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(EN) 02 – What Japan can teach us about meaning, mastery and Ikigai

What can Japan teach us about meaning, mastery and a fulfilling life?

In the first episode of my IKIGAI series, we explored why IKIGAI is much more than the familiar Western four-circle model.

This time, we go one step further.

We look at a perspective in which meaning doesn't have to wait until we achieve a major goal, find the perfect career or finally feel that we have “arrived”.

Meaning can also emerge from the process itself.

From attention.

Dedication.

Repetition.

And becoming just a little better at something, again and again.

One example is the Japanese approach to mastery – visible…

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