A review by kbrsuperstar
The Way of Nagomi: The Japanese Philosophy of Finding Balance and Peace in Everything You Do by Ken Mogi

informative medium-paced

3.5

I already read his other book - Awakening Your Ikigai - so I knew I shouldn't expect a self-help book but more of a broad overview of the concept of nagomi in Japan. For the most part, I enjoyed it, I found it informative and I learned quite a lot. That said, the chapter on making an effort to all get along with each other really rubbed me the wrong way, especially when it came to making nice with people who don't agree with you politically and that the Japanese way of basically only having one ruling political party (because aww people who feel left out of power won't work with you) felt ridiculous and a little infuriating to me. Like, ok, Ken, I'm sure that's great for everyone who's exactly like you but uhhhh what about everyone else? I don't know a ton about Japanese politics but I know y'all ain't got same-sex marriage there yet so idk, maybe check in with a couple of gay folks and see if they feel it's more important that everyone play nice?