Where to start with for finding work with purpose?

Here's a way to compare opportunities.

I've been sharing some concepts that go hand in hand with a key visual. A well-known Japanese visual tool is Ikigai (often seen as a Venn diagram).

It's the overlap of four circles. The circles of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.

Most people immediately assume that they need to get in the convergence of all four of these.

But the real insight comes from where you find only a couple of overlaps.

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Here’s an insight… ask yourself:

↳ What activities put you in a state of flow (you’re immersed and lose track of time)?
↳ What skills do people always turn to you for?
↳ What problems do you see that need solving?
↳ How do you combine these into solutions people will pay for?

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Your Ikigai can be a compass to find what you’re gifted at and what is fulfilling.

Remember:
↳ Finding your Ikigai is the journey through the woods, not a castle goal achievement.
↳ Journeys are progress measured in even little steps.