“The end: A cheery final note – imagining your deathbed” by Benjamin Todd

We’re about to summarise the whole guide in one minute. But before that, imagine a cheery thought: you’re at the end of your 80,000-hour career.

You’re on your deathbed looking back.

What are some things you might regret?

Perhaps you drifted into whatever seemed like the easiest option, or did what your parents did.

Maybe you even made a lot of money doing something you were interested in, and had a nice house and car. 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 100 children. Can you really imagine regretting that?

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

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Outline:

(01:21) The entire guide, in one minute

(04:30) Get help making your plan by speaking to our team one-on-one

(04:51) Go beyond the basics

(05:16) Help us out in 10 seconds by sharing the guide

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First published:
April 23rd, 2017

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-guide/end