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Foreword | xvii | |
Introduction | 1 | |
About This Book | 1 | |
Conventions Used in This Book | 2 | |
Foolish Assumptions | 2 | |
How This Book Is Organized | 3 | |
Icons Used in This Book | 4 | |
Where to Go from Here | 4 | |
Part I | Setting the Stage for Your Career Change | 5 |
Chapter 1 | Evaluating Your Current Situation | 7 |
Making the Worksheets Work for You | 7 | |
Looking at Your Personal Life | 8 | |
Sizing Up Your Current Work Arrangement | 10 | |
What's Working and Not Working about the Work You Do | 13 | |
Recording Your Key Needs | 14 | |
Chapter 2 | Opening Yourself to Discovery | 15 |
Appreciating the Benefits of Thinking Ideally | 15 | |
Identifying What Attracts and What Repels You | 16 | |
Spotting Clues to Your Future | 18 | |
Making the Most of Being Stuck | 19 | |
Recognize warning signs | 20 | |
Claim your interests | 20 | |
Get creative | 21 | |
Chapter 3 | Uncovering the Real You | 25 |
Discovering Traits That Best Describe You | 25 | |
Finding the Values That Mean the Most to You | 27 | |
Deciding What Success Means to You | 28 | |
Tapping into Your Dreams and Longings | 29 | |
Assessing Whether Your Health Impacts Your Career Choices | 31 | |
Determining What Makes Work Meaningful to You | 32 | |
Recording What's Uniquely You | 34 | |
Chapter 4 | Envisioning Your Dream Lifestyle | 35 |
Looking at How Important Relationships Impact Your Work | 35 | |
Your partner | 36 | |
Your children | 37 | |
Your parents and grandparents | 38 | |
Your friends | 38 | |
Your pets | 38 | |
Describing Your Desired Lifestyle | 39 | |
Considering Where You Live | 40 | |
Recording What's Most Important to You at Home | 42 | |
Chapter 5 | Figuring Out How to Structure Your Work | 45 |
Making the Worksheets Work for You | 45 | |
Determining Your Ideal Work Schedule | 46 | |
Getting Paid on Your Terms | 49 | |
Matching Benefits to Your Needs | 50 | |
Recording Your Ideal Work Arrangement | 52 | |
Chapter 6 | Defining Your Preferred Workplace | 53 |
The Kind of Company | 53 | |
The Company Size | 54 | |
The Company Culture | 55 | |
The Purpose of the Company | 57 | |
The Company's Reach | 58 | |
The Location | 58 | |
The Work Area | 60 | |
The Dress Code | 61 | |
Working with the Right People | 61 | |
Recording Aspects of Your Preferred Workplace | 64 | |
Part II | Finding Your Passions | 67 |
Chapter 7 | Uncovering Skills That Make Time Fly | 69 |
Determining Your Innate Areas of Intelligence | 69 | |
Expanding Your List of Favorite Skills | 76 | |
Considering the Processes You Enjoy Most | 79 | |
Recording Your Favorite Skills and Intelligences | 84 | |
Chapter 8 | Discovering Topics That Make You Sizzle with Excitement | 87 |
Finding the Topics That Always Draw Your Attention | 87 | |
Listing Tools, Equipment, and Raw Materials That Make Your Work Play | 90 | |
Identifying Industries That Light Your Fire | 91 | |
Recording Your Favorite Interests | 92 | |
Chapter 9 | Brainstorming Intriguing Career Ideas | 95 |
Preparing the Way for New Ideas | 95 | |
Recording Career Ideas Already on Your Mind | 96 | |
Dreaming Up New Career Ideas | 96 | |
Expanding Your Career Horizons | 100 | |
Recording Your Top Ten Intriguing Careers | 102 | |
Chapter 10 | Sifting Out Your Most Intriguing Dream Careers | 105 |
Making the Most of This Chapter | 105 | |
Exploring Your Career Ideas in Depth | 106 | |
Searching for Themes | 109 | |
Isolating Your Key Career Criteria | 114 | |
Contemplating Various Career Forms | 115 | |
Choosing Your Top Two Career Ideas | 116 | |
Part III | Exploring Possible Career Directions | 119 |
Chapter 11 | Considering Communicating Careers | 121 |
Making the Most of This Chapter | 121 | |
If You Thrive on Words | 122 | |
Writing | 122 | |
Working with other people's words | 124 | |
Using the spoken word to inform or educate | 126 | |
Using words to convince | 127 | |
If You Connect Well with Others | 129 | |
Helping others heal physically | 129 | |
Helping others make the most of life | 130 | |
Helping others enjoy their leisure time | 131 | |
Helping others in a business or public setting | 132 | |
Chapter 12 | Exploring Scientific/Logical Careers | 135 |
Making the Most of This Chapter | 135 | |
If You Think in a Logical, Organized Fashion | 136 | |
Working in the sciences | 136 | |
Working in engineering and computer science | 138 | |
Working with money | 140 | |
Organizing people, data, and things | 142 | |
If You Love Nature and Its Creatures | 143 | |
Working with plants | 143 | |
Working with animals | 144 | |
Nurturing nature and the earth | 146 | |
Chapter 13 | Thinking Outside the Box with Creative Careers | 149 |
Making the Most of This Chapter | 149 | |
If You Have a Good Eye | 150 | |
Working on a two-dimensional "canvas" | 151 | |
