Ikigai is a Japanese concept that roughly translates to "a reason for being." It became popular in the West after researchers noticed that people in Okinawa, one of the world's Blue Zones, seemed to have something most of us lack: a clear sense of why they get up in the morning. The concept gets visualized as four overlapping circles: What you love doing. What you are good at. What the world needs. What you can get paid for. Where all four overlap is your ikigai. Source: Bend