EPISODE · Dec 24, 2019 · 5H 10M
Tim Tamashiro - How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose Author: Tim Tamashiro Narrator: Tim Tamashiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 70 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 15 Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Publisher's Summary: 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.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose Author: Tim Tamashiro Narrator: Tim Tamashiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 70 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 15 Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Publisher's Summary: 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.
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