A speaker uses a desk meme and nature metaphor to argue that happiness comes from aligning your work with your purpose. The Ikigai diagram shows how to find your unique contribution, and the closer you match it to your job, the more fulfilled you become.
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So now I have a meme that I've hung up by my desk and it says, "Build what people want." Like, I never— it's another word for maybe customer obsession, right? Being focused on— or servant leadership. Like, all of these are different ways of expressing— oh, I heard recently, don't hate me for, you know, no @s for quoting a TikTok video. But there was a video that I saw recently and it said, you know, like, flowers don't bloom for themselves, right? And that trees don't give fruit for themselves to eat. And that, you know, like the sun doesn't shine on itself. Like all nature and the world, the universe is— it's what you have within you is meant to be given away. And I do think that that Ikigai diagram helps you identify what your special thing is that you are meant to give to this world. And the closer you can align your work, meaning whether it's a business or whether it's a job, the closer you can align that middle piece to your work, the happier you will be.