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Japanese Concepts and Philosophies
Japanese Philosophies 1
- Haragei emphasizes the importance of listening beyond words, focusing on unspoken cues in communication.
- Shu-Ha-Ri outlines a three-stage path to mastery in any field, advocating for learning, breaking, and ultimately transcending rules.
- Kakeibo promotes mindful spending through simple budgeting practices to reduce financial stress.
- Hanko symbolizes the mark one leaves on the world, encouraging personal impact through work and kindness.
- Shikata ga nai teaches acceptance of what cannot be changed, promoting a mindset of letting go to reduce anxiety.
- Gaman is about enduring hardships with patience and dignity, focusing on resilience in the face of adversity.
- Enso reflects on life’s imperfection and completeness, urging one to live in the present.
- Chisoku teaches contentment with what one has, suggesting that happiness comes from recognizing enough is enough.
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Nagomi encourages finding inner peace by harmonizing with life rather than fighting against it.
- Haragei
- Listen beyond words
- Not everything needs to be said out loud. Sometimes, what’s left unsaid matters more.
- The subtle cues: Body language, tone, intentions, energy, pauses, and even the feeling of a conversation.
- Haragei teaches us to slow down, observe, and truly listen.
- Listen beyond words
- Shu-Ha-Ri
- Learn, break, master
- Growth happens in three stages:
- Shu (learn): Follow the rules, practice, absorb. Don’t question, just learn.
- Ha (break): Start bending the rules, experiment, adapt, question. Make it your own.
- Ri (master): Transcend the rules. Movements become instinctual. Work becomes effortless.
- Growth happens in three stages:
- Learn, break, master
- Kakeibo
- Make mindful spending a habit
- Kakeibo is Japan’s simple, old-school budgeting method. It involves:
- A notebook, a pen, and four questions:
- How much money do I have?
- How much do I want to save?
- How much am I spending?
- How can I improve?
- A notebook, a pen, and four questions:
- Kakeibo is Japan’s simple, old-school budgeting method. It involves:
- Make mindful spending a habit
- Hanko
- Make your mark on life
- Shikata ga nai
- Let go of what you can’t control
- Some things won’t change no matter how much we wish they would.
- It’s about accepting what you can’t change.
- Focus on what you can influence. Letting go reduces anxiety. Practice it by accepting delays, setbacks, and personal loss with quiet strength.
- Let go of what you can’t control
- Gaman
- Transcend the seemingly unbearable with strength and dignity
- You don’t choose what happens, but you choose your response.
- Suffering is inevitable, but complaining doesn’t help. Strength comes from pushing through with quiet resilience.
- Transcend the seemingly unbearable with strength and dignity
- Enso
- Reflect on simplicity
- Chisoku
- Know when enough is enough.
- Happiness isn’t in the next big thing or outcome. Chisoku means knowing you have enough.
- Contentment is the way forward. Appreciate what you have now.
- Gratitude increases happiness.
- Know when enough is enough.
- Nagomi
- Find inner harmony in all things
- Nagomi is balance, peace, and acceptance, not perfection or control.
- Life pulls us in many directions. Nagomi reminds us to slow down, blend with life, and not fight it.
- Inner peace comes from not resisting reality.
- Find inner harmony in all things