Ganbatte!

Live life with Ganbatte. "To make an effort and doing the best you can." Author Albert Liebermann, created a personal development book sharing the Japanese Art of Always Moving Forward. It embraces how we can grow into becoming the best version of ourselves through the Japanese concept of Ganbatte. This book is an inspiration to give your best effort in everything you do. It encourages you to take control of your life and decide how you want to make the world your own. Readers can take knowledge from this book and learn the mindset to live a life with Ganbatte. Albert Liebermann communicates the metaphor of comparing seas to our life.

"Because waves can be an analogy of life: In the sea we cannot stop the waves, and in life we cannot stop the events that the passing of time brings with it. If we remain motionless in the sea, we will be swallowed up by the waves. If we stand still in life, we will be devoured by apathy. If you cannot stop the wave, change yourself into the wave. Ganbatte!"

We can take examples of the piece and create our own as a byproduct of our interpretation. A personalized illustration is climbing a mountain.

​Surviving the climb of a mountain:	Living with Ganbatte while climbing a mountain:
Anticipating and impatience of reaching the top.	Appreciating and understanding the journey is what truly matters.
Begin the climb without the materials needed, and criticize when problems occur rather than solve.	When faced with a situation you give your best effort with the materials you have in that moment, to move forward.
​Dreading the idea of the impossible and choosing to stand still.	Separating challenging from impossible and taking each step with your strongest endeavor.

By mastering Ganbatte you are capable of conquering any challenges you face while adopting a greater knowledge of mindfulness and cultivating diligence. The process provides you with an understanding of learning your purpose in the world, and how you must never give up. Life will play many tricks on you, don't fall for every single one of them. The resistance can be unknown, and you can fall into the unexpected. With this Japanese art you have the power to control your thoughts and feelings and how you choose to take initiative in moving forward.

Our very own perseverance inspires the way we individually define absolute happiness in life. It makes us consider if we have truly found happiness. What is happiness? Where can you find it? Have you brought happiness to others? Ganbatte is able to answer these questions for the world in simplicity. We find happiness in ourselves based on our personal growth and self development. It is different for all of us in terms of how we measure it. We all like to think we have brought joy to others, but you can't have joy without pain. We are forced by the waves of the sea to constantly move forward in life. It waits for no one. The mountain will always be a journey to climb, and if you choose to stand still without climbing it you are only surviving without growth.

"You've gotta do your best everyday, but remember that your best is going to look different everyday." - Unknown

To adopt this path of gratitude you are nourishing the soul when there is no food in sight. You are allowing your mind to expand in knowledge to develop abilities of how you climb a mountain and ride the waves of life. Explore the depths of society and see beyond the horizon. You only live in each moment once, and through Ganbatte you will finally understand how life will repeat each lesson until you learn it, because that is how you move forward.