We all have "early wins" in some areas.  Sometimes, those areas are also our areas of interest, and sometimes they aren't. Just because we're tall doesn't mean we should play basketball, and just because we're good at math doesn't mean we should be an accountant. Now, I wholeheartedly believe in Ikigai, but I think the often-neglected aspect of it is the "love to do" category. Gattaca is a story based upon someone being genetically created to do one thing, while being emotionally driven to do another. As Tom Bilyeu would say, the game we're all playing is brain chemistry.  Do what lights you on fire. The struggle is guaranteed, success is not - so you might as well do what you love. It's also a rather telling tale of just how much a person will go through to do what they love.  A man with a strong enough why can achieve any how!