{"id":17834,"date":"2020-04-07T09:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/?p=17834"},"modified":"2020-04-07T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:55:42","slug":"francesc-miralles-ikigai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/en\/news\/francesc-miralles-ikigai\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesc Miralles: Your ikigai may change over time, but having a purpose is key"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We share with you a post published\u00a0in \u2018Deccan Chronicle\u2019<\/span> in which you can learn more about our speaker Francesc Miralles<\/span><\/strong>:<\/h4>\n

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“Self improvement books on Japanese concepts are having a bit of a moment and chief among them is the bestseller\u00a0Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.<\/em>\u00a0Centering the book in Okinawa, Japan, authors H\u00e9ctor Garc\u00eda and Francesc Miralles focus on the ways of the residents of this island known for longevity, with more centenarians than anywhere in the world.<\/h4>\n

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How do they live this long? The authors, who spent a few years examining the Okinawan lifestyle \u2013 including their diet and level of activity \u2013 argue one of the reasons is having a clearly defined\u00a0ikigai, or \u201cthe happiness of always being busy\u201d, of having a passionate life purpose. Originally written in Spanish, the book has been widely translated across the world, including into regional Indian languages. Before taking the stage at the Kerala Literature Festival in Calicut last weekend to discuss the book, Francesc Miralles sat down with me to talk about the ideas that drove Ikigai. Edited excerpts:<\/h4>\n

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What got you and H\u00e9ctor Garc\u00eda interested in writing Ikigai?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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I live in Barcelona, and Hector lives in Japan. I was going to Kyoto to find documentation for a novel I wrote. We met in Japan through a common friend and became friends. He is married to a woman from Okinawa, and her father told us that we should, being writers, go to a village in the north of Okinawa that has a Guinness World Record of Longevity and ask the residents why and how they manage to live so many years. So we started investigating the topic, reading medical reports of the residents, their nutrition, the climate, and then got the permission to interview the 100 eldest people in the village. After conducting the interviews, we wrote Ikigai. (…)”<\/h4>\n

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Read More: https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/lifestyle\/books-and-art\/150320\/francesc-miralles-your-ikigai-may-change-over-time-but-having-a-purp.html<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We share with you a post published\u00a0in \u2018Deccan Chronicle\u2019 in which you can learn more about our speaker Francesc Miralles: “Self improvement books on Japanese concepts are having a bit of a moment and chief among them is the bestseller\u00a0Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.\u00a0Centering the book in Okinawa, Japan, authors… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n