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# Ikigai
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Jan 10, 2024</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 10, 2024</small> 🏷️
> [!info] Definition
> Japanese word meaning "the reason you wake up in the morning."
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## Sources
[Optimize+1 #89 - Ikigai](https://www.heroic.us/plus-one/ikigai)
##### Linked Ideas (using the [Idea Compass])
> [!question]- North - Upstream
> - Where does X come from?
> - What is its origin?
> - What belief does X support?
> - What domain exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out
> - What gave birth to X?
> - What causes X?
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> [!question]- West - Reinforcing
> - What is similar to X?
> - What other disciplines could X already exist in?
> - What other disciplines could X benefit from?
> - What are other ways to say/do X?
- [[sparked]]
> [!question]- South - Downstream
> - Where can X lead to?
> - What does X contribute to?
> - What group/category could X be the headline of?
> - What domain exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in
> - What does X nurture?
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> [!question]- East - Transformative
> - What competes with X?
> - What is the opposite of X?
> - What is X missing?
> - What is a disadvantage with X?
> - What could supercharge X?
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