Some say the Japanese notion of Ikigai (生き甲斐, literally “a reason for being“) can be divided into the following four overlapping aspects:

• Passion (情熱, jōnetsu)
• Mission (目的, mokuteki)
• Talent (才能, sainō)
• Career (職業, shokugyō)

But others say that it’s more complicated than that.

Regardless, I seem to have arranged my diagram differently from everyone else, like I often do. I base my order by analogy with how I’ve arranged the Four Causes and Structure-Function.

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai

Héctor García, Francesc Miralles / Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

https://ikigainotes.com/what-you-know-about-ikigai-is-dead-wrong/

Images of Ikigai being in four overlapping parts…

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