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step 1 Okay. Let's say you love psychology. Everything about psychology is super great, really interest

Other than a potentially greater salary, what would be the...

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0:00 Okay.

00:02 Let's say you love psychology.

00:09 Everything about psychology is super great, really interesting.

00:13 And, you know, maybe you also have like billions of dollars.

00:22 So money is no object to you.

00:26 The question that i'm posing here is asking more or less why would someone get a more advanced degree, like a master's of arts in psychology? or a phd in psychology, or a sci -die in psychology, if they really didn't care about more money, because maybe they already had enough.

00:48 But they also really loved psychology.

00:52 What are some reasons that maybe someone would do something like that? well, let's unpack this a little bit more.

00:58 So there's actually quite a few reasons that it would be really important and good and fulfilling to get a higher education in psychology.

01:08 For some people, they have big questions.

01:23 Maybe they want to understand a little bit more about how to sell a better product.

01:27 Or maybe they want people to get better sleep at night, but most people don't know how to do that.

01:34 And they want to learn about how to successfully encourage people to get better sleep at night.

01:40 Having some of these big questions is one of the main reasons i think people pursue things like a master's or a phd.

01:47 Because they can do the research to figure out these questions.

01:52 What's another reason someone might get an advanced degree in psychology? gosh, well, a lot of people you hear that they really want to help someone...

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