Ikigai

About this book

The word IKIGAI comes to us from Japan--land of the samurai, intensedeath-defying effort, masterful artistry, harmony with nature, and devotingyourself obsessively to a path.Ikigai's closest meaning is *raison d'être* in French--what one livesfor, what makes your life worth living, why you inhale and exhale eachbreath.But Ikigai goes further than that, to the point where your passions andobsessions can consume you ... think of the artist or inventor all-consumedby his work, the boxer who lays hi