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MENTAL MODEL · M0126

Ikigai

Ikigai
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-28

CORE DEFINITION

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SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

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Anchor fast decisions

Originating from Japanese culture, it is a four-circle intersection model: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. The intersection of all four is Ikigai (a life worth living). The mechanism is to balance ideals and reality—occupying only three often leads to a sense of lack (e.g., having money, skill, and being needed but not loving it results in emptiness); only the central intersection is complete.

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