The tiny island of Okinawa is south of the Japanese mainland and is full of people who live their life’s purpose every day. Through the art of Ikigai these people have found a way to live full and long lives of fulfillment. By focusing on a passion you can change your life into a more fulfilling journey. In Tim Tamashiro’s How to Ikigai you can learn how to use these ideas in order to give yourself a new outlook on your world. Continue reading “How to Ikigai Book Review from @kleffnotes”

What do you want more than anything else right now? Do you want more free time? A new job? New clients? To be physically stronger or maybe just a little bit healthier? You can achieve any of these things through dedication and focus according to Alexa Fischer. The TV and film actor who also happens to be an entrepreneur and the founder of Wishbeads, argues that with her 21 day system you can find a way to motivate yourself into getting what you want out of life in her book, Wishwork: Make a Wish, Do the Work, and Watch It Come True. Continue reading “Wishwork Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Andra Douglas’ new novel, Black and Blue: Love, Sports, and the Art of Empowerment is loosely based on her own life and desires to be part of the world of football. Focused on Christine, the youngest of three daughters, who struggles to go against the expectations put on her by living in the South. She has always wanted to play football, but a spot on her high school team is kept from her and she finds herself dejected watching as her male classmates are given football scholarships, knowing that she will never receive one. When she moves to New York City she assumes that she will never play the game she loves, but sometimes fate has a way of stepping in. Continue reading “Black and Blue Book Review from @kleffnotes”