Working on a three-dimensional "canvas" | 151 | |
Creating environments | 152 | |
Mapping and navigating the world | 154 | |
If You Want Your Work to Be Physical | 155 | |
Doing precision work | 155 | |
Working with your hands | 156 | |
Working with your body | 157 | |
Creating with your body | 159 | |
If You Have an Ear for the Sound of Music | 159 | |
Making music | 160 | |
Enhancing and appreciating sound and music | 161 | |
Using your voice | 162 | |
Part IV | Bringing Your Dream Career to Life | 165 |
Chapter 14 | Researching Your Top Two Career Ideas | 167 |
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize | 168 | |
Jotting Down Your Unanswered Questions | 169 | |
Creating Job Profiles for Your Top Career Ideas | 170 | |
What to look for | 170 | |
Where to find job profiles | 175 | |
Locating key professional associations | 177 | |
Taking a closer look at salary information | 178 | |
Creating Your Industry Profiles | 179 | |
Paying Attention to Your Gut Reaction | 182 | |
Chapter 15 | Asking the Right Questions about Your Top Two Careers | 185 |
Building Your List of Questions | 186 | |
Creating a List of Contacts | 188 | |
Staying Objective in Your Quest | 190 | |
Stepping into Your First Round of Informational Interviews | 190 | |
Moving on to Your Second Round of Informational Interviews | 193 | |
Recording Your Discoveries about Each Career | 196 | |
Synthesizing What You Know So Far | 198 | |
Shifting Gears Midstream | 199 | |
Chapter 16 | Merging Your Personal Life with Your Dream Career | 201 |
Updating Your Personal Must-Haves | 202 | |
Refining Your Ideal Work Needs | 203 | |
Finding Compatibility and Conflicts between Your Needs and Your Dream Career | 204 | |
Homing In on the Right Career Format for You | 207 | |
Trying Your Career On for Size | 208 | |
Spotting Potential Conflicts | 209 | |
Describing Your Dream Career ... to Date | 210 | |
Chapter 17 | Reconciling Differences between Your Life and Your Dream Career | 213 |
Focusing on the Pieces That Appear to Clash | 213 | |
Stepping Back to Focus on the Big Picture | 215 | |
Having a Brainstorming Blitz | 216 | |
Spotting Creative Solutions | 217 | |
Reconciling True Differences | 218 | |
Dealing with What Can't Be Reconciled | 219 | |
Chapter 18 | Moving Ever Closer to Your Immediate Goal | 221 |
Path 1 | Expanding Your Research | 222 |
Path 2 | Taking a Test-Drive | 223 |
Path 3 | Assessing Your Need for More Training | 223 |
Path 4 | Gaining Work Experience | 226 |
Path 5 | Preparing Your Job Search | 226 |
Reworking your resume | 227 | |
Reconnecting with your contacts | 227 | |
Searching for job openings | 228 | |
Path 6 | Refining Your Business Idea | 230 |
Preparing Your Personalized Action Plan | 232 | |
Chapter 19 | Turning Your Dream Career into a Reality | 235 |
Goal 1 | Heading Back to School | 235 |
Locating potential programs | 236 | |
Choosing the right program for you | 237 | |
Making time for school | 238 | |
Goal 2 | Going for Your Dream Job | 239 |
Preparing a stellar application packet | 239 | |
Making the most of your interview | 239 | |
Evaluating your options | 241 | |
Receiving an offer | 244 | |
Feeling at home in your new career | 245 | |
Goal 3 | Launching Your Dream Business | 246 |
Creating your business identity | 246 | |
Establishing your work space | 247 | |
Developing sustainable marketing strategies | 247 | |
Feeling at home in your own business | 248 | |
Learning from each experience | 249 | |
Finding the balance in your new life | 249 | |
Ensuring a Smooth Transition into Your Next Career | 249 | |
Part V | The Part of Tens | 253 |
Chapter 20 | Ten Ways to Confirm Your Dream Career Won't Be a Nightmare | 255 |
Paying Attention to How You Feel | 255 | |
Taking a Relevant Class or Two | 256 | |
Searching for Online Sources of Information | 256 | |
Immersing Yourself in Trade Journals | 257 | |
Interacting with People in the Field | 257 | |
Attending a Professional Conference | 258 | |
Observing Someone on the Job | 258 | |
Talking to People Outside the Field | 259 | |
Getting Hands-On Experience | 259 | |
Assessing the Impact on Your Lifestyle | 259 | |
Chapter 21 | Ten Creative Ways to Make the Leap to Your Dream Career | 261 |
Using Your Current Income Wisely | 261 | |
Supplementing Your Full-Time Position with Part-Time Work | 262 | |
Doing Contract Work | 262 | |
Helping a Friend While Bringing In a Paycheck | 263 | |
Adding a Part-Time Business to Your Full-Time Job | 264 | |
Running Your Own Business with a Well-Paying Part-Time Job | 265 | |
Adding a Second Business | 265 | |
Strengthening Your Position through Consulting | 265 | |
Working Full Time While Attending School Part Time | 266 | |
Attending School with a Part-Time Job on the Side | 266 | |
Index | 267 |
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