Review of Pathfinder Career Development Book

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	• The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success Nicholas Lore Fireside, 1998 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 106 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Comprehensive, but unfocused

Nice try to summarize existing approaches to life and career planning, plus a heavy dose of new age pop psych. But the whole thing could be much shorter, and much more concise and focused.

I found the biggest flaw was that Lore completely misses out on family history and relationships ... that probably serve as the most important context to all the goals, meta-goals and values he talks about. In short: too fuzzy and unsystematic for my tastes, and simply missing core essentials.

For more focused and concise approaches, I recommend Bolles: What Color is Your Parachute and Covey: First Things First (and maybe Covey?s 7 Habits Book) instead.

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A personal career change guide

I have found the Pathfinder one of the most humorous, down-to-earth and well-written books of any type. I have used it myself and recommend it to others. I especially value the section in the middle of the book on decision-making. I sometimes refer my coaching clients to read this section, even though we may not be discussing career change.

A caveat - this book is not for those that want practical advice after reading the book in one sitting (as some reviews noted) or as an intellectual exercise about career change. Actually doing the inquiries over a period of time produces quite a different experience (I used the book over a 9-month period).

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Review of Pathfinder Career Development Book

I am approximately 1/3 complete with this book, and it is well written and thorough. Very conversational in style, not a dry, textbook approach. The author almosts seems like he is speaking directly with you in the same room, you can feel a sense of compassion and understanding in his presentation. Very good at covering all aspects of helping to clarify your career focus. Works well to help the reader identify personal traits first, then gradually get into a realistic goal and method for pursuing a better or the right career.

The Very Best Career Book There Is

Two years ago I had a great job. My boss loved me, my volunteers loved me, I was making the world a better place, I made decent money, when I told people what I did for a living their consistent response "That's so cool"....and I was miserable.

Logically, the gnawing discontent I felt made no sense. I looked at lots of different career books to try and figure out what was wrong. When I found this book, I stopped looking and started finding the answers I was looking for. Now, I look forward to my alarm going off in the morning so I can go to "work" and it's largely because of this book. (And its not because I have become a workaholic. In fact, I make it a priority to leave work at a reasonable hour.)

The Pathfinder is simply the best career book there is. Most career books focus on transferable skils, the importance of networking, and maybe ask you some questions about what interests you. The Pathfinder addresses all of these things too, but what makes it different is that it pushes you to think about what you want your life as a whole to look like and how you want your job to fit into that. The exercises help you to really think about who you are, what your goals and dreams are, and why the things that matter to you matter to you. Then the book helps you to explore careers that are an expression of those things. It also asesses your special skills and talents in a more complex and multifaceted way than most career books. It considers things like how many new ideas you have a day and whether you are a concrete or abstract thinker. The end result is that you can begin to see for the first time the things that are so easy for you that you didn't think they could possibly be talents...only to realize that they are and people will pay you to use them.

If the best thing about your job is a paycheck, if you use the commute home to decompress so you don't take your misery out on your partner, if you dread Mondays or even if you just know you could be happier than you are at work buy this book today. My goal when I book was to get paid to play instead of getting paid to work. The things I learned about myself from this book made it possible for my to achieve that goal. I now have a job I absolutely love. If you honestly and thoughtfully complete the excersizes you can too.

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