80,000 Hours

80,000 Hours by Benjamin Todd Audiobook
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Sounded ID: 9798823489645

ISBN: 9798823489645

Publication Date: September 19, 2023

Publisher: 80,000 Hours

Language: English

Author Name: Benjamin Todd

Narrator Name: Perrin Walker

Studio Narrated Audiobook 10 hrs 32 mins | BUSINESS and ECONOMICS | Careers

80,000 Hours

Author
Benjamin Todd
Publisher
80,000 Hours
Narrator
Perrin Walker

Studio Narrated Audiobook

This audiobook is a traditionally narrated work produced in a studio with a live voice actor and contains no content generated using Voice Replica technologies or synthetic narration.

Find a fulfilling career that tackles the world's most pressing problems, using this guide based on over ten years of research alongside academics at Oxford.
You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.
Make the right choices, and you can help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, as well as have a more rewarding, interesting life.
For such an important decision, however, there’s surprisingly little good advice out there. Most caree...

Find a fulfilling career that tackles the world's most pressing problems, using this guide based on over ten years of research alongside academics at Oxford.
You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.
Make the right choices, and you can help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, as well as have a more rewarding, interesting life.
For such an important decision, however, there’s surprisingly little good advice out there. Most career advice focuses on things like how to write a CV, and much of the rest is just (misleading) platitudes like “follow your passion”. Most people we speak to don’t even use career advice–they just speak to friends and try to figure it out for themselves.
When it comes to helping others with your career the advice usually assumes you need to work as a teacher, doctor, charity worker, and so on, even though these paths might not be a good fit for you, and were not what the highest-impact people in history did.
This guide is based on over ten years of research conducted alongside academics at the University of Oxford. It aims to help you find a career you enjoy, you’re good at, and that tackles the world’s most pressing problems.
It covers topics like:
* What makes for a dream job, and why “follow your passion” can be misleading.
* Why the most effective ways to make a difference aren’t always the obvious ones like working at a charity, or becoming a doctor.
* How to compare global problems, like climate change and poverty, in terms of their scale and urgency.
* How to discover and develop your strengths.
It’s also full of practical tips and tools. You’ll come away with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that’s fulfilling and high impact.

Chapters

# Title Duration
1. Book Title

0 mins 10 secs

2. Introduction

5 mins 33 secs

3. Chapter 1: What Makes for a Dream Job?

27 mins 29 secs

4. Chapter 2: Can One Person Make a Difference? What the Evidence Says.

12 mins 04 secs

5. Chapter 3: Three Ways Anyone Can Make a Difference, No Matter Their Job

17 mins 33 secs

6. Chapter 4: Want to Do Good? Here's How to Choose an Area to Focus on

15 mins 11 secs

7. Chapter 5: The World's Biggest Problems and Why They're Not What First Comes to Mind

34 mins 43 secs

8. Chapter 6: Which Jobs Help People the Most?

42 mins 29 secs

9. Chapter 7: Which Jobs Put You in the Best Long-Term Position?

46 mins 16 secs

10. Chapter 8: How to Find the Right Career for You

38 mins 03 secs

11. Chapter 9: How to Make Your Career Plan

26 mins 31 secs

12. Chapter 10: All the Best Advice We Could Find on How to Get a Job

33 mins 04 secs

13. Chapter 11: One of the Most Powerful Ways to Improve Your Career - Join a Community

13 mins 11 secs

14. The End: The Entire Guide, in One Minute

4 mins 47 secs

15. Appendix 1: The Meaning of Making a Difference

6 mins 15 secs

16. Appendix 2: All the Evidence-Based Advice We Found on How to Be More Successful in Any Job

1 hr 07 mins

17. Appendix 3: Four Biases to Avoid in Career Decisions

7 mins 17 secs

18. Appendix 4: How to Make Tough Career Decisions

21 mins 26 secs

19. Appendix 5: Is It Ever OK to Take a Harmful Job in Order to Do More Good? An In-Depth Analysis

40 mins 09 secs

20. Appendix 6: College Advice

18 mins 50 secs

21. Appendix 7: Additional Resources

7 mins 00 secs

22. Appendix 8: Career Review Summaries (Part 1)

53 mins 43 secs

23. Appendix 8: Career Review Summaries (Part 2)

42 mins 27 secs

24. Appendix 9: Problem Profile Summaries

46 mins 10 secs

25. End Credits

0 mins 16 secs

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