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 is a way of life in Japan, where people work towards what they love doing, and do that with passion. Iki means life, and gai means ‘to be worthwhile’; loosely translated, Ikigai means the work, activity or hobby that gets an individual up in the morning.

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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...