If we translate this into Japanese terms, the first part of the formula is ikigai: discovering something we become passionate about and which also comes easily to us. Once we’ve identified our mission, then comes kaika, which is sometimes the most difficult part: setting aside other people’s demands to make room for our passion, allowing the reason we feel we were put on the earth to begin to blossom. The third thing is to stay on that path, to be patient and to keep dreaming, until we obtain mankai. To sum it up, the formula goes like this: ikigai + kaika + time = mankai.
