MyIkigai Inner Strategy for leaders
Exploring identity evolution through Ikigai, Zen, and disciplined reflection.
There comes a stage when success stabilizes — and something within begins to shift.
Outwardly, much may still be working. Inwardly, the questions deepen.
Externally stable, yet something doesn’t feel quite right.
Not crisis.
Not failure.
But a quiet invitation toward deeper alignment.
Myikigai creates reflective space for leaders navigating this transition — drawing from Ikigai, Zen, Eastern philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and the depth of 心 (Kokoro), the integrated awareness of mind and heart.
This is not about abandoning ambition.
It is about refining who you are becoming so that how you live and lead reflects your own evolving terms of success.
I’m Minako Horaguchi, founder of Myikigai.
I was born and raised in Takayama, Japan, where simplicity, nature, and deep human connection shaped everyday life. Those values continue to inform how I hold space — quietly, carefully, and with respect for the beauty of human growth.
My professional path began in education. As a teacher and later a school founder, I was committed to helping others grow — not only in achievement, but in character and maturity.
Midlife brought its own internal shift. After moving to the United States and balancing work and family, I encountered a quieter tension. Externally stable, yet something wasn’t quite right.
Returning to Ikigai in its deeper sense — alongside Zen, Eastern philosophy, psychology, and reflective practice reshaped how I understood adulthood and leadership.
Today, I work with leaders who have achieved much and are exploring a way of growing that integrates external success with internal evolution.
Inner Strategy creates space to refine who you are becoming — so that your life and leadership reflect your own evolving terms of success.
At its core, Myikigai is about bringing greater care and consciousness into leadership and the world of work.
The Foundations of Inner Strategy
grounded in several enduring principles drawn from Eastern philosophy and lived leadership experience:
1.
明確 Clarity
The capacity to see yourself — your core values, drives, beliefs, capabilities, and vision with honesty and depth.
2.
和 Harmony
Leading in a way that integrates ambition with care, curiosity, and creativity, honoring all parts of yourself while remaining responsible to the wider system you influence.
3.
素 Simplicity
Refining complexity into what truly matters.
4.
心 Heart
Recognize the integrated wisdom of mind and heart, and strengthen resilience through self-awareness and flexibility so that your ambition can evolve without fragmentation.
5.
今 Presence
Remaining present and conscious in how you think, decide, and lead.
This is for you if you are in a transition:
• Successful on the outside, yet quietly questioning what comes next.
• Carrying increasing responsibility while feeling less internally certain.
• Outgrowing a version of yourself that once felt stable.
• Wondering why achievement no longer feels the way it used to.
1:1 Inner Strategy
A Private Reflective Partnership for Leaders
This is a structured, confidential space for reflection, refinement, and alignment — designed for leaders who remain ambitious, yet seek deeper coherence in how they live and lead into their next stage.