I would have had a beautiful cover for my desk if nothing else.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-18
Nice overview, somewhat unscientific
I liked the book, but it was not very information dense. It gives a nice overview of all aspects of living a good life. However it did put too much emphasise on personal accounts and correlation rather than causation which made it somewhat scientifically dubious. Good listen though!
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- Juan C Villasmil Ortega
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-03-21
the secret is out
loved it, finished listening to it in one day, recommend it to anybody who wants to die an old old man or woman.
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- kat30
- 21-07-20
Very nicely narrated
Gives you food for thought. Simple princeples that are easy to incorporate into your life
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- Christianne0406
- 14-05-20
Spellbinding
I was blown away by this book, and went through it in one weekend. Everyone should read this.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-06-18
Thought provoking!
Thought provoking indeed! I'm certainly going to look for my Ikigai. Beautifully read and the perfect distraction to a busy life.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-01-20
Helpful if I was an elderly Japanese villager!
Not at all what I was expecting. Nothing about discovering or striving to find your Ikigai. All about how to grow old & be happy in a Japanese village, don’t see how I could apply much of this in western suburbia.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-19
Find it! If you haven’t already found it. What’s your ikigai?
I really loved this deep dive into the Japanese secret of living a full and happy life. I stumbled upon this concept as a way of life when combine with being on a hero’s journey so I’m really glad that this book was written, it’s one that I believe every man woman and child should read, then the world will be a better place.
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- Grant
- 12-12-21
I expected more on the culture , not exercising.
I wanted more on the history and the culture, not on how to exercise. its mostly about be good to each other, eat healthy, be happy . It felt like the book was just trying to fill in time.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-09-20
Good but a bit of a rehash
I loved the narrator and overall the book was okay. I would recommend reading if you haven't read many books in the personal development area. However, as someone who has read/listened to the few bigger books in the PD area (e.g. Flow, Mindset, etc.), much of the book felt like recaps. It would've been appreciated if the link between those concepts and ikigai was made clearer.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-04-22
Very repetitive fluffs out content
Information is often repeated. Many claims without evidence and the content is very drawn out. Don’t bother.
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- Rod Farmer
- 03-04-22
Could be summed in 10 mins
This book would better suit a Ted talk. It really is a simple thesis with a couple of inspiring examples. Too long and meandering in current form
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- Kate
- 19-03-22
Not very practical
I found that this book had a lot of ideas without any practical advice which I found annoying.
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- Sam Joel
- 27-01-22
A meaningful series of ideas for life
IkiGai is an interesting series of ideas for how to love a meaningful life
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