Lore - The pathfinder : how to choose or change your career for a lifetime of satisfaction and success

NICHOLAS LORE is the originator of the field of career coaching and the founder of Rockport Institute, an organization that has guided thousands of professionals, executives, high-tech people, artists, support staff, and government officials through career change, and has helped numerous young people design their work. He has been commended for excellence by two U.S. presidents.

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This Is the Perfect Book for You If:

Youve walked a city street with other people on their way to work. Many of them look resigned, stressed, or a little blank. These people are obviously not looking forward to their workday. Suddenly you realize that you are not just an observer. You are one of them.

Or

Like a leaf in the wind, you have been blown into a career by the winds of circumstance and by decisions that seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

Or

You entered the job market with high hopes that you would be starting a terrific career. By now it is painfully apparent that you made some sort of misjudgment: Somehow you have found yourself in the job from hellor, even worse, you are bored most of the time with the daily grind of tasks that dont even begin to make use of your intelligence and abilities.

Or

You used to really enjoy your work. It used to be full of challenges. When friends sang the career blues, it never crossed your mind that anything like that could ever happen to you. But now your gum has lost its flavor on the bedpost.

Or

You have visited career counselors and read numerous books on career and personal growth. You have done everything you can think of to find your true vocation. You know much more about yourself. Yet dark clouds still obscure your future direction.

Or

You are a mindful young person. You and your friends are trying to figure out what to do with your lives. You want to have a career that really sings and soars, that gives you a real life. Your friends are deciding their fates the same way their parents didand you know how that turned out.

Or

You had a job. You knew it wasnt the right one, but at least it paid the bills. Now it is gone or about to slip away. You could follow the crowd and repeat your last mistake or take this opportunity to carve out a new and better future.

Or

You are good at your job. You just dont seem to have a sense of purpose. You want to do something that means more to you personally. You may close your eyes and imagine pounding through stormy seas at the helm of a Greenpeace rubber boat just inches ahead of a Japanese whaling ship. But then the vision fades. When you open your eyes, you are back in your day-to-day life. Sure, it would be exciting on that boat, but it doesnt seem very realistic. Nevertheless, you definitely want to do something with your life that matters.

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Copyright 1998, 2011 by Nicholas Ayars Lore

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, address Fireside Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

The inquiries, worksheets, charts, descriptions of traits, and all parts of the Rockport Career Design Method in this book are copyrighted by Nicholas Lore, and are used with permission. If you want to use or adapt any of our materials for use with your clients or students, we are happy to let you do so as long as you get written permission from Rockport Institute first. If you plan to use this book with your clients or students, please have each of them get their own copy.

Rockport Institute, the Pathfinder Career Testing Program, the Pathfinder Career Choice Program, and Pathfinder Career Programs are registered trademarks and service marks. The Rockport Career Design Method, the Rockport Career Design Program, Custom-design a Life You Love, the Career Testing Program, the Career Choice Program, Core Personality, Tribal Personality, Maestro Personality, Lifeline, True Values, Type and the Talent Indicator are trademarks of Nicholas Lore.

First Touchstone trade paperback edition January 2012

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lore, Nicholas.

The pathfinder : how to choose or change your career for a lifetime of satisfaction and success/by Nicholas Lore.1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: The Pathfinder : how to choose or change your career for a lifetime of satisfaction and success. c1998.

1. Career changes. 2. Job satisfaction. I. Title.

HF5384.L67 2011

650.14dc23

2011043709

ISBN 978-1-4516-0832-8
ISBN 978-1-4391-8866-8 (ebook)

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