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How CORONA (COVID19) Chaging the World?

On Jan 2020 when corona found in china,  no one would have thought , its going to change the entire world. I never experience this kind of situation in my entire life. There is only word which entire world is saying now, its CORONA - COVID 19.

It changes everything

- Our way of working
- Our way of living
- Schooling
- Shopping
- Created positive impact in environment like less pollution.

There are a number of possible futures, all dependent on how governments and society respond to coronavirus and its economic aftermath. Hopefully we will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse.

I think we can understand our situation – and what might lie in our future – by looking at other crises. My analysis focuses on the fundamentals of the modern economy: 

•        Global supply chains, 
•        Wages, 
•        Productivity. 

I look at the way that economic dynamics contribute to challenges like climate change and low levels of mental and physical health among workers. I have argued that we need a very different kind of economics if we are to build socially just and ecologically sound futures. In the face of Covid-19, this has never been more obvious.

Now the production and consumption, both got almost stuck now. 

- BIG companies which is running only for profit (sorry to say this), NOT able to produce. People are NOT ready to buy those things. 

- What could happen, those BIG companies will reduce their profit margin , to manage the low margin, they will layoff their employees. And this will continue all over the world.

Governments will try to make people to buy more. OR will create an environment to buy more. Because I still feel that most of the countries government runs by corporates. 

People could get change their mind to culture of consuming only needed things. Again, this depends on the government too :)

Apart from Econonmy, another big change will happen in politics around the world. 

-Good thing in this bad situation is, it shows the good leader and leadershipskills which needed in this crisis situation.

- Another Good thing is, entire world could get move towards socialism. Most of the countries, Private hospital become government hospitals or government has taken control of the hospitals. This is good for people. Since I come from India, I do see the need of better government hospitals for the common people like wester countries. And it should get continue around the world.

- There is a chance, countries could think of going towards equal wages for most of the jobs. Health departments, workers, Teachers could get priority than a employees in Advertizing companies.  

There are lot of things which we all can visualize and make a plan. But I am sure LOT more going to happen in near future. So lets make our mind to get adapt for that.

The evolution of self-esteem in a career

The evolution of self-esteem in a career: Phase 1: I am not important Phase 2: I am important Phase 3: I want to work on something important The sooner you get to phase 3, the more success you achieve and the more impact you have.

Japanese Concept - Ikigai (secret to a long, happy, meaningful life)

What’s your reason for getting up in the morning? Just trying to answer such a big question might make you want to crawl back into bed. If it does, the Japanese concept of ikigai could help.

Originating from a country with one of the world's oldest populations, the idea is becoming popular outside of Japan as a way to live longer and better.

While there is no direct English translation, ikigai is thought to combine the Japanese words ikiru, meaning “to live”, and kai, meaning “the realization of what one hopes for”. Together these definitions create the concept of “a reason to live” or the idea of having a purpose in life.

Ikigai also has historic links: gai originates from the word kai, which means shell. These were considered very valuable during the Heian period (794 to 1185), according to Akihiro Hasegawa, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at Toyo Eiwa University, adding a sense of "value in living".

To find this reason or purpose, experts recommend starting with four questions:

• What do you love?
• What are you good at?
• What does the world need from you?
• What can you get paid for?

Finding the answers and a balance between these four areas could be a route to ikigai for Westerners looking for a quick interpretation of this philosophy. But in Japan, ikigai is a slower process and often has nothing to do with work or income.

In a 2010 survey of 2,000 Japanese men and women, just 31% of participants cited work as their ikigai.

Gordon Matthews, professor of anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and author of What Makes Life Worth Living?: How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds, told the Telegraph that how people understand ikigai can, in fact, often be mapped to two other Japanese ideas – ittaikan and jiko jitsugen. Itaikkan refers to “a sense of oneness with, or commitment to, a group or role”, while jiko jitsugen relates more to self-realization.

Matthews says that ikigai will likely lead to a better life “because you will have something to live for”, but warns against viewing ikigai as a lifestyle choice: “Ikigai is not something grand or extraordinary. It’s something pretty matter-of-fact.

Okinawa, a remote island to the south west of Japan, has an unusually large population of centenarians and is often referred to in examinations of ikigai - though not by Gordon.

According to Dan Buettner, an expert on Blue Zones, the areas of the world where people live longest, the concept of ikigai pervades the life of these islanders. Combined with a particular diet and support network of friends or “moai”, ikigai is helping people live longer on Okinawa as it gives them purpose, he says, who provides a karate master, fisherman and great-great-great-grandmother, all of whom are more than 100 years old, as examples.

Just knowing what your ikigai is is not enough – all of these people put their purpose into action, Buettner explains in a BBC interview. Researchers stress that ikigai can change with age. For anyone whose work is their reason for living, this will come as a relief as they approach retirement and begin the search for a new ikigai.