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Ikigai
01 / 08
Concept · 01

Ikigai

生き甲斐 — a reason to get up in the morning.

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Ikigai
02 / 08

There's a Japanese word for the thing most people spend their whole lives circling.

Ikigai is the reason you get out of bed. Not your job. Not your hobby. The overlap.

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Ikigai
03 / 08

Four circles.

IKIGAIPASSIONPROFESSIONVOCATIONMISSIONWHAT YOULOVEWHAT YOU'REGOOD ATWHAT YOU CANBE PAID FORWHAT THEWORLD NEEDS

Where all four meet is your ikigai.

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Ikigai
04 / 08

The four questions.

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What do you love?The work you'd do whether or not anyone paid you.
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What are you good at?The thing that comes easier to you than to the people around you.
03
What does the world need?The problem you can't stop noticing.
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What can you be paid for?Where real value changes hands.
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Ikigai
05 / 08

Most people get stuck living inside one circle.

Love without skill is a hobby. Skill without need is a craft no one buys. Need without love burns you out. The center is the only place that holds.

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Ikigai
06 / 08

What each pair becomes.

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PassionLove + good at — but does the world need it?
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MissionLove + needed — but can you do it well?
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VocationNeeded + paid — but do you love it?
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ProfessionGood at + paid — but does it move you?
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Ikigai
07 / 08

Mine didn't arrive all at once. It came together slowly, one honest answer at a time.

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Ikigai
08 / 08
Your turn

Which circle are you missing?

Sit with the four questions. Save this, and come back to it when the path feels foggy.

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