Do You Need Career Directions?
My father Mike Monahan teaches a personal development seminar called Basic in Cincinnati. The goal of the seminar is to take 4 days to find out where you are in life. This may sound like an obvious step in the personal development process but I have found it is often skipped.
Most books and seminars like to focus on where you are going. They focus on creating goals, tasks and activities to achieve personal success.
I am not knocking these parts of the success equation since if you don't know where your going its hard to ask for directions.
However, the flip side of the coin is you think you know where you want to go but you don't know where you are. You find a map. You think you are in Cincinnati but you are really in Chicago. You want to get to New York City.
Even though you have a map, what are your chances of getting to New York?
I recently came across a great tool on Assessment.com which will help you identify where you are.
Sample from my MAPP Assesment.
This might explain why I Squidoo!
(How you prefer to perform tasks)section of my MAPP Report.
Brian is motivated to influence and convince others as part of social, organizational, vocational, or recreational activities. A motivation exists to speak up when there is reason, occasion, or opportunity to sway others to Brian's ideas or way of thinking. Persuasive efforts may be oral, written, or via some media (like email). Motivation behind that persuasion is to get others to accept what one is communicating.
Brian is open-minded, curious, creative, and innovative, having new ideas and concepts and preference to be involved in creative or developmental activities. These are complementary preferences and motivations rather than any major drive or specialization. It is important, then, to determine how these fit in with other mental and functional preferences and motivations.
MAPP
Free Sample Report with 5 Job Matches
MAPP has been taken by over 4.5 million people.
As a personal coach, many of my clients hired me for career direction. I would generally have them start with the free sample report offered by Assessment.com.
If the free report sparked their interest I would have them purchase the full report and we would use it as way to identify their starting point for their career journey.
If you are considering a new career and don't know which way to turn a MAPP assesment is the way to go.
- Free MAPP Assessment
- Link to Free MAPP Career Assessment
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personal_development wrote...
Great site with some fantastic information, really enjoyed it! You may enjoy a visit to my personal development community at www.talkaboutpersonaldevelopment.com to come join in the chats. I think you'd have a lot to contribute! Good luck with the lens!
Jason
Posted January 14, 2008
