Find your Ikigai
IKIGAI - it is not a Venn Diagram
Meaning of the word Ikigai
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
