Ikigai: The Japanese to a Long and Happy Life by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia Book Summary

1. Active mind, youthful body
2. A little stress is good for you
3. The 80 percent secret
- Fill your belly to 80 percent
4. A lot of sitting will age you
- Walk to work , or just go on a walk for atleast twenty minutes each day
- Use your feet instead of an elevator or escalator
- participate in social or leisure activities
- Replace your junk food with fruit
- Get the right amount of sleep
- Play with children or pets, or join a sports team
- Be conscious of your daily routine
5. Something to live for( The search for meaning)
- Logotherapy steps
- A person feels empty, frustrated, or anxious

6. Better living through Logotherapy: A few key ideas
- We don't create the meaning of our life, as Sartre claimed we discover it
- We each have a unique reason for being, which can be adjusted or transformed many times over the years.
- Just as worry often brings about precisely the thing that was feared, excessive attention to a desire from being fulfilled
- Humor can help break negative cycles and reduce anxiety
- We all have the capacity to do noble or terrible things. The side of the equation we end up on depends on our decisions, not on the condition in which we find ourselves.

7. The seven conditions for Achieving Flow
- Knowing what to do
- Knowing how to do it
- Knowing how well you are doing
- Knowing where to go ( where navigation is involved)
- Perceiving significant challenges
- Perceiving significant skills
- Being free from distractions

8. The interviews
- Don't worry
- Cultivate good habits
- Nurture your friendships everyday
- Live an unhurried life
- Be optimistic
9. Be resilient
- Fall seven times, rise eight
Famous Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Neibuhr
- God, give us grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
10. What's the worst thing that could happen?
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Seneca, one of the richest men in ancient Rome, lived a life of luxury but was, nonetheless, an active Stoic. He recommended practicing negative visualisation every night before falling asleep. As a result, he was able to answer the question " What's the worst thing that could happen?"
11. Antifragility
- Create more options
- Bet conservatively in certain areas and take many small risks in other.
- Get rid of the things that make you fragile