Héctor García: Finding Your Reason for Living
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Want to live a happier and healthier life? Listen to our interview with Héctor García, author of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
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| 1:05.1 | Happy New Year. I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. |
| 1:13.5 | Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Hector Garcia. |
| 1:18.0 | Hector moved from Spain to Tokyo in 2004 |
| 1:21.0 | and began writing a blog called A Geek in Japan. |
| 1:25.8 | This led to co-authoring a book called Ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long and happy life. |
| 1:33.3 | The word ikigai roughly means reason for living or the reason you get up in the morning. |
| 1:39.8 | Hector's book removed the scales from my eyes and helped me understand what makes me tick, and in particular, |
| 1:47.2 | my love of podcasting. The book has sold two million copies worldwide and has been translated into |
| 1:53.6 | 59 languages. It is the most translated book ever originally written in Spanish. I would rank Ikega as one of the top |
| 2:03.2 | five books that have influenced my life. Hector's episode is the first one of the year because |
| 2:09.2 | understanding the concept of ikigai is a great way to start 2023. If you don't have an |
| 2:16.1 | ikigai, I hope you find one. And if you already have one, this episode |
| 2:21.0 | will help you understand it better. I'm Guy Kawasaki. This is remarkable people. And now, |
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