The Pathfinder

How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success

Nicholas Lore

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1998, 385 pages

ISBN: 0-684-82399-3

Keywords: Personal Development

Last modified: Aug. 7, 2021, 8:11 p.m.

Do you jump out of bed every morning and rush to a job you love?

Or is the work you once enjoyed now just a way to pay the bills? Perhaps you're even doubting your career choice altogether. Let The Pathfinder guide you to a more engaging, fulfilling work life. Based on breakthrough techniques developed by Rockport Institute, an innovative and award-winning career-counseling network that has changed the lives of over 10,000 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:

  • How to design your new career direction step by step so that it fits your talents, personality, needs, goals, values, and is, at the same time, practical and attainable
  • How to deal successfully with the "yeah but" voices in your head 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, plus tips on writing a really exceptional résumé, personal marketing, and networking (even for those who hate to network)

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.

  • Part 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
    1. Why You Don't Get What You Want
    2. The Power of Commitment
    3. Making Decisions — A Short Course
    4. Why You Do What You Do
    5. Goals and Projects
    6. Seven Keys
    7. Living in the Present
  • Part 3: Designing Your Future Career
    1. At This Point in Time
    2. Temperament, Personality, and Passions
    3. Natural Talents
    4. Meaning, Mission, Purpose
    5. Values and Rewards
    6. Eight Great Careers
    7. 50,000-Mile Checkup
    8. They Pay You to Perform Certain Functions
    9. Human Ecology — Workplace Environments
    10. Making the Final Choice
    11. Mastering Personal Marketing
    12. How to Write an Exceptional Résumé
  • Getting in Touch

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The Pathfinder

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Decent ****** (6 out of 10)

Last modified: Feb. 14, 2011, 3:28 p.m.

Even if you don't agree with all the stuff in the book, it is enjoyable reading and gems exists (both funny and thought-provoking).

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