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Ikigai

By: Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
Narrated by: Naoko Mori
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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.

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©2017 Francesc Miralles and Héctor García (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks

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"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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good read

it's better than expected it is so simple but the best read....
thank you 😊

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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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Great book

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Rediscovering the stronger you. Its all in you but up to you.

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Looking to get the print version too

Looking to get the print version too.
I loved it.
A book to have in one’s collection

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Worth Listening Book

Loved the tips and practical ways in living a harmonious and peaceful quite life today

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Interesting

Short and simple. Easy to listen in one day. Provides some useful tips, but I was expecting more insights, not only based on a few real life examples.

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Well read

The book was interesting and gave us a lot of insight on how to live our lives a little bit longer by finding our Ikigai and by following or practicing some things things that will make our existence a bit easy.
There was a part of the book that quite a bit redundant though. It’s the wabi sabi part and they kind of saying it over and over again with the same context. I like the way how the narrator narrated the book as well.

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Excellent book

What a beautiful book and loved to listening

Passion inside you - Ikigai

Your vision is to discover

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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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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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