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The end: A cheery final note — imagining your deathbed

The 80000 Hours Career Guide — Find a fulfilling career that does good

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Imagining Your Deathbed and Reflecting on Your Career Choices

This chapter explores the importance of reflecting on career choices by imagining one's deathbed and highlights the potential regrets of choosing an easy option or pursuing a career solely for financial gain. It emphasizes turning outward, contributing to the world, building useful skills, and applying them to meaningful problems, and concludes with a reminder to adapt one's career plan and seek community.

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