Apr '23 • Mindset & Personal Development
IKIGAI – THE JAPANESE ART OF HAPPINESS AND LONG LIFE 😀😊🤣⌛⌛⌛
After yesterday's Q&A call where we had the topic What is our DESIRE... and I know that it is a very difficult question for everyone..
That's why I want to share this with you in order to help you answer this question...
WHAT IS THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT ?
When we calculate that we will spend about 92,000 hours at work during our careers, this question becomes even more important.
It is an answer that is not easy to find and can vary greatly in different stages of life. However, there are some techniques and tools that can get you closer to the right answer for you.
One of these techniques is the Japanese concept of ikigai. According to theorists, Ikigai is an intersection of four things: what you like to do, what you have the necessary knowledge and skills for, what you can charge and what the world needs.
To find your ikigai or your life purpose, take four sheets of paper and a few hours of time and make four lists.
The first list is the easiest for most people to complete and is called What I like to do. In that list, write down everything that comes to your mind and that you really enjoy, activities that make your time seem to fly by and after which you feel happy and rested. It can be anything - hobbies and passions that you already know, hidden talents that you don't often show to people, or some habits that relax you.
To help yourself in writing this list, you can help yourself with the following questions:
What activities do you enjoy?
After which activities do you feel rested and happy?
After which activities do you feel like time flew by?
What topics do you read and research in your spare time?
What would you do if money wasn't a problem?
When was the last time you felt fulfilled and motivated? What were you doing then?
The following list is titled What I'm Good at. In that list, write down all your knowledge and skills, however small and unimportant they may seem to you. This task is difficult for many because most of us have not learned to brag about the things we know. That's why you can use the following questions in writing this list:
What do you do better than your family or friends?
In what way do you most often help others?
What do you most often get praise or compliments for?
What do you do faster than others?
What educations or courses have you completed so far?
What three words would your friends use to describe you?
The third list contains What people are willing to pay me for. It is important for everyone to be able to make a living from their passion, which is why this list is very important. To write it, think about the following questions:
What have you been doing so far?
What have these people already paid for?
What skills are in demand on the labor market, and do you have them?
What have you seen that other people managed to charge, and you know how to do it too?
There is no skill too small or irrelevant. Whatever you know, and you know someone would pay for it, goes on this list - from physical jobs, creating Excel spreadsheets to working in some programming language.
The fourth list is perhaps the most demanding, and is entitled What the World Needs. The goal of this question is to find your mission, i.e. the answer to what you can give to your environment or the world. You can use the following questions for this list:
What makes you angry?
What makes you sad?
If you had a magic wand, what would you change in the world?
What problems in the world affect you?
*Ikigai*
After you answer all these questions, the fun part follows. Try to fit all the answers into a Venn diagram and see where they overlap. Overlaying the things you love and are good at is your passion. The things you love and the world needs are your mission. The things that someone is willing to pay you for and are good at are your profession, and your calling is a combination of what the world needs and what people are willing to pay you for.
The main idea of this exercise is to have a balance of all overlapping areas. At the very center, where passion, mission, profession and calling overlap, is your ikigai; your purpose - the answer to the question of what you need to do in order to be satisfied and progress in life.
Unlike the vision of success that the media imposes on us, everyone has a purpose and everyone can find it. It is not about achieving predetermined goals, but about finding your own path to happiness.
Sometimes it will take you a long time to discover your purpose; maybe years. However, you owe it to yourself to do what will make you motivated and happy for years to come. Once you find your purpose, you'll see how little those 92,000 hours really are..
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤❤❤💎💎💎
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IKIGAI – THE JAPANESE ART OF HAPPINESS AND LONG LIFE 😀😊🤣⌛⌛⌛
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