Term

Ikigai

A Japanese word made of "iki", life, and "kai", worth or value: what makes life worth living. The authors render it as "the happiness of always being busy."

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

Explained in

• Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
• The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything, Neil Pasricha

  A Japanese word that Pasricha translates as the reason you get out of bed in the morning. What makes a person want to live and act.

• The Blue Zones, Dan Buettner

  a Japanese word meaning “the reason you get up in the morning” — your personal sense of purpose

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