I like this diagram. It seems relevant.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-concept-of-ikigai-could-be-the-secret-to-a-long-meaningful-life-2017-9
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That chart is seriously misusing the word "vocation." In fact, "vocation" or what one is called to would be a great English word for ikigai. The word for the intersection of what the world needs, what you can be paid for, but which you are neither good at or love should be "job" NOT "vocation". In fact, many of those labels are just plain wrong. Who says you can't be good at your mission! Who says you can't get paid for your passion? And since when is a profession something that the world doesn't need? I thing the author doesn't understand the concept of Venn diagrams. There are also four unlabeled intersections.
ReplyDeleteBrian Holt Hawthorne I think you might be misreading the diagram. Notice how all four areas intersect, so it's definitely possible to be good at your mission (I'm assuming the bolded words label the football-shaped regions, not the shield-shaped subsets). I might agree that "vocation" should be simply "job" because it might be outside your passion. But it need not be...if it's the same, then that's ikigai.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle Ah. I was assuming the bolded words were labeling the shield-shaped areas. I think I would have made the lines around the lenticular shapes bold to match the bold text and make it more obvious.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle Also, I still think vocation is a good translation of ikigai. A vocation or calling combines what you are good at, what the world needs, what you live, and what you can get paid for. In other words, this is a concept that is universal.
ReplyDelete4 dimensions is one to many. But I agree with the concept - coaxiality drives good outcomes for all the vectors only if they are not opposed.
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