{"id":10180,"date":"2024-09-20T09:44:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:44:28","slug":"what-can-you-be-really-good-at","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/en\/course\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you be really good at?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">After you\u2019ve identified promising problems and roles, it\u2019s time to think about where you can contribute the most. Research shows that those who are most successful in their fields account for a significant portion of the progress that is made. The benefit of different people\u2019s efforts can vary tenfold, sometimes even a hundredfold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10178\" width=\"800\" data-init-width=\"1643\" height=\"440\" data-init-height=\"903\" title=\"Personal fit - What can you be really good at_\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-1.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"440\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 1643 \/ 903;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/career-guide\/personal-fit\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80,000 Hours<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">How good you are at your profession can therefore be one of the most decisive factors in how much of a difference you make. What if Alan Turing had become a literary critic instead of a mathematician? Then he would probably have had significantly less influence on the world. This means that it is important to try to find out in which areas you could become prominent in. How well you fit a certain career is likely a multiplier for your impact, something like this:<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10181\" width=\"800\" data-init-width=\"2396\" height=\"132\" data-init-height=\"395\" title=\"Personal fit - What can you be really good at_ (2).jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-2.jpeg.png\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"132\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 2396 \/ 395;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you are particularly good in a certain profession, it can therefore be a good option, even if the average person has a lower impact. Similarly, you shouldn\u2019t choose roles that look promising on paper but don\u2019t suit you. When evaluating this, you should think long-term, especially if you\u2019re early in your career, as most of us are most likely best positioned to contribute later in our careers. This is when we likely have the most money, responsibility and influence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Read more<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/career-guide\/personal-fit\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to find the right career for you<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10180","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Effektiv Altruism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What can you be really good at? - Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After you\u2019ve identified promising problems and roles,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Asset-1@13x.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/\",\"name\":\"What can you be really good at? - Effektiv Altruism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T09:44:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Personal-fit-What-can-you-be-really-good-at_-1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-you-be-really-good-at\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5. 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