Greetings Heroes, This morning, during my daily meditation (I use the Calm app — highly recommend), I was reminded of a Japanese concept that always stops me in my tracks: Ikigai. In simple terms, Ikigai means “reason for being.”It’s the intersection of four things: 1. What you love 2. What you're good at 3. What the world needs 4. What you can be paid for When those four align, you unlock something powerful — a sense of deep purpose, direction, and joy. For example: - A chef who uses their creativity to bring people together through food. - A coach who helps others transform because they’ve been through it themselves. - A teacher who lights up watching someone finally “get it.” But here’s the thing… It’s so easy to spend our lives chasing things out of obligation. Doing what others expect. Prioritizing survival over meaning. Burning time, energy, and life force on things that feel… misaligned. This is something I’ve personally struggled with for years. There were seasons where I was doing “well” by society’s standards, but I was disconnected from my why. Empty wins. Chronic burnout. Internal friction I couldn’t explain. Only in the last few years have I started to feel like I’m truly stepping into my Ikigai, by helping others learn emerging technologies and reconnect with their own clarity and purpose. It’s changed everything for me. - My mental health - My motivation - My joy - My relationships - Even how I show up for myself And I want that for you, too. ⚔️ Alignment Exercise (Drop Your Comment Below) What do you believe your Ikigai is? And how will you embody it this coming week? If you’re not sure yet, that’s totally okay. You're not broken or behind. A great place to start is with the Character Builder exercise inside our QuestOS training series. It’s designed to help you reconnect with your values, vision, and deeper purpose.

I was totally overwhelmed by the QuestOS. Ok, one bite at a time. Character Builder, Whoa...More overwhelm. Ok, One bite. Vision, here we go... 3-Years?? Ideal Life?? I've had my head down, stuck in the day-to-day grind just trying to survive, that I can't even grasp a string that could lead me to a thought of what an ideal day would look like. But since this is AI Quest, I turned to ChatGPT. Not to give me the answers, but to ask me other questions based on the QuestOS questions that could give me a spark and bring me to the headspace to visualize who I want to become. To bring my awareness out of survival mode and into creative thinking and imagining possibilities. Here are the 2 prompts that I used. It's a link to a Google Doc to make a copy so that you can edit it however you like to get the most out of it.

I really don't know anything about AI. I'm not uh, super technical person, but I want to do something different with my life. You know, I want to learn how to create videos and start a businesses I really don't know anything about AI. I'm not uh, super technical person, but I want to do something different with my life. You know, I want to learn how to create videos and start a businesses. I want to move outside of the little circle I've lived in.

Hi, I'm Emily! I'm a bookkeeper who is looking to bring AI into my business. I have started using AI in my marketing. But would like to expand out to automate processes within my business. I would even like to offer those services to my clients within higher ticket service packages.