It starts with a simple grid which maps your interest patterns as they translate to work preferences and your usual behavior when things are going your way. This information pinpoints where you fit in the grid. If nothing else, doing this kind of exercise provides a structured self-examination of your own personal resources, with the emphasis on you as opposed to job vacancies and career possibilities in the abstract. The author is a psychologist who knows how to help people tap their creative impulses in "creating" a career.
The rest of the book includes some interviewing advice and two-page profiles of various professions. You can target the ones you might want to pursue by where they fall in the "lifestyle grid" you have created for yourself. This seems as good a way as any to focus your career efforts on inner satisfaction rather than external factors.
Michael Pellecchia writes about business and finance books for this publication. He can be reached at michael_pellecchia@bookpage.com.
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