Benjamin Todd

Rather, it's more like a scientist testing a hypothesis.

You have ideas about what you can become good at, hypotheses, which you can then test out, research and experiments.

Think you could be good at writing?

Then start blogging.

Think you'd hate consulting?

At least speak to a consultant.

If you don't already know your calling or your passion, that's normal.

It's too hard to predict which career is right for you when you're starting out, and even sometimes when you're many years in.

Instead, go and try things.

You'll learn as you go, heading step by step towards a fulfilling career.

Next, we'll show you how to tie together everything we've covered in the guide and avoid some common planning mistakes.

The bottom line.

How to find the right career for you.

Your personal fit for a job is the chance that, if you worked at it, you'd end up excelling.

Personal fit is even more important than most people think because it increases your impact, job satisfaction, and career capital.

Research shows that it's hard to work out what you're going to be good at ahead of time.

Career tests, trying to introspect, or just going with your gut seem like poor ways of figuring this out.

Instead, think like a scientist.

Make some best guesses, hypotheses about which careers could be a good fit, identify your key uncertainties about those guesses, then go and investigate those uncertainties.

Look for the cheapest ways of testing your options first, creating a ladder of tests.