longevity - Blog - Global Risk Community2024-03-29T09:20:32Zhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/longevityIkigai Framework: The Intersection of Passion, Mission, Vocation, and Proficiencyhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/ikigai-framework-the-intersection-of-passion-mission-vocation-and2023-07-08T17:41:42.000Z2023-07-08T17:41:42.000ZMark Bridgeshttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/MarkBridges<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12131915073,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12131915073,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12131915073?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>People are motivated by <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/5-ps-of-purpose-5454">purpose, which helps them realize what matters most in their lives</a>. It is a profound and unique understanding of their goals and how their actions contribute to the achievement of a larger goal. It serves as a source of motivation and fortitude.</p><p>Purpose involves integrating one's personal objectives with a broader context, such as developing society, having a positive effect, or creating lasting connections. A person's sense of purpose is a highly unique, subjective concept that might evolve throughout their lifetime.</p><p>Stress has harmful consequences on people's lives, but those who have a purpose in life are better prepared to <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/marketplace/stress-management-5371">face stress and emergencies</a>. Strong senses of purpose have been associated with higher levels of wellbeing and are likely to make people significantly more resilient than their aimless counterparts.</p><p>The Ikigai Framework's cornerstone is Sense of Purpose. The Ikigai Framework, created by Japanese researchers, is used as a tool for <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/personal-development-action-plan-2220">reflection and personal development</a>. "Ikigai" is made up of the words "iki," which stands for life, and "kai," which stands for value or use. The word basically translates to "reason for being" in English, to put it another way.</p><p>Ikigai is among the primary motivators for pulling most Japanese people out of bed in the mornings. Because of their purpose in life, they are content and live long lives. Japan has one of the highest percentages of people who are over 100 years old, and personal Ikigai is a significant contributor to this longevity.</p><p>The Ikigai Framework and Japanese culture have long been studied in the West. The framework comprises the following four crucial facets of life:</p><ol><li><strong> Passion </strong></li><li><strong> Mission </strong></li><li><strong> Vocation</strong></li><li><strong> Profession</strong></li></ol><p> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}12131914894,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}12131914894,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="12131914894?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p>A strong grasp of the four Ikigai characteristics can help you find your life's mission. You may find your Ikigai at the point where each of the four pillars of existence intersects. Let's look more closely at some of these elements.</p><p><strong>Passion</strong></p><p>Your actual interests, likes, and loves are referred to be your passions. It represents a person's inner fire—the pursuits or activities that make them feel alive and engaged.</p><p>You may discover your passion by thinking about the activities or passions you naturally gravitate toward—those that make you feel strongly or make you lose track of time. Individuals’ <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/marketplace/vision-mission-and-values-5926">mission, vision, and ideologies</a> go hand in hand with passion. When your interests and efforts are in accordance with what you find important, your enthusiasm and feeling of purpose are increased.</p><p>In order to figure out what you enjoy, choose a pleasant pastime that makes you feel good and that you would do freely at any moment. Examples include baking, writing, sketching, gardening, and photography.</p><p><strong>Mission</strong></p><p>This part involves picking goals or initiatives that match your interests, abilities, and passions while also filling a need and improving the world.</p><p>According to the Ikigai Framework, a person's purpose is the intersection between their particular interests, passions, and activities with what the world needs, which is knowledge of the needs, issues, or difficulties that exist in local or global communities. Additionally, these pursuits have to align with your abilities and ideals. It involves identifying the areas in which we may make a positive impact, add value, or bring about a substantial change.</p><p><strong>Vocation</strong></p><p>The framework says that just appreciating our job and being competent at it is not enough. The vocational component highlights the <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/marketplace/compensation-and-incentive-management-business-toolkit-7215">importance of paying people fairly for their efforts</a>. Thanks to the work we like performing, we should be able to put food on the table and clothes on our backs.</p><p>This element of Ikigai straddles the line between what the world needs—identifying the needs or issues globally and understanding the areas where we can make a positive impact—and what we can be paid for—identifying skills, expertise, or knowledge that have a market value and for which people are willing to pay us.</p><p>Interested in learning more about the other elements of the Ikigai Framework? You can download <a href="https://flevy.com/browse/flevypro/ikigai-framework-7261">an editable PowerPoint presentation on <strong>Ikigai Framework</strong> here </a>on the <a href="https://flevy.com/browse">Flevy documents marketplace</a>.</p><p><strong>Do You Find Value in This Framework?</strong></p><p>You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the <a href="https://flevy.com/pro/library">FlevyPro Library</a>. <a href="https://flevy.com/pro">FlevyPro</a> is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives.</p><p>For even more best practices available on Flevy, have a look at our top 100 lists:</p><ul><li><a href="https://flevy.com/top-100/strategy">Top 100 in Strategy & Transformation</a></li><li><a href="https://flevy.com/top-100/organization">Top 100 in Organization & Change</a></li><li><a href="https://flevy.com/top-100/consulting">Top 100 Consulting Frameworks</a></li><li><a href="https://flevy.com/top-100/digital">Top 100 in Digital Transformation</a></li><li><a href="https://flevy.com/top-100/opex">Top 100 in Operational Excellence</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p></div>The Power Your Thoughts Have on Health and Longevityhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/profiles/blogs/the-power-your-thoughts-have-on-health-and-longevity2016-06-28T17:28:20.000Z2016-06-28T17:28:20.000ZEnrique Raul Suarezhttps://globalriskcommunity.com/members/EnriqueRaulSuarez<div><p></p><p></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8028249059,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="430" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8028249059,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8028249059?profile=original" /></a></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align:center;" class="center"><strong>Research