# Ikigai  Author:: Héctor García and Francesc Miralles  ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > At some point in our conversation, the mysterious word ikigai came up. This Japanese concept, which translates roughly as “the happiness of always being busy,” is like logotherapy, but it goes a step beyond. It also seems to be one way of explaining the extraordinary longevity of the Japanese, ([Location 78](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01NAG34EH&location=78))