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This book actually changed my life.
"Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail.
I worked all my life, and always hated every job. Then I read the book and learned that I might be well suited for a position I had never considered. Took a course and did well, passed and applied for a job.
If you can wake up on a snowy Monday and not hate waking up, you've solved most of your problems.
Can I ask for additional elaboration?
Thank you! I NEEDED this (I might be jumping the gun as I haven't read it yet lol)
But I'm in this exact situation. I hate myself for my failure to find "who I am" and I just suffer shit job after shit job with absolutely no idea how to figure out what I actually want. I'm pretty much miserable every single day because of it... All I know is what I don't want from my previous experience of shit jobs, but I have no idea how to find what I'm capable of doing.
Good luck.
Just curious at what jmsort of career that ended up being for you
The book comes in two sections. The first part is a series of self administered tests in different areas, and the second part is a list of jobs that use those skills. So, some one with good dexterity and good interpersonal skills might make a good paramedic, or a good hair dresser. Two wildly different jobs, but using the same skills.
Sorry, I wasn't really interested in the book. I actually think the career I ended up falling into was well suited for me. But I was just curious about what you do, specifically!
It doesn't matter what I do. Like I said, the book might list twenty different jobs a person would be good at. Each job is unique, but uses similar skills. You use the same skills working on a hear/lung machine and making fantasy dioramas.
Same