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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What would be amazing for this book is if it just becomes one of these key things that
If someone doesn't know what to do with their life, it's like a standard thing people recommend and it becomes like a standard careers book.
Maybe could let 80,000 hours reach a much bigger audience and help a lot more people work on these issues.
So if also you know anyone who's just feeling confused about what to do with their life, then you could consider getting it for them.
And it's released this week.
So any orders this week can help us make the bestseller lists, which would also help us reach a lot more people.
So really grateful for any help.
Thanks for having me, yeah it's been great.
Okay, we really hope you enjoy and we'll be back with a regular interview before too long.
Introduction You'll spend about 80,000 hours working in your career.
40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years.
So how to spend that time is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make.
Choose wisely, and you will not only have a more rewarding and interesting life, you'll also be able to help solve some of the world's most pressing problems.
But how should you choose?
Back in 2011, we were students at Oxford in the UK.
We wanted to figure out how we could do work we loved while having a positive impact.
We wondered, should we work at a non-profit, go to grad school, try to earn high salaries and give back through philanthropy, give up and go meditate in a cave, or something else entirely?
Most career guides we read were about how to land different jobs, but few gave advice on what jobs to aim for in the first place.
Most people we knew didn't even use formal career advice, relying instead on conversations with friends.
As for doing good with your career, people suggested things like medicine, social work, teaching, or, most thrillingly, working in corporate social responsibility.
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