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A Conversation with Dr Uttara Pattanaik Dr Uttara, an ICF certified Coach enables organizations/teams/Individuals to be their best version. Let us find out how. Dr Amit-How does one identify one’s passion? Dr Uttara- Have you heard of “Ikigai”? Japanese say, Finding and igniting your “Ikigai” or a sense of purpose is the key to living a long happy life. According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai. An ikigai is essentially your reason for BEING or the reason to wake up every morning. This is similar to passion but holds a strong "purposeful" connotation. Ikigai is also believed to be the union of 4 elements: What you love doing, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. According to Ikigai, passion is the outcome of “What you love doing” + “What you are good at (your strengths)” with an overarching purpose, that acts a guiding light throughout your life’s journey. There may be many things that you are good at and also enjo...

  Click here to add this blog to your feed (subscribe to Blog) Sometimes a warm hug is the answer to our question and sometimes a gentle nudge is the answer. 'Hug and Nudge' is a fortnightly column with two different perspectives from two different continents and cultures on the same question in personal development area viz.  Jennifer Sertl (based in New York, USA) and Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Question- "Passion is generally missing in the corporate world. What can leaders do to ensure employees love what they do and do what they love.” A great question by Nitin Uppal, Asst. Manager-Marketing, Mahindra Comviva Jennifer Sertl's Answer Before I founded Agility 3R , I worked for two large corporations - one in telecommunications and the other in healthcare. I have been in systems where root-cause and corollary have many, many layers. I have been in systems where goals and objectives between teams were in direc...