Mainstream career advice tells us to “follow our passion”, but this advice is dead wrong. Research shows that people who take this approach are ultimately no more likely to enjoy or excel at their jobs. Instead, if you’re looking for a fulfilling career, here’s a new slogan to live by: Do what’s valuable.
Benjamin Todd is the co-founder and Executive Director of 80,000 Hours, an Oxford-based charity dedicated to helping people find fulfilling careers that make a real difference. In three years, 80,000 Hours has grown from a student society to a thriving charity featured on the BBC, the Washington Post, NPR and more, and whose online careers guide has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
Benjamin Todd on heategevusorganisatsiooni 80 000 Hours kaasasutaja, nende eesmärk on aidata inimesi, kes tahavad suurendada oma karjääri positiivset mõju maailmale. Ben on juhtinud 80 000 Hoursi kasvu kolme aasta jooksul tudengiorganisatsioonist Oxfordi heategevusorganisatsiooniks, mida on mainitud nii BBC, Washington Post ja NPR jt.meediaväljaannetes. Ben on õppinud Oxfordis füüsikat ja filosoofiat, avaldanud kirjutisi kliimafüüsika teemal ja räägib hiina keelt.
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Very wise advice. Trying to follow my passions all of my life did not work for me. A boring but valuable job would have been more fulfilling.
Wow. Beautiful video
” Do what’s valuable ” – Benjamin Todd
You gotta pay attention to what exactly is “a day in a life of ‘whatever’”, you gotta find out what exactly you’re gonna be doing and how it may affect you. I mean working for a non-profit organization helping children and women, for example, is great, but this kind of job would make me extremely emotional and I’d burn out in a week, when a kinda cold personality would work much better and eventually help so many people. I’m a doctor, I quit because for me personally the emotional side of this job was unbearable.
“Nobody is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”-Charles Dickens