Shows the Power Your Thoughts Have on Health and Longevity</strong></h2><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center">Source:</p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center"></p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center"><strong>April McCarthy</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center"></p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center">Walking Times</p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center"></p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center">March 1, 2016</p><p style="text-align:center;" class="center"></p><p>Advances in health, education, disease prevention and treatments are high on the list of things that have allowed people to extend their lives, especially since chronic medical conditions and engaging in unhealthy behaviors are known risk factors for early death, however findings from a longitudinal study of over 6,000 adults suggests that certain psychological factors may be the strongest predictors of how long we’ll live.</p><p>The findings are published in <em>Psychological Science</em>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.</p><p><a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/16/How%20you%20think%20about%20death%20affects%20how%20you%20behave%20in%20life." target="_blank">How you think about death affects how you behave in life</a>. “Our study shows that two psychological variables, lower self-rated health and age-related decrements in processing speed, appear to be especially important indicators of elevated mortality risk in middle-age and older adults,” says psychological scientist Stephen Aichele of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. “This information may facilitate diagnostic accuracy and timely interventions.”</p><p>Researchers around the world are slowly integrating research on how our <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/13/090613_The-Number-One-Cause-of-Health-and-Disease.shtml" target="_blank">energetic and emotional states cause health and/or disease</a>. How we connect emotionally to our overall wellness and wellbeing may indeed be more relevant than any supplement, food, exercise, medical intervention or health treatment.</p><p>Your body <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/14/010714_Study-Shows-How-Emotions-Mapped-On-Human-Body.shtml" target="_blank">responds to the way you think, feel and act</a>. This is often called the “mind/body connection.” When you are stressed, anxious or upset, your body tries to tell you that something isn’t right. For example, high blood pressure or a stomach ulcer might develop after a particularly stressful event, such as the death of a loved one.</p><p>Aichele and colleagues Patrick Rabbitt (University of Oxford, UK) and Paolo Ghisletta (University of Geneva, Switzerland) were interested in investigating the relative influence of cognitive, demographic, health, and lifestyle variables in predicting mortality risk. While previous research had provided some clues as to the roles played by these variables, comprehensive longitudinal studies were few and far between.</p><p>“It has been long known that particular factors such as illnesses, socio-economic disadvantage, cognitive decline, and social support determine how long we survive in old age,” explains Aichele. “The problem has been that these and other markers for mortality have been tested separately, rather than together. Given that they are strongly associated with each other, it makes it difficult to determine which variables most influence mortality risk.”</p><p>To address this gap in the available research, Aichele and colleagues turned to the Manchester Longitudinal Study of Cognition, examining 29 years’ worth of data collected from 6,203 adults who ranged in age from 41 to 96 years old when they began the study.</p><p>Aggregating data from 15 different tasks, the researchers looked at participants’ cognitive performance across five domains of ability: crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence, verbal memory, visual memory, and processing speed. The tasks–all well-established measures of cognitive ability–were administered up to four times over a 12-year period, allowing the researchers to assess participants’ baseline performance and change in performance over time for each domain.</p><p>To gauge participants’ health, the researchers used the Cornell Medical Index, a measure that includes detailed checklists of a total of 195 pathological symptoms related to physical and psychological disorders.</p><p>Finally, the researchers looked at participants’ subjective reports of various lifestyle factors, including perceived health, number of prescribed medicines, sleep patterns, hobbies, leisure activities, and social interactions.</p><p>People who consider themselves self-disciplined, organized achievers live longer and have up to an 89% lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s than the less conscientious. When you’re good at focusing your attention, you use more brainpower, says the lead researcher in both studies, Robert S. Wilson, PhD, a professor of neurological sciences and psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.</p><p>About 17% of Americans are flourishers. They have a positive outlook on life, a sense of purpose and community, and are healthier than “languishers”–about 10% of adults who don’t feel good about themselves. Most of us fall somewhere in between. “We should strive to flourish, to find meaning in our lives,” says Corey Keyes, PhD, a professor of sociology at Emory University. “In Sardinia and Okinawa, where people live the longest, hard work is important, but not more so than spending time with family, nurturing spirituality, and doing for others.”</p><p>Using two types of statistical analysis, the researchers were able to assess the relative importance of a total of 65 different variables in predicting participants’ mortality risk.</p><p>The results revealed subjective health and mental processing speed to be two of the strongest predictors — that is, better perceived health and smaller decreases in processing speed over time were associated with reduced mortality risk.</p><p>Being a woman was also associated with reduced mortality risk, while years of smoking tobacco was linked with an increased risk of early death.</p><p>The influence of the two psychological factors relative to known medical risk factors, such as cardiovascular symptoms, came as a surprise:</p><p>“The result that psychological variables are so strongly linked to mortality risk is very surprising because much extant evidence supports the hypothesis that the strongest predictors of survival in old age are of medical or physiological nature,” explains Aichele.</p><p>These findings may provide useful insights to health professionals, who need better methods for identifying individuals at risk of early death.</p><p>“Addressing the needs of an aging global population will require accounting for numerous morbidity and mortality risk factors, such as demographic variables, health conditions, functional capacities, mental abilities, and social support,” the researchers conclude.</p><p></p><p> </p></div>