Career Advice for 15 year olds
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Nuffield Department of Population Health
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Why follow your passion is bad advice. How the hedgehog concept works for career planning. It's not how good you are but how good you want to be.
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Nuffield Department of
Population Health
French:
“Timothy has made no effort whatsoever in this subject. His classworkis usually left unfinished and homework is rarely done.”
Follow your passion for most
people is bad advice.
(following your parents’ can be
even worse)
I was earning a £100 a week
Is it worth going to university?
How to get picked?
Step #1
Find something you are
interested in
.
Find Interesting
Step #2
Get good at it through
deliberate practice
Find Interesting Get Good at it
Step #3
Get paid for doing it
Find Interesting Get Good at it
Get paid forDoing it
Circle ofconcern
Circle ofconcern
Circle ofInfluence
How can you increase your
circle of influence?
• Know the entry level qualifications?
• What will make you stand out?
Find somebody good at what you
want to do and ask them how
they got so good?
What Simon said:
• Enthusiastic• Pride in work• Happy to get
hands dirty
Pick yourself
Find Interesting Get Good at it
Most likely what you start doing you won’t end up doing
But it’s nice to have a choice about what
you do
