Ikigai Ichie
Ikigai Ichie Create Your intention with Ikigai: Japanese for "Reason for Living"- a place for passion, mission, vocation, and profession to live each day infused with meaning. The concept is called Ikigai, and it is a Japanese term that roughly translates to “reason for being.” What is Ikigai? Ikigai (pronounced “eye-ka-guy”) is, above all else, a lifestyle that strives to balance the spiritual with the practical. This balance is found at the intersection where your passions and talents converge with the things that the world needs and is willing to pay for. I now believe that Ikigai is the refined version of the concept I was looking for. It is, simply put, your reason for getting out of bed every morning. Discovering your Ikigai One of the many mistakes I’ve made in my life was believing that stability=money led to fulfillment. That’s largely why I went into business, to begin with. When I think back on those days, I can’t help but think of the James Taylor lyric “you can...
