“Planning a high-impact career: a summary of everything you need to know in 7 points” by Benjamin Todd

We took 10 years of research and what we’ve learned from advising 1,000+ people on how to build high-impact careers, compressed that into an eight-week course to create your career plan, and then compressed that into this three-page summary of the main points.

(It’s especially aimed at people who want a career that’s both satisfying and has a significant positive impact, but much of the advice applies to all career decisions.)

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Outline:

(00:36) #1. Use these three factors to clarify what a successful career looks like.

(02:45) #2. Think hard about which global problems you work on — it might be the most important choice you make.

(03:46) #3. You can’t predict where you’ll end up, but you should have some hypotheses about the best longer-term career paths.

(05:36) #4. Career strategy has three basic steps: explore, take bets on paths that build your strengths, and then use your strengths to solve pressing problems.

(06:47) #5. Work both backwards and forwards to find your next career move.

(08:06) #6. Have a plan B and a plan Z.

(10:01) What’s next?

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First published:
May 5th, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-planning/summary