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The 10 Rules of Ikigai

The Ikigai Guy


Ikigai Rule 1:
Stay Active, Don't
Retire

The Ikigai Guy


For most of us, our
careers are important. In
some ways and for some
people they become their
identity.

The Ikigai Guy

The sad truth is 56% of


people over 50 will have
their careers end before
they are ready. Layoffs
being the number one
cause
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With Ikigai, our 'job' is not to


move up the corporate ladder
or shape ourselves into some
ideal we or the world projects
we ought to be. Our ‘job’ is to
uncover who we already are
and become it fully.

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People often get stuck on
the 'thing' they should be
doing as opposed to the
'things' they should be
exploring to experience
Ikigai.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. said
this about creativity that
The Ikigai Guy applies...
"Practice any art, music, singing,
dancing, acting, drawing,
painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction,
essays, reportage, no matter how
well or badly, not to get money
and fame, but to experience
becoming, to find out what’s
inside you, to make your soul
grow.”
The Ikigai Guy
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If you are living or working
to "experience becoming,
to find out what’s inside
you, to make your soul
grow," there is no need to
be owned by a career or to
retire.

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“The purpose of life is to
discover your gift; the
work of life is to develop
it, and the meaning of life
is to give your gift away.”

David Viscott.

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If you are uncovering


your purpose, developing
your gifts, and sharing
them with the world,
there is no need for
'retirement'.
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The Ikigai idea of


'Not Retiring'
centers on living
and leaving a
legacy.

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