#587 80,000 hours with Benjamin Todd (A Career Well Spent Series)

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Aug 25, 202631:39Business

How can you make sure the 80,000 hours you spend at work are truly well spent? In this episode, we challenge the traditional advice to "follow your passion" and look at how to build a career that makes a meaningful diffe...

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