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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To have a dream job, don't worry too much about money and stress and don't endlessly self-reflect to find your one true passion.
Rather, get good at something that helps others.
It's best for you and it's best for the world.
This is the reason we set up 80,000 Hours.
Our mission is to help you find a career that contributes.
But which jobs help people?
Can one person really make much difference?
That's what we'll answer in the next chapter.
Apply this to your own career.
These six ingredients, especially helping others and getting good at your job, can act as guiding lights.
They're what to aim to find in a dream job long term.
Here are some exercises to help you start applying them.
1.
Practice using the six ingredients to make some comparisons.
Pick two options you're interested in, then score them from 1 to 5 on each factor.
The six ingredients we list are only a starting point.
There may be other factors that are especially important to you, so we also recommend doing the following exercises.
They're not perfect.
As we saw earlier, our memories of what we've found fulfilling can be unreliable.
But completely ignoring your past experience isn't wise either.
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