Rob Dial explains ikigai, a Japanese framework for finding your passion. Draw four columns: what you love, what the world needs, what you're good at, and what pays. The overlap points to your purpose, like becoming a therapist or mental-health coach.
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How to find your passion with four questions. So there's a Japanese concept called ikigai, and it translates in English to your reason for being. And here's how you use it. You take out a pen and paper and you make four separate columns. And at the top of each column, you write down, what do I love? What does the world need? What am I good at? And what can I be paid for? And you want to write down five to 10 things in each column. After you've done that, you want to find a place where all four of these columns overlap. So, so let's say, for instance, that you have a deep understanding and compassion towards mental health issues. You're also really good at communicating, and you feel that the world needs more awareness and solutions in this field. Your ikigai might be becoming a mental health advocate or a therapist or a coach. If you can find something that you love, that the world needs, that you're good at, and that you could be paid for, then you can find something that is a passion of yours, that you can be paid for and you can change the world with. Make sure you follow me.