Aakriti Gupta

“Stress: Accused of killing longevity”
― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

“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”
― Hector Garcia Puigcerver, Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

“There is no absolute formula for happiness—each unique condition of life can serve as the foundation for happiness in its own unique way. You can be happy when married with children, or when married without children. You can be happy when you are single, without a college degree, or with one. You can be happy when you are slim, you can be happy when you are overweight. You can be happy when living in a warm climate as in California, you can be happy when living in Montana, where you have severe winter conditions. As a sumo wrestler, you can be happy when you make it to yokozuna, or you can be happy while remaining one of the underdogs all your career, doing small chores, never giving up.”
― Ken Mogi, Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day

“His experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz showed him that “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