Synopses & Reviews
Do you jump out of bed every morning and rush to a job you love? Or is your work just a way to pay the bills? Whether you are a seasoned professional in search of a career change or just starting out, let
The Pathfinder guide you to more engaging, fulfilling work. Based on breakthrough techniques developed by the author’s award-winning career coaching organization, Rockport Institute,
The Pathfinder has changed the lives of thousands. This completely revised and updated new edition offers more than fifty self-tests, diagnostic tools, and the acclaimed Rockport Career Design Method to help you choose an entirely new career, an entrepreneurial path, or the ideal job in your present field. You’ll learn:
How to design your new career step-by-step—a realistic, attainable career that fits your talents, personality, goals, and interests—a new career you will love
How to deal successfully with the “Yeahbut” negative thoughts and obstacles 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 using personal marketing and networking (even for those who hate to network)
At once comprehensive, insightful, practical, and empowering, The Pathfinder will be your personal career coach, expertly guiding you through the process of moving forward from your present uncertainty to designing a career that fits you elegantly, perfectly, like a custom-made suit.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
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“A brilliant, passionately written book! If you want to have a career you will love, this is the one to read.” - JACK CANFIELD co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
Synopsis
No matter where you are in your career journey, The Pathfinder will expertly coach you through the process of designing a career you will love.
Synopsis
This classic bestseller is THE career-design bible for college graduates and midlife career-changers alike. Now fully revised and updated for the twenty-first century!
Based on breakthrough techniques developed by Rockport Institute, an innovative and award-winning career-counseling network that has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of 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:
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.
About the Author
Nicholas Lore is the founder of Rockport Institute, an international career-counseling network that has coached thousands, whether through a midcareer change or through first-time career decisions. He has worked with business executives, artists and musicians, students, government officials, technical people, support staff, and professionals in all fields. The author of the Wall Street Journal-bestseller The Pathfinder, he lives in Rockville, Maryland.
Table of Contents
ContentsPart 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
Acknowledgments
Index