"Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life" is an international bestseller and among the most well-known books ...

But mostly she survived by becoming "useful." "There's a chapter in the book called 'Ikigai,' which is this idea that there's something you're good at that also benefits the world," Knox says.

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