Benjamin Todd

but you still wonder, what was it all for?

Now imagine instead that you worked really hard throughout your life and ended up saving the lives of a hundred children.

Can you really imagine regretting that?

To have a truly fulfilling life, we need to turn outwards rather than inwards.

Rather than asking, what's my passion?

Ask, how can I best contribute to the world?

As we've seen, by using our fortunate positions and acting strategically, there's a huge amount we can all do to help others.

And we can do this at little cost to ourselves, and most likely while having a more successful and satisfying career too.

The entire guide in one minute.

To have a good career, do what contributes.

Rather than expect to discover your passion in a flash of insight, your fulfillment will grow over time as you learn more about what fits, master valuable skills, and use them to help others.

To do what contributes, build useful skills and apply them to meaningful problems.

Here's the three key stages to focus on over time.

1.

Explore and investigate your key uncertainties to find the best options, rather than going with your gut or narrowing down too early.

Make this your key focus until you have enough confidence in some longer-term options to bet on one.

2.

Build career capital to become as great as you can be.

This means looking for jobs that let you generally improve your skills, reputation, connections, and character, and that most accelerate you towards your vision, as well as investing in your personal development.

Do this until you've taken the best opportunities to invest in yourself.