1. What you LOVE
2. What you are GOOD AT
3. What the world NEEDS
4. What you can get PAID FOR
This is my favorite graphic to describe the various combinations: https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*qNNzYd3SE1Z09d_IaJOdGA.jpe...
It's subtitled "A reason for being" with hit me with two-sided feelings of fulfillment and dystopia. The positives are readily apparent and the negative is where my mind goes to examine the flip-side. One problem in Japan seems to be that there's a sort of monoculture of success that is damning. Sort of like if everyone follows this exact formula in a the top select endeavours we could end up with everyone being fulfilled but dying off as a group. I guess this could get wrapped into (3) to prioritize what isn't being done/enough.