A lot of us have likely seen the Ikigai Venn diagram — the one that promises a life of purpose if you can just find the sweet spot between what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and ...

Nowadays, everyone is talking about Ikigai, the Japanese way of living that involves finding your life's purpose. It seems like a simple Venn diagram where you constantly seek the intersection of ...

Albany If anyone could sell you a $2 million school bus, it’s Karina Butler. The 17-year-old spent last fall learning about ...

There’s the big, flaming, capital-I Ikigai —the purpose-driven life, the legacy project, the stuff of memoirs and ...

That’s exactly what Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life does. It doesn’t just tell me how to find purpose; it reminds me that purpose is already within, waiting to be uncovered.

Ikigai's story began in Mexico City a decade ago when a young lawyer named Juan Jose Xacur decided he wanted out of the legal world and into the restaurant business. A longtime fan of Japanese ...

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic But instead of revolving around a white family negotiating their legacy within the annals of American history, Purpose centers a powerful Black political ...