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IKIGAI
- âMany people seem older than they are. Research into the causes of premature aging has shown that stress has a lot to do with it.â
- âThe American Institute of Stress investigated this degenerative process and concluded that most health problems are caused by stress.â
- âExistential crisis , on the other hand, is typical of modern societies in which people do what they are told to do , or what others do, rather than what they want to do. They often try to fill the gap between what is expected of them and what they want for themselves with economic power or physical pleasure, or by numbing their senses.â
- âThose who give up the things they love doing and do well lose their purpose in life. Thatâs why itâs so important to keep doing things of value, making progress, bringing beauty or utility to others, helping out, and shaping the world around you, even after your âofficialâ professional activity has ended.â
- âThe happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.ââ
- âIn order to achieve this optimal experience, we have to focus on increasing the time we spend on activities that bring us to this state of flow, rather than allowing ourselves to get caught up in activities that offer immediate pleasure.â
- âConcentrating on one thing at a time may be the single most important factor in achieving flow.â
- âJapanese people often apply themselves to even the most basic tasks with an intensity that borders on obsession.â
- âOur ability to turn routine tasks into moments of microflow, into something we enjoy, is key to our being happy, since we all have to do such tasks.â
- âArtists, for example, who carry the torch of their ikigai instead of retiring, have this power. Art, in all its forms, is an ikigai that can bring happiness and purpose to our days. Enjoying or creating beauty is free, and something all human beings have access to.ââ
- âArtists know how important it is to protect their space, control their environment, and be free of distractions if they want to flow with their ikigai.â
- âMany such artists might seem misanthropic or reclusive, but what they are really doing is protecting the time that brings them happiness, sometimes at the expense of other aspects of their lives. They are outliers who apply the principles of flow to their lives to an extreme.ââ
- According to Csikszentmihalyi , in order to focus on a task we need:
- 1. To be in a distraction-free environment
- 2. To have control over what we are doing at every moment â
- âWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.â â Aristotle
- âTo be able to concentrate for a considerable amount of time is essential to difficult achievement.â â Bertrand Russell
- âThe grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.â â Washington Burnap
- âEverything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedomsâto choose oneâs attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose oneâs own way.â â Viktor Frankl
- âNana korobi ya oki (Fall seven times, rise eight.)â â Japanese proverb
- âMetabolism slows down 90 percent after 30 minutes of sitting. The enzymes that move the bad fat from your arteries to your muscles, where it can get burned off, slow down. And after two hours, good cholesterol drops 20 percent. Just getting up for five minutes is going to get things going again. These things are so simple theyâre almost stupid.â â Gavin Bradley
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