Figuring out your Ikigai - "a reason for being"

Ikigai has been touted as the chief reason for the happiness of people residing in Okinawa Prefecture of Japan. You can read more about it in wikipedia or if you prefer books, Albert Liebermann and Hector Garcia have written about it in "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life"

So, how do you find your Ikigai?

Ikigai is the intersection of what 'you are good at', 'you can be paid for', 'the world needs' and 'you love'.

So, all you need is calm environment and a thinking head.

List out :

What 

1. 'you are good at'

2. 'you can be paid for'

3. 'the world needs' 

4. 'you love'

Let me give you my example:

 

you are good at

- Reading

- Writing

- Organising

- Conversations

- Graphs & Charts

- Multiple Choice Question Exams

- Maths & Statistics

you can be paid for

- Reading

- Writing

- Organising

- Graphs & Charts

- Multiple Choice Question Exams

- Maths & Statistics

world needs

- Graphs & Charts

- Multiple Choice Question Exams

- Maths & Statistics

you love

- Reading

- Writing

- Conversations

- Graphs & Charts

- Cricket

- Maths & Statistics

So, my intersection is - 'Graphs & Charts' and 'Maths & Statistics'. This is my Ikigai. Yay!

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