Finding Your Purpose Is a Team Effort: A Millennial Perspective on the Workforce Experience

This article originally appeared on the eightfold.ai blog

It took me 28 years to find my reason for being — my ikigai — which the Japanese say is found at the intersection of what a person is good at, what a person loves, what the world needs, and what a person can be paid for. I have been reflecting on what it took to reach that point and the hurdles other employees like me are facing as we try to overcome legacy perspectives, adapt to the present environment, and prepare for…