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Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by westurner »

westurner wrote: post #20

> What are your best medium-term options (3-15 years)? > 1. What global problems do you think are most pressing? The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets w/ statistical indicators, AKA GlobalGoals, are for the whole world through 2030. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals http://www.globalgoals.org

"Schema.org: Mission, Project, Goal, Objective, Task" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12525141 could make it easy to connect our local, regional, national, and global goals; and find people with similar objectives and solutions.

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Post by toomanybeersies »

MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Following that metaphor: it's always a good plan to wear a mouth guard so that your teeth don't get knocked out.

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Post by ryanmarsh »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #23
MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Following that metaphor: it's always a good plan to wear a mouth guard so that your teeth don't get knocked out.

I dont know what serves as the mouth guard in your analogy but it sure as fuck won't stop you from getting laid out.

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Post by obstinate »

MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

I didn't have a plan and things have been going great so far. So it's a little different when you're not in a zero-sum adversarial situation like a boxing ring.

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Post by jasin »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #23
MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Following that metaphor: it's always a good plan to wear a mouth guard so that your teeth don't get knocked out.

This is spot on, because often we prepare by wearing a mouth guard, while in reality their protection against getting knocked out basically zero.

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Post by shortsightedsid »

adamredwoods wrote: post #25
MR4D wrote: post #22

Being in my 40's and reading this, the only thing I can do is quote Tyson: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

Amen brother. After having a child, I threw all plans out the window.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything. - Eisenhower

Re: 80,000 Hours career plan worksheet

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Post by dathanb82 »

ryanmarsh wrote: post #24
toomanybeersies wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Following that metaphor: it's always a good plan to wear a mouth guard so that your teeth don't get knocked out.

I dont know what serves as the mouth guard in your analogy but it sure as fuck won't stop you from getting laid out.

Nah, but you might still have your teeth afterwards.
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