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Select at least one item from each quadrant below. The system will analyze semantic overlaps to generate your Purpose Profile.

You Love It
You're Good At It
🌍 World Needs It
💰 You Can Be Paid
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About

The concept of Ikigai (生き甲斐) originates from Okinawa, Japan, combining iki (life) and gai (value or worth). In Western interpretation, it is the convergence of four fundamental sets: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.

Finding this intersection is not merely about career satisfaction; it is about holistic balance. A life with Passion and Profession but no Mission may feel useless. A life with Mission and Vocation but no Wealth is not sustainable. This tool uses a semantic tagging engine to analyze your inputs across these four dimensions, identifying your dominant archetypes (Creative, Analytical, Social, Kinetic) and generating a unified Purpose Statement.

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Formulas

The Ikigai state is defined set-theoretically as the quadruple intersection of four distinct domains. Let U be the universe of human activities.

I L S N PWhere:L = { x ∈ U | You love x }S = { x ∈ U | You are good at x }N = { x ∈ U | The world needs x }P = { x ∈ U | You are paid for x }

Partial intersections yield incomplete states:

Passion = L S | Risk: Uselessness

Profession = S P | Risk: Boredom

Reference Data

IntersectionComponentsEmotional StateMissing Element
PassionLoveSkillSatisfaction, FlowNo Economic Value or Impact
MissionLoveNeedDelight, FullnessNo Wealth (Unpaid)
ProfessionSkillPaidComfort, SecurityFeeling of Emptiness
VocationNeedPaidExcitement, PurposeUncertainty (Lack of Skill)
IKIGAILSNPBalance, MeaningNone (Complete)

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Ikigai is fluid and can change over time. It is not a singular destination but a state of being. You might find Ikigai in a specific role today (e.g., teaching code) and a different one tomorrow (e.g., building sustainable housing).
This is common. If your Passion intersects with Mission but not Payment, it is a hobby or volunteer work. To transform it into Ikigai, you must identify a market mechanism (Profession) or a specific application (Vocation) that monetizes that value.
The generator analyzes the semantic tags associated with your selections. If you select "Programming" (Analytical) and "Music" (Creative), the system calculates a weighted vector to suggest roles that hybridize these traits, such as "Audio Engineer" or "Generative Artist".
In the Zuzunaga/Winn model used here, "Mission" is the overlap of what you Love and what the World Needs (often altruistic). "Vocation" is the overlap of what the World Needs and what you can be Paid for (often job-market driven). Ikigai requires bridging this gap.