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Do What You Are
Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron
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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 4 Rev Upd (March 21 2007)
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Chapter 1: Suit Yourself: The Secret of Career Satisfaction
One of the bestselling career guides in America today - now in a new fourth edition, revised and updated for the Internet age. Do What You Are has already helped hundreds of thousands of people find truly satisfying work.

Chapter 1: To Suit Yourself, You Must Know Yourself
As we said earlier, the secret of career satisfaction lies in doing what you enjoy most. A few lucky people discover this secret early in life, but most of us are caught in a kind of psychological wrestling match, torn between what we think we can do

Chapter 1: To Suit Yourself, You Must Know Yourself, Part 2
After talking with us, Joanne was relieved to discover that she wasn't crazy; she was just in the wrong career. As her early counselors had determined, Joanne had many of the right qualifications for teaching.



Book Description

One of the bestselling career guides in America today - now in a new fourth edition, revised and updated for the Internet age.

Do What You Are has already helped hundreds of thousands of people find truly satisfying work. The book's spectacular success is due in part to its unique focus on Personality Type. Through exercises that assess the ways in which the individual reader processes information, makes decisions, and interacts with the surrounding world, Do What You Are leads each reader toward discovery of his or her Personality Type. Armed with this information, the reader can make the most of the book's treasure trove of practical information and advice, including:

  • real-life case studies of people who share the reader's Personality Type
  • lists of dozens of occupations popular with each Type
  • the key ingredients that work must have to be truly fulfilling to people of each Type
  • a rundown of work-related strengths and weaknesses common to each Type
  • step-by-step plans for customizing any job search, ensuring the best results in the shortest time

This lively guide-now thoroughly updated to feature information on newly emerging careers, overarching trends in the job market, growths and shifts in the world economy, and specific job-search strategies that take advantage of the latest tools and technology-is poised to help a new generation find both happiness and success in life and work.

About the Author

Paul D. Tieger

Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger have been married for many years, and are internationally recognized experts in the application of Personality Type. Their other books include the bestselling Do What You Are, Nurture by Nature, and, most recently, The Art of SpeedReading People. They live in West Hartford, Connecticut..

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Barbara Barron-Tieger

Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger have been married for many years, and are internationally recognized experts in the application of Personality Type. Their other books include the bestselling Do What You Are, Nurture by Nature, and, most recently, The Art of SpeedReading People. They live in West Hartford, Connecticut..