I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work @ richardeward.com

I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work
by Julie Jansen
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• But I do know that this book is not going to help you find it...
  This book is a waste of time.
  Basically, it has three disparate parts.
  1. introduction. a bunch of negativity about why jobs suck in general, making you even more likely to puke than your job which is just boring would
  2. skills, attitudes, values, etc. throws out a list of each of these, and asks you 'which are your best of each', and why. etc.
  3. a chapter for each 'reason' why you might want to leave your job... then it attempts to logically convince you that the 'blockers' to why you... more info

• Definitely Used.
  When I finally opened this book to read and take the self-evaluation tests within, I was truly disappointed to find that the previous owner of the book had underlined and taken the tests - often in ink! When I choose a "nearly new," I don't expect this much marking of a book. Too bad.

• Over-rated
  I can't believe how many people are giving this 5 stars. The various exercises are simplistic and redundant. Not much practical advise or inforamtion. I'm glad I only paid $0.97.
  Not recommended.

• Finding the career you love
  This is a great book for anyone considering a career change but doesn't quite know where to begin or how to decide what they want to be when they grow up. The book is filled with various self-assessments to help the reader determine particular strengths or interests. It begins by assessing where you are now and looking at where you would like to be. Next, the book moves on to how to get to where you want to be by using the self-assessments and offers the "keys" to success. The self-assessments are a... more info

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