In this podcast:01:09 - What is ikigai? 04:01 - How to find it 06:31 - The benefits of ikigai in health and longevity 07:55 - How ikigai impacts your business 09:30 - Questions to ask yourself 10:17 - If you’re miles away from where you’d like to be…Experience amazing transformations in your life and business. CLICK HERE Download the PDF transcriptionTweetables:What is ikigai and how do you find it? [Click To Tweet]. What wakes you up in the morning? [Click To Tweet]. The reason why the Japanese live longer [Click To Tweet]. If you could only do one thing for the rest of your life, what would you do? [Click To Tweet].Transcription:James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. Today, I want to talk to you about finding your reason for being. We're going to delve into ikigai. Now, that's about finding your life purpose. That can be very rewarding, but also it seems elusive for many. You may have heard it talked about in different contexts, and I'll cover a few of the places that I found it, today in this episode.What is ikigai?So what is ikigai? If you look up Wikipedia, you'll find out that it's actually the story of the dying woman. It's the concept of ikigai from a short story in Japan.In a small village outside of Osaka, a woman in a coma was dying. She suddenly had a feeling that she was taken up to heaven and stood before the voice of her ancestors.“Who are you?” The Voice said to her.“I am the wife of the mayor,” she replied. “I did not ask whose wife you are but who you are.” “I am the mother of four children.” “I did not ask whose mother you are, but who you are.” “I am a school teacher.” “I did not ask what your profession is but who you are.”And so it went. No matter what she replied, she did not seem to give a satisfactory answer to the question, “Who are you?”“I am a Shinto.” “I did not ask what your religion is but who you are.” “I am the one who wakes up each day to care for my family, and nurture the young minds of the children at my school.”She passed the examination and was sent back to Earth. The next morning she woke at sunrise, feeling a deep sense of meaning and purpose. She tended to her children’s lunches, and planned fun lessons for her students that day. The woman had discovered her ikigai.So the literal translation is it's composed of two Japanese words: iki referring to life, and kai, which roughly means the realisation of what one expects and hopes for.So Google translate defines it as "salt of life."So the concept of ikigai is the Japanese meaning reason for being. Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self. I think that's why it's so elusive for many people. Such a search is regarded as being very important, since it is believed that discovery of one's ikigai brings satisfaction and meaning to life. It is also referred to as “a reason to get up in the morning.”
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