Ikigai

Ikigai: The Reason for Being

Ikigai is illustrated in four overlapping circles, as in a Venn Diagram which talks about a synthesis of:

 • What you love to do.

 • What you are good at.

 • What the world needs.

 • What you can be paid for.

This chart can help you discover your true Ikigai (from japanese: a reason for being).

All you have to do is to think about the four questions in the quadrants (What you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, what you can be paid for). You can add multiple answers and no...

Ikigai is a Japanese concept which is defined as "the reason for being." It is one who strives to have a lifestyle that is balanced with the spiritual and the practicial.

The individual's ikigai is found in the middle of the intersection where your passions and talents converge with the t...