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The One You Feed · August 7, 2026 · 58m

How to Build a Meaningful Career in an Uncertain World | Benjamin Todd

Eric Zimmer talks with Benjamin Todd about navigating career planning in the face of uncertainty and technological change. Benjamin challenges the common advice to "follow your passion" and outlines a more deliberate approach that emphasizes skills, meaningful impact, and small-scale experimentation. They discuss the five factors that research shows make work fulfilling, why we often remain in unsatisfying jobs longer than we should, and how to evaluate whether a career change is the right move. The conversation highlights that purpose and impact can be found even without a dramatic career overhaul.

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Curious

Benjamin Todd advocates for testing career ideas through small, low-stakes experiments rather than trying to plan everything upfront.
Benjamin Todd explains that people often remain in jobs they dislike far longer than objectively makes sense.

Highlights

The Passion Trap
Benjamin Todd argues that "follow your passion" is incomplete and often poor career advice.
AI Reshapes the Career Landscape
Benjamin Todd discusses how artificial intelligence is forcing a re-evaluation of which skills will be most valuable.
Five Factors of Satisfying Work
Benjamin Todd presents a research-backed framework of five factors that make work genuinely fulfilling.
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