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_posts/2023-01-16-ode-to-joy.md

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 Here's my beginner's version of the classic song Ode to Joy by Beethoven.

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+--- 
+title: Ikigai
+categories: [InterestingTopics]
+tagline: Ikigai
+description: Ikigai - A Reason For Being
+tags: [toastmasters, public-speaking, speech, interesting-topics]
+date: 2024-06-03 00:00:00 +0530
+name: Ikigai, PublicSpeaking
+type: PublicSpeaking
+---
+
+
+This blog on `Ikigai` summarizes on what it means and it's key takeaways. 
+Its coming soon and Stay tuned!

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+--- 
+title: Ikigai
+categories: [InterestingTopics]
+tagline: Ikigai
+description: Ikigai - A Reason For Being
+tags: [toastmasters, public-speaking, speech, interesting-topics]
+date: 2024-06-01 00:00:00 +0530
+name: Ikigai, PublicSpeaking
+type: PublicSpeaking
+last_modified_at: 2024-06-01 00:00:00 +0530
+---
+
+<div align="justify">
+<i>When you all get up in the morning, what are few things that gives you <b>purpose in life</b>?.</i> 
+
+<br>
+<br>
+Why did I pose this question? Because not everyone has any purpose in life and a life without purpose is monotonous to most, if not everyone. 
+</div>
+
+## Reality of life
+<div align="justify">
+Let's get to the reality of life. Life is majorly survival and a race to succeed. Many folks have days that are not satisfying to them. The misery creeps up on people. We start thinking about dreadful Mondays, go to work, they wait till the next break and cycle repeats. Monotonous life is not what everyone likes and noone wants it. 
+</div>
+<br>
+Let’s come to the light side of this, though we come to this kind of situation, we have certain control of situations that can be done to make sure we change the circumstances. The highlight of what I mean is a change. `Change in mindset and change in circumstances`.
+
+When we do the right things with the right mindset, we can get back on the flow. Ikigai helps to identify what is the right thing to do for certain individuals with a sense of purpose and able to work with almost no effort. 
+
+
+How to create a purpose?
+The Japanese invented a philosophy that stands for
+Ikigai,
+ which stands for reason. So this helps us determine what it is we want to wake up for in the morning.  
+
+
+So when we do something that we love, how do we really feel about it? We just keep doing it and
+ there’s a flow there. You don’t stop no matter what. Ikigai is something that helps us identify the ingredients that you need to stay in this state, make our pursuit consistent and be happy.
+
+
+When we do the right things with the right mindset, we can get back on the flow. Ikigai helps to identify what is the right thing
+ to do for certain individuals with a sense of purpose and able to work with almost no effort. 
+
+## The Beautiful Ingredients
+The 4 key ingredients
+Let’s consider this guy John who is part of the toastmaster club and see how he can fit in the Ikigai. 
+
+Something that we are good at
+Intro
+Everyone has a skill set. We can learn any skill. We are also born with different abilities like IG, empathy, physical strength,
+ etc. John has skills to code at work. 
+
+Negative aspect
+Oftentimes we see people keep giving efforts to improve what they are bad at. That’s not really imperative. And what happens if
+ we do this, we keep rejecting the best part of us. 
+
+What to do about it
+Why not focus on what you are good at and become great at it rather than become mediocre at the best?
+
+
+Love to do
+Intro
+This might seem very obvious. Fulltime Youtube content creator. You love the editing and script part of it. 
+
+Negative aspect
+You hate filming. 
+
+What to do about it
+You could try to outsource that part alone to someone else, try to change locations to make it interesting. Mindset is the key aspect
+ here and focus comes with what you love. But if they see that these things are really not making that person happy, it’s definitely a better idea to find something else to do. Sometimes intuition works here too.
+
+We have to get paid
+Intro
+Some say money isn’t important or shouldn’t be a factor. But is that the reality, it pays the bills. To make our efforts sustainable
+ they must generate some sort of an income.
+
+Negative aspect
+If you don’t see the activities as money generating, it’s just a side hustle. 
+
+What to do about it
+And it could also be that the money generated is not what they love, but it helps in the pursuit of the goals of life. 
+
+
+The world should need it
+Intro
+Now we have to do something that benefits the world. If they don’t it’s simply passion. So the needs of the world can be in any
+ flavor. 
+
+Some of us are already it : Someone takes out the trash, cleans up the mess. 
+
+Negative aspect
+Most folks are just doing their passion that just involves and does not do anything to the world.
+
+What to do about it
+You can do some market research to find the market's demands. Look at wider perspectives how we, with our skill sets can be make
+ a difference
+
+
+## Ikigai
+
+* When we you’re good at and what you love :  it’s `passion`
+* What you love and what we need : it’s called a `mission`
+* What the world needs and what you paid for : `vocation`
+* What we are good at and what we are paid for : it’s `profession`
+
+Find the `Ikigai` in you and life would be so much better.