The Pathfinder

How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success

Nicholas Lore

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1998 , 385 pages

ISBN: 0-684-82399-3

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Do you jump out of bed every morning and rush to a job you love?

Or is the work you once enjoyed now just a way to pay the bills? Perhaps you're even doubting your career choice altogether. Let The Pathfinder guide you to a more engaging, fulfilling work life. Based on breakthrough techniques developed by Rockport Institute, an innovative and award-winning career-counseling network that has changed the lives of over 10,000 people, The Pathfinder offers invaluable advice and more than 100 self-tests and diagnostic tools that will help you choose an entirely new career — or view a current job from a new, more positive perspective. You'll learn:

• How to design your new career direction step by step so that it fits your talents, personality, needs, goals, values, and is, at the same time, practical and attainable
• How to deal successfully with the "yeah but" voices in your head that keep you going back to the same old ill-fitting job, day after day
• How to land the perfect job in your new field, plus tips on writing a really exceptional résumé, personal marketing, and networking (even for those who hate to network)

Whether you're a seasoned professional in search of a career change or a beginner just entering the working world, you want to make the right choices from the beginning. No matter where you are in your journey, if you want work to be more of a dance than a drag, The Pathfinder will expertly coach you through the process of designing a career you will love.

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• Part 1: Living a Life You Love
1. This Can Be Your Guide
2. You Are What You Do
3. How to Decide
4. Being Coachable
5. Right Livelihood
6. Diving into the Mist
7. Your Primary Lists
8. Commitments and Requirements
9. Questions
10. The Bottom Line — Research
11. If You Get Stuck
• Part 2: How To Get There From Here
12. Why You Don't Get What You Want
13. The Power of Commitment
14. Making Decisions — A Short Course
15. Why You Do What You Do
16. Goals and Projects
17. Seven Keys
18. Living in the Present
• Part 3: Designing Your Future Career
19. At This Point in Time
20. Temperament, Personality, and Passions
21. Natural Talents
22. Meaning, Mission, Purpose
23. Values and Rewards
24. Eight Great Careers
25. 50,000-Mile Checkup
26. They Pay You to Perform Certain Functions
27. Human Ecology — Workplace Environments
28. Making the Final Choice
29. Mastering Personal Marketing
30. How to Write an Exceptional Résumé
• Getting in Touch