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9780316890793

Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type

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  • ISBN13:

    9780316890793

  • ISBN10:

    0316890790

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-04-01
  • Publisher: Little Brown & Co
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $29.95

Summary

Do What You Are has already helped more than 750,000 people find truly satisfying work. The book leads you step-by-step through the process of determining and verifying your Personality Type. Then it provides real-life case studies of people who share your Type and introduces you to the key ingredients your work must have for it to be genuinely fulfilling. Using workbook exercises and explaining specific job search strategies, Do What You Are identifies occupations that are popular with your Type and offers a rundown of your work-related strengths and weaknesses. It also shows how you can use your unique strengths to customize your job search, ensuring the best results in the shortest period of time. Whether you are a recent graduate, a first-time job seeker, or a midlife career switcher, this lively guide will enable you to discover the right career for you. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Paul D. Tieger is the founder and CEO of SpeedReading People, LLC

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Read This First xi
Part One Unlocking the Secrets of Personality Type
Suit Yourself
3(7)
The Secret of Career Satisfaction
Just Who Do You Think You Are?
10(22)
Discovering Your Personality Type
Mirror, Mirror
32(23)
Verifying Your Personality Type
Part Two The ``Fourmula'' for Career Satisfaction
What a Character!
55(10)
The Four Different Temperaments
Who's on First?
65(9)
Identifying Your Innate Strengths
The Way You Do the Things You Do
74(11)
Which Strengths You Share and Which You Use Privately
Aged to Perfection
85(18)
Developing Your Abilities Over Time
Part Three Getting to Work
ENFJ
103(19)
``The Public Relations Specialists''
INFJ
122(15)
``Catalysts for Positive Change''
ENFP
137(18)
``Anything's Possible''
INFP
155(17)
``Still Waters Run Deep''
ENTJ
172(14)
``Everything's Fine --- I'm in Charge''
INTJ
186(17)
``Competence + Independence = Perfection''
ENTP
203(15)
``Life's Entrepreneurs''
INTP
218(14)
``Ingenious Problem Solvers''
ESTJ
232(16)
``Taking Care of Business''
ISTJ
248(15)
``Take Your Time and Do It Right''
ESFJ
263(19)
``What Can I Do for You?''
ISFJ
282(18)
``On My Honor, to Do My Duty . . .''
ESTP
300(14)
``Let's Get Busy!''
ISTP
314(14)
``Doing the Best I Can with What I've Got''
ESFP
328(14)
``Don't Worry --- Be Happy!''
ISFP
342(14)
``It's the Thought That Counts''
Putting It All Together
356(9)
Creating Your Personal Career Plan
For Career Professionals Only
365(10)
Some Final Thoughts and Resources 375(6)
Index 381

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