Hello friends!
If I tell you that we can live for more than 100 years and always be stress-free, will you listen to me?
A woman was in a coma on the island of Japan, she dreamed that she has died and has reached heaven, where she gets the voice of her ancestors and they ask who are you?
The woman replies that she is the wife of the mayor, then a voice comes that we have not asked whose wife you are. We have asked who you are? The woman then replies that she is the mother of 4 children. Then the voice comes that we have not asked whose mother you are, we have asked who you are? The woman then replies that she is a school teacher, then the voice comes that we did not ask what work you do We have asked who are you? In this way the woman gave many answers, she told her name, religion, and many other things but couldn't tell who she is?
Finally, the woman replied that "I am the one who gets up every day to take care of my family, I am the one who teaches children and makes them a good mindset". The woman's answer was accepted and she came out of a coma. After a few days she recovered, this whole incident made the woman understand the purpose of her life, after which she started taking more care of her family and started teaching children more thoroughly. The woman had found her IKIGAI. After that, every person on that island considered it very important to know their IKIGAI. The incident took place on Okinawa island in Japan where everyone lives their life only after finding their IKIGAI.
Even today, the people of Okinawa island are healthier and happier than the rest of the world, they won't fall ill easily and they have longer lives than the lives of the rest of the world. Many things on that island are better than the rest of the world. For this reason, Okinawa island is also called the land of immortals where people never die or live more than their age. Experts say that the people there find their IKIGAI and spend their life accordingly.
IKIGAI is a Japanese word meaning - the reason for living or the purpose of living.
Japanese believe that every human being has an IKIGAI which they can only get after understanding themselves. It is very difficult to find IKIGAI, people's whole life also goes out to find it.
If we do any work without IKIGAI then we will not enjoy it and we will always be under stress so that our mind will always be in search of our IKIGAI all the time.
How to know your IKIGAI?
Some formulas for IKIGAI to know are -
1. We have to find out which work we like to do best -
Many things in our life make us happy, such things that we get pleasure from doing, even if we start thinking about that work, then we forget everything. It is a flow state like reading, writing, acting, dancing, playing songs or singing, etc. It is easy to know because it gives us a positive feeling that if we feel good by doing some work then that work can help us to find our IKIGAI.
2. In which work are we good -
This is the work in which we are well aware of the work, that is, even if we are no experts in any work, at least good towards that work.
3. What work does the world need in today's time
4. The work that we make money
We will be able to find our IKIGAI only when these 4 formulas complete each other, otherwise, we will not get our IKIGAI. Like let's say I like to sleep and I am also an expert in sleeping, but the world has nothing to do with my sleep, and neither I can earn money by staying asleep..
But if I like teaching and I am also interested in teaching and the world needs a good teacher and I can earn money by teaching people. So this is my IKIGAI.
Let's take another example. Sachin Tendulkar loves to play cricket and he also specializes in playing cricket and the world loves cricket and he earns money in cricket itself.
Now we understand our passion, profession, vocation, and mission from IKIGAI -
1. Passion - Just like if I like to dance and I am an expert in dancing then that is my passion.
2. Profession - Just like if I like to dance and I am earning money by dancing then that is my profession.
3. Vocation - Just like I am getting the money to dance and if the world likes to dance then that is my business.
4. Mission - Just like I like to dance and the world also loves it, so it is my mission.
To know our IKIGAI, we need to know our passion, profession, vocation, and mission.
Many people do not know their passion, profession, vocation, and mission because they don't know themselves, first of all, we have to know ourselves.
We can find our passion by looking at some things -
1. I like a job and I also specialize in it
2. I do not like any work but I do that work
3. I like a job but I don't know how to do it
4. I don't even like it and neither I know how to do that work
In this, we will look at the first and third, which we are interested in, but we can learn it.
We have to do DISC test to know ourselves better, in which we will be able to know our personality, and for this, we have to ask ourselves how we are -
1. Outgoing / Reserved - First of all we have to see that we are outgoing and we like to go out, meet people or we are reserved and we like to spend more time with ourselves or with certain people.
2. People-Oriented / Task Oriented - People Oriented people think more about others than they care about others, like if the boss of a company is people-oriented, then they will think that the people working in its office will not have any problem or those people can work well or not. Whereas Task-Oriented people think more about the task whether the task is done well or not, whether the work is being done on time, whether the quality of work is good or not.
From the answers to these questions, we just have to see ourselves honestly about how our personality and our behavior is. 4 types of personality traits come out from the answers to these questions - DISC
Dominating from D - If we are Outgoing and Task-Oriented then our personality is Dominating. Dominating people work on time and get them done, once they take up any work then they just finished it and such people nice to be in a leadership position.
Inspiring from I - These people are outgoing and people-oriented, these people inspire others with their work and talk, such people are good at talking more on ideas and values. These people are always willing to help others and have positive thinking.
Supportive from S - People who are reserved and people-oriented are people who like to work together. These people are also polite and sensitive.
C to Cautious - People who are reserved and task-oriented are cautious, such people are very careful and cautious. They focus on quality or want perfection in every work, they don't like to make mistakes and they are experts in their work.
So these were DISC personality types, everyone has all these personality traits, some have less and some have more. Now you think yourself and be honest and find out what and how you are of personality and which personality traits are most among you more. It will help us to know ourselves with which you will get your IKIGAI, only then you will be able to do your work stress-free according to your IKIGAI, which will get both happiness and money.
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