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

“Han” means “to turn over and examine.” And “Sei” means to “look back upon in review of the past.” So Hansei could be directly translated as “past examination” or (most commonly) “self-reflection.”