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Sunday evening, and you're dreading going back to work on Monday? Maybe it's time for a change. But is it too late?

In this episode of the Easy English Podcast, Oliver looks at why so many people stay in careers that don't make them happy: money, the "sunk cost fallacy" and the fear of starting again. You'll hear about famous people who changed careers in their 40s and later, why adults never really start from zero, and the "regret test", one simple question to help you decide whether to stay or go. It's clear, natural English for intermediate (B1-B2) learners who want to improve their listening and vocabulary.

5 key words: career, fulfilling, risk, retrain, regret

Vote in the poll: what stops most people changing careers?

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Chapters:

0:00 Is it too late to change your career?

0:55 Word 1: career (and how to say it)

2:50 Word 2: fulfilling - how fulfilling is your work?

5:10 My own career change

6:18 Why we stay - Word 3: risk

8:21 The sunk cost fallacy

10:10 Fear of starting again

10:51 Poll: what stops people changing careers?

11:39 Late starters: Vera Wang, Julia Child, Colonel Sanders

13:38 Word 4: retrain - and transferable skills

16:57 Word 5: regret - and the regret test

19:48 Quick check and goodbye