by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
Here’s a link to some high-tech pivot success stories, including Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest: What is a Pivot? Top 10 Best Tech Startup Pivots Case Study. Certainly these were successful pivots. And certainly within high-tech there are many more undocumented pivot...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
What does pivot mean in reference to your career or to your ikigai? Here’s the definition of the verb “to pivot,” taken from the Oxford English Dictionary: Intransitive. To turn on, or as if on, a pivot; (Military) to swing round a central point during a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Digital Trust Networks, Ikigai
I have “The Big Idea.” It is how to inexpensively scale healthcare digital trust networks to address multiple regional public health concerns. Simply put, robust healthcare digital trust networks could regionally reduce the mortality of such public health concerns as...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
About two years ago, my 4-month old kitten Roo used to play “fetch.” I threw my wife’s ponytail hairband down the hallway, and Roo would run after it, put it in his mouth, and bring it back to me. We played this game dozens and dozens of times. But after about a month...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Philosophy
Here’s a clue to discovering your ikigai. When you wake up at 5 a.m. on a cold winter morning, and then you leap out of bed, start your cup of coffee, and deep-read a book with a pencil in hand, I can guarantee the subject of that book has something to do with...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
I recently wanted a documentary called Nose which is about the perfumer for Christian Dior, Francois Demachy. He is interesting on several levels, but the quality I found most remarkable was his sense of curiosity. Despite being at the top of his field, he is curious...
