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| IKIGAI |
What should we go for? To earn money or to run behind our passion or go to be a saint? Want to bring a change to your life? Want to change your stressful job? Then you are in the right direction in bringing a change in your life. This mind-blowing topic will change your life if you want a change in your life. Today I'm gonna tell you about the secret formula used by Japanese people to live their lives very happily for more than hundred years. And also they are very active even though they reached their hundred years of age. What is the secret formula they are using to live their lives very happily? Did you saw the thumbnail? it is mentioned as IKIGAI. what is Ikigai? Do you guess anything? Right, read till the end, you might also apply this formula to your life.
This place is also called the Land of Immortals.
Why this name? This name is because the people living there are easily crossing their hundred years of age compared to other countries of the world. They are stress free, living their lifestyle happily and active throughout their lives. They are doing their work without depending on others even though they are aged. Then, what is their secret formula?
If you do anything other than IKIGAI you will be stressed, sad and your life will not be happy. And also your life span will be reduced.
This is your first stepping stone, you must find what you love the most. In this world there are many more things which can make you happy. If you do something like dancing, singing, reading books, etc and whatever you are doing that no matters which makes you happy and feels like you are flying in the sky like an angel 👼 with your wings and forgets all things like you are in a flow state. When you do something that you really love, it creates a positive vibration around you and makes you feel better. Think if you are so happy, then this positive feeling might be your Ikigai and you can convert this positive feeling as your Ikigai.
A simple example is that, if you love writing self-improvement books or motivational books or love giving motivational speeches, you think it should be your Ikigai, why because people love self improvement and love reading motivational books and quotes and love hearing motivational stories and speeches. Motivation is the keystone to success, right. So the world needs self improvement and love reading such books hearing motivating speeches. It satisfies the first two conditions, that is, what you love and what the world needs from your skill. So it has a chance to be your Ikigai.
But if you love sleeping for 10 hours😴😴 which has no use to others, than what benefits others will gain from your sleeping? So it will not be your Ikigai.
First you should understand that all skills are not equal so you should not spend equal time on it. Take time in finding your skill that you love. You should choose the skill that what you love and it should be valuable🎯 in the eyes of world. Your loved skill should give some value to the world. If a skill that you really love and the world needs is your skill, then you are coming closer in finding your Ikigai.
All these points keep in your mind, then where will you get paid💰💰? This is your third step of getting paid. Check whether your skill which the world needs is helpful in making you money. Do something you can be paid for. You should secure a reasonable amount from your skill. Your loved skill should financially benefit you.
But in the case of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, it is his Ikigai. What is the reason? Because he love playing cricket and we love watching him playing cricket. From that cricket he makes money and he is best in his batting, wicket keeping and captaincy skills compared to others. Yes right, do you agree with this? He satisfies all the four conditions and we can say that cricket is his Ikigai.
There is no need to be best in your skill right from your birth. If you are not best, take your time🕐 as much as you can to perform well and develop your skill until you are the best in that compared to others.
If you are doing your job, after finishing up, spend your time in your Ikigai. When you earn a reasonable amount of money from your Ikigai then quit your job which you don't love and work full time in your ikigai. When you do this you can lead a long and happy life.
Look at this IKIGAI chart, you can understand the current stage in your life.
For example, you love dancing and you are performing better than others but you don't know how to make money with this skill, then it is your passion, because you love dancing and performing better than others, but how to make money? You don't know. What to do? You should improve your sales and marketing skills to earn a reasonable amount of money from your skill.
Study successful people who succeeded in your interested skill about what they did in your current situation to reach their goals. When you do this, you would know what strategies they used to become successful and it will be useful to achieve your goals🎯.
For example, you are good at a skill and you earn a reasonable amount of money from it. Then it will be your profession. Because you want to earn money to manage your financial problems whether you liked your job or not, you are getting paid because you are good at your job. But you are not happy doing your job and think in your mind "when I go home?" and you become more stressed doing your job. When you are under this category, if you quit your job also there is nothing that will happen to you. So after finishing your job try new things and find what you love. Develop your loved skill and try to earn a profitable amount from it. When you earn money from your skill, then quit your job which you don't love. Then it has a chance to be your Ikigai.
You do a skill which the world needs and you are getting paid. Then it might be your Vocation.
So let's see the summary of what you have learned from this topic:
What you love? Do something that you love.
What the world needs? Do something the world needs.
How will you get paid? Do something you love that can pay you money, and
What are you good at? You should be better at your loved skill than others.
These above conditions are explained clearly in this topic. When your loved skill satisfies these four conditions you will lead a happy and successful life. When you miss anyone of these four conditions, then you will not be happy and the skill will not be your Ikigai.
Okinawa, Japan.
