How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai

Focus, Cure Procrastination, & Increase Personal Productivity. A Japanese Strategy-Setting Guide. (Achieve Success Through Discipline and By Making Good Habits.)

By: Anthony Raymond

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's Summary

Do you have trouble setting and accomplishing your goals?

Do you procrastinate or put things off till the last moment?

Did you know that 80% of New Year's Resolutions have failed by February?

The problem is this: Most people were never taught how to set and pursue goals properly.

In this audiobook, we'll be introducing you to three concepts from Japan:

• Hansei - the art of honest self-reflection.
• Ikigai - how to find your "true calling" in life.
• Kaizen - goal achievement through incremental progress.

Each one of these techniques is a powerful goal-setting tool. But when combined together, they can multiply your personal productivity by a factor of 10 - making your most ambitious dreams seem achievable!

This audiobook will teach you how to discover your "true calling" and accomplish your life goals!

You will learn:

• Why conventional goal-setting methodologies cause so many people and projects to fail.
• The clever insight that will immediately allow you to stop procrastinating and start getting to work.
• The Japanese method to find your life's purpose and ignite the flames of internal motivation within you - thus turning your body into a "personal productivity powerhouse".
• The one-minute principle that makes the laborious chore of "habit-forming" much, much easier.
• How to avoid allowing excuses or inconsequential interruptions from disturbing your productivity.
• And how the practice of "incremental progress" can be utilized to overcome your brain's natural tendency to reject ambitious tasks.

It doesn't matter if you're a student, a busy mom, or an entrepreneur. All of these techniques still apply. The Kaizen methodology can be utilized for getting better grades, doing your homework, building relationships, losing weight, enhancing your career aspirations, starting a new tech company, or for any endeavor that calls upon you to set goals.

Are you ready to learn more?

Then make the decision to stop wasting time, and start accomplishing your goals today! 

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.  

©2019 Anthony Raymond (P)2019 Anthony Raymond

Practical

I enjoyed this nice summary on how to advance your interests just by tackling one small bite size at a time. Very practical and encouraging.

Interesting perspective to conscious goal setting!

Excellent review of the concepts of the East to help with self reflection, leading to owning the mistakes, overcoming self doubts, planning for a successful goal attainment by Ikigai through continuous improvement/Kaizen. Ikigai seems to be similar to finding your why, but the author has further broken down finding Ikigai into a set of practical questions, what skill do you love, do you think you can get better at the skill, can you earn money using this skill and can this skill help the community. Interesting perspective to conscious goal setting!

Simplistic excellence!!

This book is awesome!! Thank you for this gift!! It covers all the points of living..one's self, health, diet, relationships, and living life. An 'it(life) is what it is', and how to just do life!! I'm so, so thankful for this book!! Please choose this book, to choose living your life!!

exactly what I was looking for

Loved learning about Kaizen, Ikigai, and other trains of thought. Raymond really did his research when writing this book, has some great analogies to back up the eastern thinking this book is about. very helpful for me as an entrepreneur

Very Motivating

Will get you motivated to make a plan to accomplish your goals! Since you have to know about to topic somewhat to find a book like this it is interesting and very helpful if you have trouble getting started with things.

Definitely worth a listen.

No fluff. Straight to the point. The truth everyone needs. On my list of yearly reads.

Great Book!

I know I need help making changes and I love the “make little changes that add up to big ones.” I had forgotten that I was listening to this and a friend asked yesterday if I had heard about Kaizen. “Yes. I think I have the book.” I opened Audible today and it was already on chapter 2. 🤦‍♀️ started over and will listen again to make sure I REALLY got it all.

Principles to live by

By listening to and employing these principles, strategies, we can all learn how to live a happier, more successful life. Great read, brilliant insights

great

I would have liked more in depth stuff on the other philosophies besides Kaizen......Kaizen was great....but more on the other 3....seems like ikigai and kaizen were most dominant....and other 2 got sped thru...but maybe there wasn't much to say. just found all 4 and the implementation of all 4 in ones life fascinating. the conclusion was really good.

Outstanding book.

This is a wonderful book! It’s understandable and illuminating. The author clearly explains Kaizen and how to apply it towards goals and productivity. I learned so much from the book that I bought the Audible and the paperback.
Recommended it for my best friend and highly recommended for others

Calm and refreshing

I work for a manufacturing firm attempting to implement the Kaizen business model and was confused why it was not working, but now I do. The Japanese implement this model not in the attempt to increase revenue In a business, but to increase on ones way of living in a community. The business focuses on the physical environment but not on the relationship between people (talked about in the last chapter) which I can now appreciate and understand, but this unfortunately will never be implement or understood inside large corporations in today’s capitalist world.

Practical and insightful

I read this book as a follow on from another book about Ikigai. I am new to the concept and discovered it whilst looking for guidance about how to bring more peace, satisfaction and success to my life without travelling at frantic pace and feeling like success in one area of life required disappointment or compromise in others. This book has made me think differently and I’m already feeling the benefit. I’ll be looking for more books from this author to help me continue this practice. Many thanks and best wishes to the author. Karen

Best book on productivity ever! Must read!

Best book I've read on productivity ever. Combines all the important Japanese principles in an easy to understand and practical way. Amazing narration as well! 👌🏻

Fun writing and inspirational snippets

A nice, punchy guide to the system. Invigorating and useful tips. If you’ve read other productivity books, you will see many familiar references and quotes. Yet there is value added in the synthesis of the system.

Highly Recommended

I would recommend this book to anybody who wonders why they never achieve what they set out to do or why they avoid challenges.
I regularly listen to this audiobook to remind myself of the concepts and techniques, especially Ikigai and Kaizen.

Reminded that there is a simpler way...

Glad I got this. Was reminded to practise the basics again. I needed practical steps to apply zen methods to my professional life which this book has helped with.

Game changer

If you procrastinate then you must try the kaizen method, its well worth a read.

well written in an easy to understand

well written in an easy to understand manner. It's the first book I have listened to and ?I will be implement some of the ideas and exercises. will be looking to find out more

Life changing

I had read a couple of books recently. This audiobook is so simply yet profoundly written. I am blown away and will listen again from the beginning right away.

Good book

I will have to go over this book and use some of methods here. I know I have many improvements to make in life and hopefully using some of the methods proposed here will gradually form a better me.