Ikigai & Kaizen: The Japanese Strategy to Achieve Personal Happiness and Professional Success (How to set goals, stop procrastinating, be more productive, build good habits, focus, & thrive)

by Anthony Raymond

The third concept is called “Hansei” (honest self-reflection). Hansei is a Japanese method for understanding “what went wrong.” It’s about seeking clarity of thought through careful consideration of past mistakes. A skilled Hansei practitioner can analyze the multidimensional failures that led to an undesirable outcome. And, in doing so, he or she can gain valuable insights that will prevent similar errors from occurring in the future.

General mental fatigue - When the brain is depleted of energy, it will summon emotions to prevent the subject from overworking it.