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| Okinawa, Japan. |
This place is also called the Land of Immortals.
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| People in Okinawa, Japan |
Why this name? This name is because the people living there are easily crossing their hundred years of age compared to other countries of the world. They are stress free, living their lifestyle happily and active throughout their lives. They are doing their work without depending on others even though they are aged. Then, what is their secret formula?
That is Ikigai - the only secret formula of people living in Japan.
'Iki' means Life,
'Gai' means Value.
Pronounce it as ee-kee-gah-ee.
'Iki' means Life,
'Gai' means Value.
Pronounce it as ee-kee-gah-ee.
Before entering into this: I tell you that, this topic has been taken from the book IKIGAI - The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Read till the end of the topic. If you want to buy this book you can click the buying link given in the end of this topic...This book should be in everyone's hand who want to lead a happy and successful life
In Japanese the word IKIGAI means value of your life. That is, every life in the world has a value. We are born in this world for some value. According to them, every life has an Ikigai (even we have an Ikigai), a 'reason for being' or a 'path to life fulfilment'. It is the joy of something we do and it is a sense of well-being, meaning of our life, and purpose in our life. Ikigai's feeling is that your life is valuable and you have an impact. Ikigai is not linked with your status in the society, or the money you earn. These life practices lead to longevity of Japanese people, then we?
If you do anything other than IKIGAI you will be stressed, sad and your life will not be happy. And also your life span will be reduced.
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But one good thing is that we can use this Japanese formula to find our Ikigai. How?
You are just four steps away from finding your Ikigai. If you can't find these four steps then you cannot find your Ikigai.
Come on let's travel with these steps…
The first step is that 'what do you love?'
But one good thing is that we can use this Japanese formula to find our Ikigai. How?
You are just four steps away from finding your Ikigai. If you can't find these four steps then you cannot find your Ikigai.
Come on let's travel with these steps…
The first step is that 'what do you love?'
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| what do you love? |
This is your first stepping stone, you must find what you love the most. In this world there are many more things which can make you happy. If you do something like dancing, singing, reading books, etc and whatever you are doing that no matters which makes you happy and feels like you are flying in the sky like an angel 👼 with your wings and forgets all things like you are in a flow state. When you do something that you really love, it creates a positive vibration around you and makes you feel better. Think if you are so happy, then this positive feeling might be your Ikigai and you can convert this positive feeling as your Ikigai.
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Many times, what things you like may not be liked by others. It may be your family members or friends. If you like something it may not be liked by your friend. That is your friend's attitude. His way of thinking might be different or he just does not need it from you. But why does this happen? Because you don't know what he needs from you, right.
Many times, what things you like may not be liked by others. It may be your family members or friends. If you like something it may not be liked by your friend. That is your friend's attitude. His way of thinking might be different or he just does not need it from you. But why does this happen? Because you don't know what he needs from you, right.
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The second step is related to the above paragraph that, what things you love or what you love to do should benefit you as well as it would be beneficial to others also. We can simply say that "Do something what you love and what the world needs"
The second step is related to the above paragraph that, what things you love or what you love to do should benefit you as well as it would be beneficial to others also. We can simply say that "Do something what you love and what the world needs"
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| What the world needs from you? |
But if you love sleeping for 10 hours😴😴 which has no use to others, than what benefits others will gain from your sleeping? So it will not be your Ikigai.
First you should understand that all skills are not equal so you should not spend equal time on it. Take time in finding your skill that you love. You should choose the skill that what you love and it should be valuable🎯 in the eyes of world. Your loved skill should give some value to the world. If a skill that you really love and the world needs is your skill, then you are coming closer in finding your Ikigai.
All these points keep in your mind, then where will you get paid💰💰? This is your third step of getting paid. Check whether your skill which the world needs is helpful in making you money. Do something you can be paid for. You should secure a reasonable amount from your skill. Your loved skill should financially benefit you.
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| Ikigai - third step of getting paid |
Many people might tell you that money is not needed for a happy life. But remember, Ikigai technique advices you that if you aren't able to make money 💰💰 from your skill, then don't waste your time in it. Because if you can't make money from your skill then how will you pay your bills? How do you pay your rent? And how will you manage your family without a need of money? So you will spend more time thinking how to solve your financial problems and you will be more stressed and depressed. When can you run a happy and joyful life? Answer is, when you're financially good and able to make money with your loved skill, that is from your Ikigai which the world needs and you will be very happy. Understand this topic? Right, then we can move to the fourth step of finding your Ikigai.
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This is the most important question: What are you good at? Check whether you are best at your Ikigai. See how you are performing your Ikigai.
For example if you love playing cricket, though cricket is loved by others and also they love watching it and they love to play also. But if you are not performing well compared to others, though you love cricket it cannot be your Ikigai.
