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 IKIGAI - My Take on Japanese's Secret to a Long and Happy Life This is my blog on my 2nd book of the 2nd week of 50 week 50 books - 100 blogs challenge that I have promised myself to engage in. Ikigai came across as a light read which talks in general about different things that could help us to live a meaningful life. It talks about finding your own meaning and purpose of life so that whatever we do is done with a sense of service which itself will nourish our souls. It has taken example of people,  who happen to live a very long life, living in a small town of Okinawa in Japan.  Some of them have even crossed 100 years of age. Their accounts try to give us the secret to the long and happy life. Let's see what all those secrets were: What is Ikigai - The definition of Ikigai as stated on web states that it means one's reason for being. It also states that Ikigai is the part where there is a convergence of one's passions, beliefs, values and vocation. The ones who foll...

    7 Habits of Highly Effective People - My Take                         aways from the Book Hi, this is neither a summary for the book nor a bunch of copied facts quoted straightaway from the book. It is a 24 year old's takeaways from the highly rated life hack book - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This is a compilation of what I picked up from the various chapters of the book and how I intend to incorporate and use them in my life. I believe anyone at any stage of their life can interpret this book for himself/herself and carve out their own process which will help them develop in life through it. So, let's begin. 1. Principles and Paradigms  Values & Principles - It is important to have a good values and principles system in life because values are like the map of our lives and principles act as a lighthouse. Principles are perpetually the same and cannot be moved or changed. Perception - ...