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The end: A cheery final note - imagining your deathbed
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To have a truly fulfilling life, we need to turn outwards rather than inwards. Rather than asking “What’s my passion?,” ask “How can I best contribute to the world?” While doing the above, keep adapting your plan to find the best personal fit. Think like a scientist testing a hypothesis: make your b
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  • To have a truly fulfilling life, we need to turn outwards rather than inwards. Rather than asking “What’s my passion?,” ask “How can I best contribute to the world?”
  • While doing the above, keep adapting your plan to find the best personal fit. Think like a scientist testing a hypothesis: make your best guess, clarify your key uncertainties, then investigate those uncertainties.
  • Have some ideas about the best longer-term vision, but then put a lot of attention into finding the best next step (both working backwards and forwards)
  • You have 80,000 hours in your career. Don’t waste them.

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