This is the most important question: What are you good at? Check whether you are best at your Ikigai. See how you are performing your Ikigai.
For example if you love playing cricket, though cricket is loved by others and also they love watching it and they love to play also. But if you are not performing well compared to others, though you love cricket it cannot be your Ikigai.
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| Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
There is no need to be best in your skill right from your birth. If you are not best, take your time🕐 as much as you can to perform well and develop your skill until you are the best in that compared to others.
If you are doing your job, after finishing up, spend your time in your Ikigai. When you earn a reasonable amount of money from your Ikigai then quit your job which you don't love and work full time in your ikigai. When you do this you can lead a long and happy life.
Look at this IKIGAI chart, you can understand the current stage in your life.
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| IKIGAI chart |
Your Passion:
For example, you love dancing and you are performing better than others but you don't know how to make money with this skill, then it is your passion, because you love dancing and performing better than others, but how to make money? You don't know. What to do? You should improve your sales and marketing skills to earn a reasonable amount of money from your skill.
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| Ikigai chart - Your Passion |
Study successful people who succeeded in your interested skill about what they did in your current situation to reach their goals. When you do this, you would know what strategies they used to become successful and it will be useful to achieve your goals🎯.
Your Mission:
For example, you love a skill and you think that the world needs your skill. And you are about tobring a change to this world, then it is your mission.
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| Ikigai chart - Your Mission |
In this category, most of the people work as a NGO and they can actively take part in those organisations. You think you should bring a change to this world but you are lacking in skills to influence others to express your ideas, then you should learn how to convince others to accept your ideas. Only because when your idea is accepted by this world you can bring a positive change in it. If the world needs your idea and you are trying to convert your idea as a business, then you should influence investors to invest in your idea and you should study how to convince them to invest in your idea if your idea is the best then your mission will be your Ikigai.
Your Profession:
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| Ikigai chart - Your Profession |
For example, you are good at a skill and you earn a reasonable amount of money from it. Then it will be your profession. Because you want to earn money to manage your financial problems whether you liked your job or not, you are getting paid because you are good at your job. But you are not happy doing your job and think in your mind "when I go home?" and you become more stressed doing your job. When you are under this category, if you quit your job also there is nothing that will happen to you. So after finishing your job try new things and find what you love. Develop your loved skill and try to earn a profitable amount from it. When you earn money from your skill, then quit your job which you don't love. Then it has a chance to be your Ikigai.
Your Vocation:
You do a skill which the world needs and you are getting paid. Then it might be your Vocation.
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| Ikigai chart - Your Vocation |
Most teachers and professors comes under this category. Because their teaching skill is needed by the world and they are getting paid what they teach to students. But one thing is that they are teaching the students with the same subjects for years. They became tired teaching it again and again for many years and became stressed. So their life will be like stagnant water. When you are in this situation challenge yourself to try something new and teach in a better way to students than others. Think how to teach students in a better way day-by-day and try to interact with them always. So you can grow your skills. When you do this you would definitely love your teaching skills and students will love your way of teaching.
So let's see the summary of what you have learned from this topic:
- You must find your Ikigai to lead a long, happy and joyful life and also lead a stress free life.
- When you live along your ikigai your life will be meaningful and you can lead a fulfilled life.
What you love? Do something that you love.
What the world needs? Do something the world needs.
How will you get paid? Do something you love that can pay you money, and
What are you good at? You should be better at your loved skill than others.
These above conditions are explained clearly in this topic. When your loved skill satisfies these four conditions you will lead a happy and successful life. When you miss anyone of these four conditions, then you will not be happy and the skill will not be your Ikigai.
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We can lead meaningful and fulfilling lives like the people living in Okinawa, Japan. The people living there are among the longest in the world. Their only secret is that following their Ikigai and living according to its characteristics in their day-to-day life, and thereby maintaining a constant happiness and stress free life.
Enjoy this read? This topic has been taken from the book IKIGAI - The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
We can lead meaningful and fulfilling lives like the people living in Okinawa, Japan. The people living there are among the longest in the world. Their only secret is that following their Ikigai and living according to its characteristics in their day-to-day life, and thereby maintaining a constant happiness and stress free life.
Enjoy this read? This topic has been taken from the book IKIGAI - The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
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| Ikigai Book |
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This book should be in everyone's hand who want to lead a happy and successful life and you should practice these techniques as mentioned in the book. "Practice makes a man perfect."
When you practice these ikigai techniques and when you apply this formula in your life you will lead a happy long and meaningful life.
"Ikigai is an attitude towards life, a way of finding our optimal activities in life, and a set of characteristics that can create meaning and happiness in life."
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