4 ms·
There is a word "ikigai", which is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Pic related: http://i.imgur.com/k6UCbN0.png http://i.imgur.com/k6UCbN0.png
by drops 10y ago
There is a word "ikigai", which is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Pic related: http://i.imgur.com/k6UCbN0.png http://i.imgur.com/k6UCbN0.png
Ideally, your work should fall in the center. If only it was so easy though
- happyslobro 10y agoAnd the French have "raison d'être", literally, "reason for being". Maybe part of the problem is that the language of business does not have a strong idiom for this.
- 77pt77 10y agoThat is not the same point that diagram illustrates.
- happyslobro 10y agoNo, it is not as complete. It does not cover as many points of view. But it is analogous, and it is better than anything that English has. English has enough going for it that it can get away with dropping the ball many times. I like to call it every time ;)
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- metaphorm 10y agoin the language of business its called "profit motive" and it excludes almost all of human existence except for the part where you have more stuff at the end of the day than at the beginning.
- 77pt77 10y agoMany of those intersections are usually empty in real life.