How to Ikigai, Tim Tamashiro
How to Ikigai, Tim Tamashiro
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How to Ikigai
Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose

Author: Tim Tamashiro

Narrator: Tim Tamashiro

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/24/2019


Synopsis

Ancient, time-tested wisdom: Okinawa, Japan, is a tiny, tiny island south of the Japanese mainland where people live their life's purpose every day. How is it possible for so many to live each day in such meaningful ways? The Okinawan concept of Ikigai.

Magical reality come to life: David Michiels stuttered severely well into his adulthood. In clinical terms, his stutter was difficult to treat. But David started to work in a liquor store. Before long, his focus turned to one specific section of the sales floor: the scotch section. As he spent more of his days learning about scotch, he began to share his knowledge with customers. Eventually, David noticed that his stutter vanished when he talked to anyone about scotch. Over time, David's passion led to a new life. Today, he is a renowned whiskey expert, traveling the world tasting and purchasing whiskey on behalf of his employer. He feels his life is meaningful because of ikigai.

A humble look at happiness: Bringing together an exploration of joy not unlike that of The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a look inward reminiscent of The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer, and deep truths like those explored by Singer in The Surrender Experiment, How to Ikigai describes the concept of Ikigai with clarity and meaning.

About Tim Tamashiro

Tim Tamashiro is an explorer, jazz singer, storyteller, and former CBC Radio host. His ikigai is "to delight people so that we can share meaningful moments together." His life's experiences include work as a record rep. for MCA Records, performing for Queen Elizabeth II, and sailing aboard an icebreaker in Canada's Northwest Passage.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clicky

This book didn't quite live up to the description. While there were interesting examples and stories, there wasn't really any deeper explanation of what 'Ikigai' actually meant beyond the surface of 'finding stuff that give your life purpose'. I have a lot of time for the ideas expressed, but the su......more

It could have been shorter and more crisp. The repetitive nature though does help concretisation of certain key elements the author is focusing on. The second half of the book is till more methodical and has an approach readers can pick and chose to follow. The material is not new though the stories......more

Goodreads review by Nas

Ikigai is a concept that comes from Okinawa, Japan and is associated with an individual’s life’s worth. Ikigai is the reason we get out of bed in the morning and it’s what we do everyday that’s meaningful to ourselves and to others. When it comes to finding out our own ikigai, there are 2 questions......more

Goodreads review by Jack

Pap and Pablum Stick with the source material. There is value in this book, yet it derives from the great minds cited instead of the author's interpretation. This is the second book on ikigai I have read and both have been oversimplified and reductionist with only a cursory examination of the underly......more