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OK, so my initial response to the title was anger; the video which is the substance of this post, however, has a much less contentious message. Your "passion" is the intersection of what you love and are great at. The concept of "Ikigai" is that it is also important to consider what others need and are willing to pay for, a self-evident idea wrapped in provocativeness, condemning people for being concerned for their own wellbeing and fulfilment.

The final sentence of the article is somewhat nonsensical: "feelings are exactly the things that distract us from our wantings". "Wantings" are feelings!

[CivBase]

It sounds like your interpretation of this is very different from mine.

I read this as "When figuring out what to do with your life, don't _just_ consider what you love. You should also consider what you're good at, what is useful, and what others will pay/support you to do." instead of "Ignore yourself and just do what others want you to do."

[seagertp]

"Passion" is what you love and you are good at.

Ikigai is also what others need and others are willing to pay for. Ikigai requires empathetic understanding of others.

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"Empathetic understanding of others."

Empathetic understanding of others should make one hesitate to tell them that being primarily focused on doing what they're passionate about is "self-centred crap", rather than using a less needlessly excoriating phrase. It touched a nerve for me specifically because I feel I, like most people, have prioritised doing things that other people need and are willing to pay for, and then felt attacked for my wish to be doing something I actually enjoy and have an aptitude for.

Edited: to be more empathetic to others.