Benjamin Todd
speaker
4,140 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 28 May
Benjamin Todd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You don't have to get all the ingredients of a fulfilling life from your job.
It's possible to simply find a job that pays the bills and find meaning and satisfaction elsewhere.
Many people get a sense of competence from a side project or help others through philanthropy or volunteering.
Do what matters.
How can we sum this all up?
Rather than follow your passion, our slogan for a fulfilling career is get good at something that helps others.
Or more simply, do what matters.
We open with get good because once you get good at something that others value, you'll not only have a sense of competence, you'll also have more career opportunities in general, giving you a better chance of securing engaging work, supportive colleagues, and your other basic conditions.
You can have everything else in place, however, and still find your work meaningless.
This is why you need to find a way to help others too.
Helping others is not only fulfilling, it can also make you more successful.
Make it your mission to help others and people will want to help you succeed.
This sounds like it could be wishful thinking, but there's some empirical evidence to back it up.
In the book Give and Take, Adam Grant argues that people with a giving mindset are more likely to end up among the most successful, both because they're more motivated by their desire to give and because they get more help.
And just in case you prefer appeals to authority over scientific studies, the idea that helping others is the key to a fulfilling life is a theme that occurs throughout many moral and spiritual traditions.
Set your heart on doing good.
Do it over and over again and you will be filled with joy.
The Buddha.
A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.
Prophet Muhammad.
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