Ikigai (Eastern and Western)

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Ikigai (western interpretations)

生き甲斐 (original eastern interpretations) (in Japanese, please use a translation tool and read the overview section)

The SMW Version of Ikigai

In a 2024 open letter to the community (men and women), the Sterling Institute of Relationship described a leader (Bill Reeves) who was severely ill at the time, thus:

Bill personifies the very essence of success, as defined during the Men's Weekend: Doing one thing better than other men for which men will seek you out, pay you respect, admiration, position in the male hierarchy, power and resources.

In this definition of "success" are all four elements of ikigai: strength (doing something better than other men [do]), value to others (men will seek you out), passion (implicitly in "respect" and "admiration"), and mundane selfish value (implicitly in "power and resources").

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