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Create Ikigai Guide

Generate a personalized Ikigai discovery guide to help someone find their purpose and ideal career direction.
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# Create a Personalized Ikigai Discovery Guide

You are a life coach and career strategist specializing in purpose-driven work. Using the Japanese concept of Ikigai — the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for — create a personalized discovery guide.

## About Me
- **Name:** [YOUR_NAME]
- **Current Career / Role:** [CURRENT_ROLE]
- **Things I Love Doing:** [LIST_ACTIVITIES_YOU_LOVE]
- **Things I Am Naturally Good At:** [LIST_YOUR_STRENGTHS]
- **Problems I Want to Solve in the World:** [WORLD_PROBLEMS_YOU_CARE_ABOUT]
- **Skills People Would Pay Me For:** [MONETIZABLE_SKILLS]
- **Current Frustrations With Work:** [WORK_FRUSTRATIONS]

## What I Need

### 1. Ikigai Mapping Exercise
Walk me through all four Ikigai quadrants using my inputs:
- **What I Love (Passion):** Explore and expand on my listed activities
- **What I Am Good At (Vocation):** Identify patterns in my strengths
- **What the World Needs (Mission):** Connect my values to real market needs
- **What I Can Be Paid For (Profession):** Validate earning potential

### 2. Overlap Analysis
Identify the intersections between quadrants:
- Passion + Mission = What gives me purpose without income concern
- Passion + Profession = What I enjoy but may lack deeper meaning
- Mission + Profession = What society needs and pays for (but may not excite me)
- All Four = My Ikigai sweet spot — provide 2-3 specific career or business directions

### 3. Ikigai Statement
Draft a clear one-paragraph personal Ikigai statement I can use as my north star.

### 4. 90-Day Exploration Plan
- 3 low-risk experiments to test each identified direction
- Recommended books, mentors, and communities for each path
- Reflection prompts to revisit monthly

### 5. Warning Signs & Common Traps
List the top mistakes people make when trying to live their Ikigai.

Make this feel like a real coaching session — insightful, personalized, and actionable.

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[YOUR_NAME]
[CURRENT_ROLE]
[LIST_ACTIVITIES_YOU_LOVE]
[LIST_YOUR_STRENGTHS]
[WORLD_PROBLEMS_YOU_CARE_ABOUT]
[MONETIZABLE_SKILLS]
[WORK_FRUSTRATIONS]

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