

Ken Honda – The Zen Millionaire about Happy Money and finding your Ikigai: “Arigato your money”
Once, Ken Honda stood in line to ask Japan’s richest man a single question: what is the secret of money? The answer was three words. “Arigato your money.” Thank your money, both as it comes and as it goes. Ken Honda is one of Japan’s most well known voices in personal development, called the Money Healer and Japan’s Zen Millionaire. He has written more than one hundred and fifty books, sold close to nine million copies of Happy Money, and his podcast has passed fifty four million downloads, roughly half the population of Japan. We recorded at Yasuragi while he was in Stockholm on his world tour, and this is the first official episode of Makoto Podcast in English and Kens first appearence in Sweden. It became a conversation about money as energy rather than struggle, about the difference between Eastern inner peace and Western constant comparison, and about ikigai, the thing that makes your heart open. Near the end, Ken reads Christoffer’s money blueprint and own relationship with money live, an honest and slightly uncomfortable mirror.We talk about, among other things: -“Arigato your money”, his mentor Wahei Takeda, and the art of thanking money as it comes and goes -Money EQ, money as energy and as a friend rather than an enemy-Appreciation as a practice, and why what you appreciate appreciates -East and West, inner peace versus comparison, and why the grass is always (or never) greener -Living in the present and letting curiosity drive instead of outside pressure -Ikigai, what opens the heart, and how to feel the difference in a second -Ken reading Christoffer’s money blueprint, on daring to keep and build a dam -What is 'Being authentic' mean? Ken 'Panda' answers and living in a happy dreamKen Honda is an author, entrepreneur and one of Japan’s best selling voices in personal development. He is the first Japanese person voted into the Transformational Leadership Council, carries forward his mentor Wahei Takeda’s philosophy of generosity, and tours the world with the message of happy money and ikigai. Makoto is a Japanese word for authenticity and integrity, when what you think, say and do hold together, especially when it’s hard. Makoto Podcast explores brave and authentic leadership in practice. Makoto Advisory supports organisations with executive search and leadership assessment through transformation. Learn more at makotoadvisory.se
