García and Miralles, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (2017)

Héctor García and Francesc Miralles.
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Translated by Heather Cleary.
New York: Penguin Books, 2017.
Previously published as Ikigai: Los secretos de Japon para una vida larga y feliz, Barcelona: Ediciones Urano, 2016.

Book Information: Publisher; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• Héctor García, his website.
• Francesc Miralles, his website.
• Francesc Miralles (b. 1968), Wikipedia.
• francesc_miralles, Instagram.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Ikigai, "a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living"; "a motivating force"; "something that brings pleasure or fulfilment"; "a sense of purpose in life".

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I found Ikigai by García and Miralles unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. Rather than elaborate on that dissatisfaction, here are a couple of alternative books that appear more focused on "Ikigai".

• Ken Mogi. Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day. New York: The Experiment, 2018.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Tim Tamashiro. How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose. Coral Gables, Florida: Mango, 2019.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

To give García and Miralles their due, they did eventually publish a book that may be useful for people pursuing their "Ikigai" (however I feel so abused by wasting my money on their superficial 2017 book Ikigai that I resist considering it):

• Héctor García and Francesc Miralles. The Ikigai Journey: A Practical Guide to Finding Happiness and Purpose the Japanese Way. Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; and Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2020.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

And another related book that the Japanese say describes "Ikigai" that one shouldn't overlook:

• Viktor E. Frankl. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959, 2006.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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