IKIGAI is a great tool to help you find your purpose in life. it is originated from Japan and deeply embedded in Japanese culture until today. Scholars think IKIGAI along with other factors are reasons behind the longevity and happiness of Japanese people. This presentation will guide you through the IKIGAI Model and explain how you can use it to find your purpose.

1. IKIGAI
Find Your Purpose
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2. IKIGAI
WHY do you do
WHAT you do.
Four elements that are the source of value in a person’s life.
Your Ikigai is the intersection of all elements.
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3. Circles of IKIGAI
THINGS YOU
LOVE TO DO
THINGS YOU ARE
GOOD AT
THINGS YOU CAN
BE PAID FOR
THINGS THE
WORLD NEEDS
Things that,
- Come to you naturally
- You’ve or want to learn
- people see as your
strengths
Things that,
- Make you forget time
- You would do for free
- You always know what
they are
Things that,
- You do as jobs
- Serve financial needs
- Might be career choices
in life
Things that,
- Make world a better place
- You see as missing
- You want to contribute in
others lives
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4. Reasons to follow your IKAIGAI
WHY WHY NOT
Start Day
with Purpose
Be Confident
in what you do
Make world a
better place
No Magic solution
to problems
Not a ‘How to be
Happy’ Method
Know your
North Star
Not for Everyone
Not a singular path.
You can have
multiple IKIGAI
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5. Find Your IKIGAI
◦ Fill Quadrants
◦ Value mapping
◦ Select the path
3 STEPS
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6. 1. Fill Quadrants
Your Love World Need
Your NeedYour Skills
Management
Engineering
Story telling
Public speaking
Education
Health
Freedom
Cleanliness
Story telling
Designing
Building Machines
Travelling
Story telling
Management
Design
Engineering
List down 3 to 5 items that first come to your mind in each corner.
– Be true to yourself.
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7. 2. Value Mapping
Techniques
Mind Map Dominant Value
OR
A. Look for a common item in all
four quadrants.
B. It may not necessarily be a
straightforward selection; in that
case you want to brainstorm
which item may connect all four
quadrants at an intersection.
C. That Obvious Item at the
intersection is your Ikigai.
A. Select the Quadrant which has
most significance to you. Pick most
important Item from it.
This is Your Core driver.
B. Pick an item from other three
Quadrants and think how
can you ‘support’ your core
driver with the item. Do this for
each item.
C. Your Ikigai is the one that has the
strongest support from all items
from other quadrants.
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8. 3. SELECTTHE PATH
Whether you find
One or Multiple
IKIGAI
Ask Yourself this
Powerful Question.
If you have an
answer that can align
with your core values
and feels like your
reason for being –
Let it be your IKIGAI.
WHY
do you
want to
pursue it ?
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