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The third pillar of ikigai, harmony and sustainability, is perhaps the most important and uniquely developed ethos of the Japanese mindset.

As we have seen earlier, on an individual level, ikigai is a motivational structure to keep you going, to help you get up in the morning and start doing chores. In Japanese culture, in addition, ikigai has much to do with being in harmony with the environment, with people around you and with society at large, without which sustainability is impossible.

It makes you rethink about some values you had so far and you recognize yourself in some of the 5 pillars and the examples the book outlines. Love the storytelling in it.