“essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
―
Hector Garcia Puigcerver,
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Walk slowly and you’ll go far.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“There is a tension between what is good for someone and what they want to do. This is because people, especially older people, like to do things as they've always done them. The problem is that when the brain develops ingrained habits, it doesn't need to think anymore. Things get done very quickly and efficiently on automatic pilot, often in a very advantageous way. This creates a tendency to stick to routines, and the only way of breaking these is to confront the brain with new information.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz
“Concentrating on one thing at a time may be the single most important factor in achieving flow.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“there is nothing wrong with enjoying life’s pleasures as long as they do not take control of your life as you enjoy them” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“We have to learn to turn off the autopilot that’s steering us in an endless loop. We all know people who snack while talking on the phone or watching the news. You ask them if the omelet they just ate had onion in it, and they can’t tell you,” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. —Aristotle” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“There is no future, no past. There is only the present.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
“Getting back to Albert Einstein, “a happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.”4” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“The 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.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“We don't create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
“Be led by your curiosity, and keep busy by doing things that fill you with meaning and happiness.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Metabolism slows down 90 percent after 30 minutes of sitting.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Walk slowly and you’ll go far.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“There is a tension between what is good for someone and what they want to do. This is because people, especially older people, like to do things as they've always done them. The problem is that when the brain develops ingrained habits, it doesn't need to think anymore. Things get done very quickly and efficiently on automatic pilot, often in a very advantageous way. This creates a tendency to stick to routines, and the only way of breaking these is to confront the brain with new information.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz
“Concentrating on one thing at a time may be the single most important factor in achieving flow.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“there is nothing wrong with enjoying life’s pleasures as long as they do not take control of your life as you enjoy them” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“We have to learn to turn off the autopilot that’s steering us in an endless loop. We all know people who snack while talking on the phone or watching the news. You ask them if the omelet they just ate had onion in it, and they can’t tell you,” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. —Aristotle” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“There is no future, no past. There is only the present.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
“Getting back to Albert Einstein, “a happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.”4” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“The 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.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
“We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“We don't create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
“Be led by your curiosity, and keep busy by doing things that fill you with meaning and happiness.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Metabolism slows down 90 percent after 30 minutes of sitting.” ― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
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