Find your Ikigai
IKIGAI - it is not a Venn Diagram
Ikigai translates to Value or Meaning of life.
Ikigai for sparking hope.
Finding purpose and fulfillment in life can be found in the little things. Ikigai is a concept that originates from Japanese culture and philosophy. It is often described as “the reason for being” or “the reason to wake up in the morning.”
A great writing prompt to be mindful of the small things in life
Reflect on the past two days. What small but meaningful moments did I experience? What did I almost overlook?
Extend by: What was the origin of that item? How was I feeling then?
My example:[[Working on my Ikigai]]
Leverage an unfair advantage taken from a disadvantage
I have felt, been through. …
Which will help me do, feel, experience …
“No one has a personality structure like mine,
has had experiences like mine and
no one has felt and thought what I felt & thought.
Giving expression to that through
____ something no one else can do but me.”
To what question is Ikigai the answer to?
- What do I leave behind?
- Ikigai as a way to explore that
- Motoki Tonn
- Great model for my career development
- good for self reflection
- can be also a good filter for note-taking
- Be cautious about the limiting elements of this model
People and Follow ups on Ikigai
- 📖 [[Ikigai Das Geheimnis der kleinen Dinge - Klaus Motoki Tonn]]
- 📖 [[Man’s Search For Meaning - Viktor E Frankl]]
- Chris Do - https://thefutur.com/people/chris-do
- 📖 [[The Little Book of Ikigai - Ken Mogi]]
- 📖 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36496221-awakening-your-ikigai
- Michael Nickel - great music
- 📖 Woman with deamons
The meaning of Ikiga
About Paying attention
- Attention as our highest valued source. [[BASB - Learning about Express#ROA - Return on Attention - The most important metric for knowledge workers]]
- Finding value and meaning is available to us in any moment and at any time.
- My space is my freedom and now one take that away from me.
What fosters our Ikigai awareness
- Ease
- e.g. Art (also fighting Art) … this provided ease
- Ichi-go Ichi-e
- enoughness, that is ok, letting go trying to be perfect
- Ikigai will find me, and we discover that along our journey
- Respect
- we bow (not via hands) … the deeper, the more respect
- Ikigai as a deep respect to my life … I demonstrate high value to my life
- What do I really enjoy doing, when no one is watching me?
- The source is also our childhood … What did I enjoy doing? Getting back to our source.
- Consider the concept of harmony - where things can flourish in your life
- Attention and Uniqueness
- Primal Inclination by Robert Greene - talk about Mastery
What is grounding me in Ikigai
- Chat with Ikigai moments
- Ikigai meditations
- Rhythms, patterns
- friendships and small interactions
- animals & nature - there one does not need to armour up
Finding uniqueness in Ikigai
- What is an unfair advantage
- turn your minuses/disadvantages/challenges into unfair advantages
A nice closing thought on Ikigai
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