By building something of value, you get fulfillment, money and good karma.
When you simply extract, you feel useless, lack of purpose and soulless.
There is a reason why many successful people say to go all in on your strengths, your passions, what the world needs and what the world would pay you for.
And there is a reason why the Japanese created the Ikigai.
Ikigai (pronounced ee-kee-guy) is a Japanese concept that translates to “a reason for being” or “a reason to wake up in the morning”.
Our western interpretation, popularized by self-help books and online guides, ikigai is often visualized as a four-circle Venn diagram. This modern framework intersects what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
At this perfect intersection lies your path to fulfillment, wealth, and joy. At least it has been for me.
My biggest sense of fulfillment, wealth and value has come from my basketball, soccer and personal training business.
It has given me so much joy to help others by helping them achieve their goals.
It has given me the most amount of income from any other business I have started since it is a service valued by others.
I feel truly blessed because it is truly what I love to do. Ever since I could remember I loved sports, athletics, movement, and helping others.
It’s crazy that now as an adult I get to do what I love and get paid for it.
And from the outside it may look hard to others since I have to stand all day, move around, run with my athletes sometimes, but I love it and it feels like play.
My plan now is to take my in-person business success online and to the world to provide even more value, earn even more money, achieve more fulfillment and experience more joy.
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