Motivation is a top priority for organizations looking to maintain an engaged and eager workforce. And in a time of immense global uncertainty, it pays to pause and reflect on your life and what's important to you. There's never been a better time to consider your personal ikigai. What is ikigai?

This selfless, giving aspect of ikigai traditionally manifests as giving yourself over to something other than yourself. This isn't perhaps as difficult as it first appears. While a simple, uncomplicated philosophy, the text is one that the reader will undoubtedly return to many times. Mitsuhashi’s intuitive and native understanding of ikigai brings an additional and essential insight that may be lost in other, more Western interpretations. Before reading the book, I expected that this book is all about ikigai and finding purpose and will help me find my own. But when I read it, I found that it doesn’t contain much information about finding ikigai, which disappointed me. The book includes advice about exercises and eating vegetables, which are somewhat familiar and can be found in any blog. These were the few things that I didn’t like in the book.

How to discover your ikigai

This book, written by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia, tells us the Ten rules of Ikigai, which are, distilled from the wisdom of the long-living residents of Ogimi: Ikigai urges individuals to simplify their lives by pursuing what sparks joy for them Marie 'KonMari' Kondo Much like mindfulness, the key is to be present in the moment and to not get caught up in your thoughts. At the same time, it's unmistakably about looking forward and savoring special moments when they arrive. This book will be a good choice if you are someone who is interested in increasing productivity in your life.

This was popularised by Victor Frankl and it essentially is a philosophy which helps you find reasons to live. He believed that everything can be taken from a human but one thing - the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given situation If hygge is the art of doing nothing, ikigai is the art of doing something—and doing it with supreme focus and joy.” — New York PostThis book is beautifully and delicately written. It is perfect for the real world…comforting, easy to read Nouse Begin by choosing one of the books. All of them are highly readable and insightful. Then move on to some of the others for a different, yet related view to expand your understanding of ikigai and explore the positive changes it can make to your life. A refreshingly simple recipe for happiness... According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai. It means your purpose – the reason you get up in the morning. The thing that fires you up and keeps you busy. Your raison d'être. Stylist On the other hand, the humble gardener sells roses at the roadside and has found ikigai. The gardener is in love with watching their flowers flourish, skilled at creating beauty, and the world wants and is willing to pay for what they have grown. The gardener is both receiving and giving. Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world. Okinawa has the highest life expectancy in Japan, and it is remarkable considering the fact that it was one of the worst affected provinces after WW/II.