If You Are Feeling Lost In Life, This Video Is For You

Understand probability concentration and its effect on career choices.

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

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=== Timestamps ===

00:00 Intro
00:20 My career path
00:48 Research on careers
01:42 Career Myth
02:37 Why you will change your career
07:03 Why changing your career feels so wrong
09:15 How to make career decisions

=== About Dr Justin Sung ===

Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.

[JustinSung]

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

[ayushparmar]

Summary of the video : 0:00
In addition to that:
- career is a path(somthing fixed)❌
-carreer is like a trajectory ( somthing you can change and changing right now.)✅

[amzawi-Senpai]

You might feel pressured to choose something, but then worry about what others think. This can lead you to prioritize their happiness over your own, and you might feel stuck in your choices later on. This is similar to the sunk cost fallacy, where you hesitate to change course because of the time or effort already invested, even if it's not the right decision.

[EcomCarl]

Absolutely! Embracing the uncertainty of career paths can lead to greater flexibility and opportunities for growth. Remember, it's not about having all the answers early on, but rather about staying open to new possibilities and continuously evolving. 🌱

[medielijah]

I failed to understand the monty problem for a long time. Justin helped me understand it. Thank you Justin. 😊

[Kannot]

In Germany at 12 yr, you visit workplaces to become customized with different jobs, at 16 yr you can work as an apprentice.

[priyankapandya]

I've been watching your content for some time; its learning material has been immensely helpful! I'm really happy to see this channel growing and spreading this knowledge!

[rmmf]

I like the analogy to the Monty Hall problem: when presented with new information, you should update your calculations in a Bayesian approach, not stick to decisions made which did not have this info.

[gujjuguys]

More people need to hear this advice, I have shared it to some close people (some of who are like the older sister and others who are like the younger sister).

[thevisitor]

Very helpful video packed with advice that I wish every kid got in high school (perhaps even middle school lol). The main problem imo is that society intrinsically doesn't encourage such form of experimentation. Take being a doctor for example, once you enter med school you're basically locked into it until you graduate and find a medical profession, and by that time typically around a decade would've passed. Now you have a huge debt to pay off, which is going to be hard to do without the profession you're trapped in. While I do know that Sung managed to make it work out in the end, some often don't have that luxury. Even if we put being a doctor most jobs (that we would consider worthwhile) require some form of schooling before you even get to experience it, which just understandably pressures someone into covering their eyes and ears and hoping the first job they choose is the perfect one.

[JustinSung]

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[jessyca]

wow, you might have just helped heal my long-time guilt in my heart about not being loyal to the idea I had of "what I would be when I'm grown-up" - thanks

[terminallucidity]

I would like to confirm that you have uploaded :)

[jasmine_teaa]

This video may have just solved my stress about finding a career, I have spent SO LONG trying to find the perfect advice but it was all summed up here hahaha, thank you for these amazing videos that never fail to inspire!! 😅

[have_fun]

Don't change your decisions to get right one, make a decision and make it right

[jeff__w]

2:38 “In fact it's mathematically a better decision for you to change careers as you get older because of a phenomenon called probability concentration.”
I said to myself, “Yeah, it’s just like the Monty Hall problem”—and, in the next sentence, you mention the Monty Hall problem! (And, BTW, the show was called _Let’s Make a Deal_ and the problem was an extrapolation from the show—it wasn’t the way the show was actually played. Hall _didn’t_ give the contestants a chance to switch doors—he _would_ open a wrong door to build excitement but offered a cash prize in place of the door the contestant picked instead. Presumably, two out of three times, a contestant would have been better choosing the cash.)

[LukeCon-cygr]

I wish we were shown a diverse range of careers in depth in guidance class at school, and then being made relevant eben to people that may not have that career undee their radar.

[WonderVlogs]

This is so true. I as a child never knew what I would become in the future. I went with the flow, I did not even sit fot the entrance exams in India being one of the top students in my school. It was pretty wierd for people around me. I did my grad in chemistry and I did well but guess what 2nd month into the course, I knew it was not for me. Now I m pursuing my masters in psychology. In India, psychology is a very uncommon subject to pursue. I got really upsetting remarks for relatives anf family members but I really love this subject and I hope to become more successful in this field.

[lorenzozapaton]

I would have love to take a year or two working after high school before trying to aim to something. It's crazy letting young people to make life decision so young.

[romafaum]

Very true, I’ve always recommend take gap year before university