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(★)(Translated from Spanish by Russell Andrew Calvert/ "Ganbatte" (Gan-ba-tay!) is a Japanese concept that means "Do your best! Keep going and never give up!" Behind it is a way of thinking as intrinsic to the Japanese as "wabi sabi" and "ikigai"./ In "Ganbatte! The Japanese Art of Always Moving Forward", Albert Liebermann takes you into the mindset that keeps the Japanese people ever-ready to give everything they´ve got to whatever they encounter --an exam, a sports game, preparing a meal, an ordinary day on the job./ Fifty short and gentle chapters suggest simple ways of adopting this approach for a happier, more fulfilling life --and a happier, more fulfilled self-- covering topics such as : Sorting "difficult" from "impossible"/ Cultivating patience/ Working mindfully and with a sense of social consciousness/ And many more ways of fostering a spirit of "ganbatte" within ourselves/ ◆Albert Liebermann is a writer and philosopher. He studied art and literature in Europe before moving to Japan, where he decided to put his musings on creativity and personal development down on paper. He enjoys playing the piano, traveling the world and hanging out with his cat./ ▼CONTENTS/ ●PREFACE/ Ganbatte!/The Great Wave off Kanagawa : The Art of Carrying on/Three Years Sitting on a Rock/A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss/The Difficult and the Impossible/Sha...kan...kan, the Value of Patience/Losing is Winning/The Longest Journeys Begin with a First Step/The Archer and the Moon/The Ten Ganbatte Rules for Entrepreneurs/Jiro´s Dream : The Perfection of the Shokunin/To Beat the Crisis/Kiboo Hope/The Man Who Planted Trees/Tama the Cat/Ganbatte and Wabi Sabi/Yayoi Kusama/The Maneki Neko`s Twin Laws/The Most Important Muscle/The Ten Ganbatte Rules for Writers/Shuhari : The Mastery of the Takumis/The World´s Longest-Lasting Companies/The Kaizen Method/Meditation : Passing Clouds/Buddha Under the Tree/Katana : Aim for Beauty/The Philosophy of Karate/Tennis : The Court of Mental Toughness/If You Don´t Feel Like Exercising --Ganbatte!/The Ten Ganbatte Rules for Fitness/Miyamoto Musashi : Transform Your Mind into Water/Stoicism and Ganbatte/Your Enemy is Your Best Friend/What Cannot Be Seen, but Can Be Felt/The Stake and the Sprinter/Team Hoyt/Mentality of the Marathon Runner/Get Rid of the Second Arrow/The Long Path to Love/The Ten Ganbatte Rules for Lasting Love/Akira Kurosawa : Whatever it Takes to Attain Perfection/The Summit of Mount Fuji/Reinventing the Wheel/In Marco Polo´s Footsteps/The Pilgrims´ Route/Joseph Merrick : The Heroism of Being Human/KOOAN/Life as a Work of Art/The Journey to Wisdom/The Ten Ganbatte Rules/ ●EPILOGUE) |